Over $100 million assets frozen after U.S. attacks

Reuters | 10/03/01

[kattracks]

WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - More than $100 million worth of assets have been frozen in U.S.
   and foreign banks in a crackdown on suspected "terrorist" finances since the Sept. 11 attacks on U.S.
   targets, The Washington Post said on Wednesday.

   The paper said none of the money came from accounts belonging directly to Saudi-born fugitive Osama
   bin Laden or his al-Qaeda network.

   Bin Laden is the chief suspect in the hunt for those behind the hijack attacks in New York and
   Washington that killed more than 5,700 people.

   The assets seizure formed part of the "continuing campaign against the Taliban, bin Laden and his
   associates", a senior U.S. Treasury Department official told the paper.

   Some of the assets came from 27 individuals and organizations named by U.S. President George W.
   Bush on Sept. 24 as having financial connections to al-Qaeda or similar groups.

[piasa]

It would be interesting to know. Maybe it goes to Hillary's office. LOL

[truth_seeker]

Rejoice, muslims, in martyrdom without fighting,

I learned a new word, about what you are doing here. It is "Ittaqu". (see also "Al-Taqiyah") Which means LYING about the peaceful nature, of Islam.

[meenie]

So none of it belongs to Bin Laden or his organization. Sounds like a very effective campaign. Who does it belong to? Gives you great confidence in the banking system. Similar to not being able to purchase an airline ticket for cash because you are a drug smuggler by insinuation.

[Cool Guy]

So do you think, we should start a war against UAE, instead of Afganistan?