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| Bush orders Feds to go after terror finances |
| 2001-09-24 |
"Terrorists are going to realize they can't face down freedom," President George W. Bush said Monday morning, as he stepped into the Rose Garden to announce his first attack in the war on terrorism. "At 12:01 this morning, a major thrust of our war on terrorism began with a stroke of a pen," he said. "Today, we have launched a strike on the financial foundation of the global terror network." The president signed an executive order immediately freezing the U.S. assets of, and prohibiting U.S. banking transactions with, 27 groups and individuals linked to terrorism. The affected parties include terrorist organizations, individual leaders, a corporation that serves as a front for terrorism and several nonprofit "charitable" organizations. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |