Financial front intensifies in the war against terrorism
Tackling terror by freezing individual assets, filing private lawsuits, and earmarking federal monies to cities.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1222/dailyUpdate.html
US Freezes Assets of Two Saudi Arabians
The United States Treasury Ministry has declared that the assets of two Saudi Arabians suspected of supporting the terror organization Al Qaeda have been frozen.
http://www.zaman.com/?bl=hotnews&alt=&trh=20041222&hn=14966
OIL-FOR-FOOD PROBE:
Russia, France and Switzerland got the most out of Saddam
http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showa.html?article=48725
GENEVA - The U.N.-ordered probe into oil-for-food corruption is being seriously hampered by an elaborate system of ghost firms set up around the world to cover the tracks of bribes to Saddam Hussein as he cheated the $60 billion program, a top investigator said... (excerpted)
Following is a list of the top 10 countries that purchased oil from Iraq under the oil-for-food program from 1996 until 2003:
1. Russia $19.259 billion
2. France $4.394 billion
3. Switzerland $3.480 billion
4. Britain $3.380 billion
5. Turkey $3.343 billion
6. Italy $2.718 billion
7. China $2.625 billion
8. Liechtenstein $2.468 billion
9. Spain $1.644 billion
10. Malaysia $1.485 billion
The United States is listed in 26th place at $482.826 million.