BIN LADEN OBTAINED UN FUNDING
Posted on 10/21/2001 12:45:33 PM PDT by FresnoDA
BIN LADEN OBTAINED UN FUNDING |
| WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Saudi billionaire fugitive knew how to raise money from everybody -- even the United Nations. U.S. officials said Bin Laden obtained funds from Islamic groups that pretended they were providing humanitarian support to the Middle East. They said that in some cases the agencies were even fronted by Bin Laden agents. One of Bin Laden's front men was identified by the London-based British Broadcasting Corp. as Yassin Al Qadi. Washington froze the assets of Al Qadi earlier this month. One of the Bin Laden front groups which received UN funding was that which claimed to have conducted relief activities in Sudan. Bin Laden spent nearly five years in Sudan in the 1990s. Washington has been investigating links with Bin Laden throughout the world. They have included financial sources tapped by the Saudi national bank. The U.S. investigation came amid the landing of American troops in Afghanistan. Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Saturday that U.S. special forces were able to "deploy, maneuver and operate inside Afghanistan without significant interference from Taliban forces. They are now refitting and repositioning for potential future operations against terrorist targets in other areas known to harbor terrorists." One focus of the U.S. effort has been Lebanon, where the Bush administration has demanded information on a list of people linked to Bin Laden. Lebanese sources said they include Hizbullah leaders, but this has been denied by U.S. diplomats. Lebanon has refused to relay information on Hizbullah, with officials terming the group as a liberation movement rather than a terrorist organization. |
from 1992-1999 the Clintonista Humanitarian Warriors: funded, supplied, promoted, and in some cases trained Mujhadeen in Bosnia & Kosovo...........Now we have to clean up this x42's mess and 6,000 innocent Americans are dead.
When you have an enemy inside your own borders and you yourself are funding it you kill yourself along with your beleifs no matter how strong you think you are !!!
Slowly crank the net around Bin Laden and his supporters. First get rid of Laden, then we work on the dumping the UN.
Bin Laden 'received UN cash'
A BBC investigation has revealed that the United Nations funded the work of a charity believed by the United States to be a front organisation for Osama Bin Laden. The UN donated more than $1.4m to a consortium of charities working in the Sudan in 1997, one of which was the Muwafaq (Arabic: blessed relief) Foundation.
The US Treasury believes wealthy businessman Yasin al-Qadi set up the charity.
In a crackdown following the 11 September plane attacks on the US, Mr al-Qadi's assets were among those frozen by the Treasury for alleged links with terrorism.
'Charities vulnerable'
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According to Treasury officials, the charity was used by wealthy Saudi businessmen to transfer millions of dollars to Bin Laden.
Bin Laden is the number one suspect for the 11 September attacks.
Refugee support groups, relief organisations and charities act as fronts for the raising of finance for terrorist organisations
Charles Shoebridge, former British anti-terrorist intelligence officer, But Mr al-Qadi has denied any connection with terrorism and has instructed his lawyers in the US and Britain to work to clear his name.
His London lawyers, Peter Carter Ruck, said: "Our client is horrified and shocked that his name has been included in this (Treasury) list."
If the US allegation is true, it will underline the vulnerability of many charities to militant influence, but also jolt the reputation of the UN.
Charles Shoebridge, a former British anti-terrorist intelligence officer, believes that it is easy for terrorists to infiltrate charities, if not set them up themselves from the outset.
"For over a decade the government has been aware that a number of refugee support groups, relief organisations and charities do act, in fact, as fronts for the raising of finance for terrorist organisations," he told the BBC.
"They appear to be ordinary, credible charities."
'UN duped'
An investigation by Angus Stickler of the BBC's Today programme, shows that the UN donated money to Muwafaq to "promote educational and social development programmes" in Sudan.
The UN, Mr Shoebridge believes, should be ideally placed to judge the credentials of the charities it supports with public money.
Not only would it [the UN] have allowed terrorists to masquerade under a cloak of decency - it actually provided hard cash with which they could fund their cause
BBC correspondent
"You would have thought that an organisation like the UN would have access to a certain amount of information from its constituent members' intelligence services," he said.
