Affidavit links charities, terror

Seattle Times ^ | August 29, 2003

[sarcasm]

Islamic charities based in Northern Virginia and sponsored by the government of Saudi Arabia invested millions of dollars in a company suspected of funding al-Qaida and the Islamic Resistance Movement, the government alleged for the first time yesterday.

An affidavit made public in federal court in Virginia contends that the Muslim charities gave $3.7 million to BMI Inc., a private Islamic investment company in New Jersey that may have passed the money to terrorist groups. The money was part of a $10 million endowment from unnamed donors in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, according to the affidavit filed by the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The government has for several years been investigating allegations of money laundering, tax evasion and other financial improprieties against the cluster of Herndon, Va.-based organizations.

[Gabrielle Reilly]

ping.

[Valin]

Islamic charities based in Northern Virginia and sponsored by the government of Saudi Arabia invested millions of dollars in a company suspected of funding al-Qaida and the Islamic Resistance Movement, the government alleged for the first time yesterday.

WHAT? Our good friends the Saudis involved in terrorism..well knock me over with a feather.
/young and naive