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| Treasury Blocks Assets of US Branch of Saudi Charity |
| 2004-02-19 |
| The Treasury Department moved to block the assets of the U.S. branch of a large Saudi charity that has been accused of diverting money to help bankroll al-Qaida’s terrorist activities. The Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation branch affected by Thursday’s action is listed as having mailing addresses in Ashland, Ore., and Springfield, Mo., according to Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. Ashland is a little town in southern Oregon on I-5, 20 miles north of California. Didn’t know it was such a islamic hotbed. OFAC said the financial assets and property belonging to the branch "are blocked pending investigation" under the 2001 USA Patriot Act. Treasury officials declined to provide details on the investigation and whether any assets have been found in the United States. Working with the Saudis, the United States has previously moved to freeze the assets of six foreign branches of Al-Haramain. Those branches are in Indonesia, Kenya, Tanzania, Pakistan, Somalia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The United States has not taken action against the charity’s main office in Saudi Arabia. But we have the GPS location. Authorities believe some charitable contributions were siphoned off to support al-Qaida’s terrorist activities. Al-Haramain has denied any link to terrorist activities and said it was only involved in charity work for the poor. Arms for the poor jihadis. At its height, Saudi-based Al-Haramain raised $40 million to $50 million a year in charitable contributions worldwide, Adel Al-Jubeir, foreign policy adviser to Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, said last month. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 Adel Al-Jubeir, foreign policy adviser to Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, and appearing frequently as cartoon character Atom Ant..... Ashland is a nice logging town near Medford and Grant's Pass, don't understand why the Islamozoids would focus there |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-2-19 3:04:39 PM |