If the US Treasury is right about "Blessed Relief", it is a serious blow to the UN's reputation.
"The fact that the UN has been so easily duped will no doubt cause great unease within the international community," says the BBC's correspondent.
"Not only would it have allowed terrorists to masquerade under a cloak of decency - it actually provided hard cash with which they could fund their cause."
vooch: Article fails to mention that America financed him too. from 1992-1999 the Clintonista Humanitarian Warriors: funded, supplied, promoted, and in some cases trained Mujhadeen in Bosnia & Kosovo...........Now we have to clean up this x42's mess and 6,000 innocent Americans are dead.You really need to do some research before you try an easy finger-pointing answer. If you read, you will find that Bin Laden himself and many of the Taliban leaders received aid and training from the U.S. in the '80s, during the Reagan and Bush 41 years. And you would find out that on May 18, 2001, the Bush 43 administation gave the Taliban $43 million. Part of that was for not growing opium poppies, which they grew anyway. There is plenty of blame to go around among the last four presidents.
BBC
October 20, 2001
A BBC investigation has revealed that the United Nations funded the work of a charity believed by the United States to be a front organisation for Osama Bin Laden. The UN donated more than $1.4m to a consortium of charities working in the Sudan in 1997, one of which was the Muwafaq (Arabic: blessed relief) Foundation.
The US Treasury believes wealthy businessman Yasin al-Qadi set up the charity.
In a crackdown following the 11 September plane attacks on the US, Mr al-Qadi's assets were among those frozen by the Treasury for alleged links with terrorism.
'Charities vulnerable'
According to Treasury officials, the charity was used by wealthy Saudi businessmen to transfer millions of dollars to Bin Laden.
Bin Laden is the number one suspect for the 11 September attacks.
Refugee support groups, relief organisations and charities act as fronts for the raising of finance for terrorist organisations
Charles Shoebridge, former British anti-terrorist intelligence officer, But Mr al-Qadi has denied any connection with terrorism and has instructed his lawyers in the US and Britain to work to clear his name.
His London lawyers, Peter Carter Ruck, said: "Our client is horrified and shocked that his name has been included in this (Treasury) list."
If the US allegation is true, it will underline the vulnerability of many charities to militant influence, but also jolt the reputation of the UN.
Charles Shoebridge, a former British anti-terrorist intelligence officer, believes that it is easy for terrorists to infiltrate charities, if not set them up themselves from the outset.
"For over a decade the government has been aware that a number of refugee support groups, relief organisations and charities do act, in fact, as fronts for the raising of finance for terrorist organisations," he told the BBC.
"They appear to be ordinary, credible charities."
'UN duped'
An investigation by Angus Stickler of the BBC's Today programme, shows that the UN donated money to Muwafaq to "promote educational and social development programmes" in Sudan.
The UN, Mr Shoebridge believes, should be ideally placed to judge the credentials of the charities it supports with public money.
Not only would it [the UN] have allowed terrorists to masquerade under a cloak of decency - it actually provided hard cash with which they could fund their cause
BBC correspondent
"You would have thought that an organisation like the UN would have access to a certain amount of information from its constituent members' intelligence services," he said.
If the US Treasury is right about "Blessed Relief", it is a serious blow to the UN's reputation.
"The fact that the UN has been so easily duped will no doubt cause great unease within the international community," says the BBC's correspondent.
"Not only would it have allowed terrorists to masquerade under a cloak of decency - it actually provided hard cash with which they could fund their cause."
To: freedomnews I don't think the UN was duped at all. They are an anti-American organization to the core and should be ejected from NYC immediately. The US should pull out of the UN and let them collapse. They're a gang of penniless beggars who only want to cut our throats after picking our pockets anyway.
6 posted on 10/20/01 2:18 PM Pacific by Twodees [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies | Report Abuse ]
Is that a Jewish iceberg?
To: freedomnews
As the CIA well knows, according to it's own website:
Globalization promotes terrorism, and terrorism promotes globabalization.
So the terrorists and globalists scratch each others' backs!
The CIA in the New World Order - Intelligence Challenges Through 2015 (Article From CIA Website)
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