August 23, 2001:
FBI Agents Visit Moussaoui’s Former Flight School; Fail to Make Connections
Two agents from the Oklahoma City FBI office visit Airman Flight School in Norman, OKLAHOMA, to learn about Zacarias MOUSSAOUI’s training there earlier in the year. One of these agents had visited the same school in September 1999 to learn more about IHAB ALI, an al-Qaeda agent who trained there in 1993.
APPARENTLY, THIS AGENT FORGETS THE CONNECTION WHEN HE VISITS THE SCHOOL TO LOOK INTO MOUSSAOUI. HE LATER ADMITS HE SHOULD HAVE CONNECTED THE TWO CASES. [Boston Globe, 9/18/2001; US Congress, 7/24/2003, pp. 322]
The staff director of the 9/11 Congressional Inquiry later states, “No one will ever know whether a greater focus on the connection between these events would have led to the unraveling of the September 11 plot.” [New York Daily News, 9/25/2002]
The Oklahoma City office also does not connect Moussaoui to a memo that had come from its office in May 1998 warning that “large numbers of Middle Eastern males” were receiving flight training in Oklahoma and could be planning terrorist attacks (see May 15, 1998).
Furthermore, Moussaoui’s Oklahoma roommate Hussein al-Attas is also under suspicion at this time (see August 16, 2001). One of the people who attempted to post bond for al-Attas, WILLIAM WEBB, had previously been the subject of an extensive investigation by the same Oklahoma City FBI office.
Webb is a member of the extremist group the Muslim Brotherhood and is also Vice President of Overseas Operations and Recruiting for the Palestinian group Fatah. Further, Webb is connected to ANWAR AL AULAQI, an imam who has frequent ties with some of the 9/11 hijackers and is suspected of involvement in the 9/11 plot (see March 2001 and After).
Al Aulaqi was the subject of an FBI counterterrorism inquiry the year before (see June 1999-March 2000). These connections are also not noticed. [US Congress, 7/24/2003, pp. 322; US Department of Justice, 11/2004, pp. 134-5 pdf file; US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division, 7/31/2006 pdf file]
I don’t believe they’re the “keystone cops” so obviously there was something else going on...facilitated comes to mind thereagain maybe they are that idiotic...I’d feel a lot safer with regular people who have more COMMON SENSE in their pinkie than ten educational degrees.
November 7, 2001:
Al Taqwa Bank Shut Down
Italian police raid Youssef Nada’s villa in Lugano, Italy.Italian police raid Youssef Nada’s villa in Lugano, Italy. [Source: Keystone]
The US and other countries announce the closure of the Al Taqwa Bank and the Al Barakaat financial network. President Bush says,
“Al Taqwa and Al Barakaat raise funds for al-Qaeda. They manage, invest and distribute those funds.”
US officials claim that both entities skimmed a part of the fees charged on each financial transaction it conducted and paid it to al-Qaeda. This would provide al-Qaeda with tens of millions of dollars annually. Additionally, Al Taqwa would provide investment advice and transfer cash for al-Qaeda. Al Taqwa is based in Switzerland while Al Barakaat is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Over 100 nations are said to be cooperating with efforts to block the funds of these two groups. [New York Times, 11/8/2001]
Swiss authorities raid Al Taqwa-related businesses and the homes of bank leaders Youssef Nada, Ali Himmat, and Ahmad Huber, but no arrests are made.
In January 2002, Nada will announce that the Al Taqwa Bank is shutting down, due to bad publicity after the raids. He will maintain that he and his organization are completely innocent. [Newsweek, 11/7/2001; Reuters, 1/10/2002]
Days after 9/11, Huber called the 9/11 attacks “counterterror against American-Israeli terror,” the World Trade Center a “the Twin Towers of the godless,” and the Pentagon “a symbol of Satan,” yet he will claim to have no ties to the attackers. [Playboy, 2/1/2002; Newsweek, 3/18/2002]
In searching Nada’s house, Swiss authorities discover a document entitled “THE PROJECT,” which is a strategic plan for the Muslim Brotherhood to infiltrate and defeat Western countries (see December 1982).
By late 2002, both the US and UN will declare Al Taqwa Bank, Nada, and Ahmed Idris Nasreddin, another founder and director of the bank, supporters of terrorism. All of their accounts will be declared frozen worldwide. [US Department of the Treasury, 8/29/2002] However, while Al Taqwa itself will be shut down, later reports will indicate that other financial entities operated by the directors will continue to operate freely (see June-October 2005).”
<<<<<“Al Taqwa and Al Barakaat raise funds for al-Qaeda. They manage, invest and distribute those funds.”
US officials claim that both entities skimmed a part of the fees charged on each financial transaction it conducted and paid it to al-Qaeda.>>>>>
That’s exactly what the global-planners do with our money. Did any of the people from those banks go to jail? NO! Do any of the global-planners go to jail? NO!