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Just found this:

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Apology and retraction NEWS, Pg. A2 The Ottawa Citizen October 5, 2001 Friday Final EDITION

An article on page B1 of the Sept. 29 edition of the Citizen contained erroneous information about Saudi businessman Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi. Contrary to assertions in the article, Mr. Al-Amoudi was not appointed to head the National Commercial Bank, a private Saudi bank founded by Khalid bin Mahfouz; Mr. Al-Amoudi has no ownership interest in the port facilities in Yemen where the USS Cole was bombed; and he is not, and never has been an investor in Sudan's El-Shifa pharmaceutical plant, which was destroyed by U.S. missiles. The Citizen apologizes to Mr. Al-Amoudi for any embarrassment or distress caused by this article.

but also this:

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Saudi money aiding bin Laden, U.S. report claims Deutsche Presse-Agentur October 29, 1999, Friday, BC Cycle 13:37 Central European Time

Washington
More than a year after the U.S. Embassy bombings in East Africa, prominent businessmen in Saudi Arabia continue to transfer tens of millions of dollars to bank accounts linked to indicted terrorist Osama bin Laden, according to a report Friday in USA Today.

The newspaper quoted "senior U.S. intelligence officials" as saying the money transfers, which began more than five years ago, have been used to finance several terrorist acts by bin Laden.

Those terrorist acts included the attempted assassination in 1995 of Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak in Ethiopia, the officials were quoted as saying. U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is expected to raise the issue with Prince Sultan, the Saudi defence minister, during his visit to Washington next week, USA Today added.

The newspaper said that, according to a Saudi government audit acquired by U.S. intelligence, five of Saudi Arabia's top businessmen ordered the National Commercial Bank (NCB), the kingdom's largest, to transfer personal funds, along with 3 million dollars diverted from a Saudi pension fund, to New York and London banks.

The money was deposited into the accounts of Islamic charities, including Islamic Relief and Blessed Relief, that serve as fronts for bin Laden.

Khalid bin Mahfouz...is now under "house arrest" at a military hospital in the Saudi city of Taif, intelligence officials said. His successor, Mohammad Hussein Al-Amoudi, also heads the Capitol Trust Bank in New York and London, which U.S. and British officials are investigating for allegedly transferring money to bin Laden.

The businessmen, who are worth more than 5 billion dollars, are paying bin Laden "protection money" to stave off attacks on their businesses in Saudi Arabia, intelligence officials told the paper. Bin Laden, whose family runs the largest Saudi construction firm, has called for the overthrow of the Saudi government.

USA Today said the money transfers were discovered in April after the royal family ordered an audit of NCB and its founder and former chairman, Khalid bin Mahfouz. Mahfouz is now under "house arrest" at a military hospital in the Saudi city of Taif, intelligence officials said.

His successor, Mohammad Hussein Al-Amoudi, also heads the Capitol Trust Bank in New York and London, which U.S. and British officials are investigating for allegedly transferring money to bin Laden.

Bin Laden faces U.S. criminal charges for allegedly masterminding the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people. Bin Laden, who is in Afghanistan, denies the charges.

Amazing how much groundwork Clinton was able to lay as Governor, even.

This Osama dude and his cohorts of Newspeak charitable organizations and worldwide cells make the Soviets look like also-rans in comparison.

Thank God the adults, oilmen and bankers are back in charge. They'll straighten all this out.