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2006-08-05 Home Front: WoT

The Bush administration took steps Thursday to financially incapacitate branches of a Saudi-based Islamic charity and one of its high-ranking officials for allegedly helping al-Qaida bankroll terrorist acts. The Treasury Department's action is directed at the Philippine and Indonesian offices of the International Islamic Relief Organization. The charity has operations in more than 20 countries in Africa, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, the department said. The action also covers Abd Al Hamid Sulaiman Al-Mujil, who is the executive director of the charity's Eastern Province branch in Saudi Arabia.

It is particularly shameful when groups that hold themselves out as charitable or religious organizations defraud their donors or divert funds in support of violent terrorist groups... 

The department's action means that any assets found in the United States belonging to Al-Mujil or to the Philippine and Indonesian branches of the charity will be frozen. Americans also are forbidden from sending money or otherwise doing business with them. The department said that Al-Mujil has been called the "million dollar man" for his financial support of Islamic militant groups. He allegedly provided money to the al-Qaida terror network and is considered a major fundraiser for two al-Qaida-affiliated terrorist groups in Southeast Asia, Abu Sayyaf Group and Jemaah Islamiyah, the department said.

The department also alleged that, among other things, the charity's offices in the Philippines raised money for the Abu Sayyaf terror group. The charity's office in Indonesia has funneled money to foundations affiliated with the Jemaah Islamiyah terror group and has helped to finance training facilities for use by al-Qaida associates, the department alleged. "It is particularly shameful when groups that hold themselves out as charitable or religious organizations defraud their donors or divert funds in support of violent terrorist groups," said Stuart Levey, the department's undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence. "Al-Mujil has a long record of supporting Islamic militant groups and he has maintained a cell of regular financial donors in the Middle East who support extremist causes," Levey said.

Posted by Seafarious 2006-08-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [17 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 When can we convert "freeze" to "seize?"

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-08-05 09:49|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-08-05 09:49|| Front Page Top

#2 That's not fraud, it's honesty in advertising. Sheesh!

Posted by Perfesser 2006-08-05 09:51|| 2006-08-05 09:51|| Front Page Top

#3 We in the West need to become energy self-sufficient. Let the mideast eat their oil. That will bring them around soon enough.

Posted by JohnQC 2006-08-05 09:52|| 2006-08-05 09:52|| Front Page Top

#4 When does it go from "financially incapacitate" to "physically incapacitate"? A few "camping accidents" would alleviate the problem.

Posted by Fordesque 2006-08-05 09:59|| 2006-08-05 09:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Politically correct people always say that one has to separate the good muzzies from the bad muzzies. At the risk of being labeled politically incorrect, it is difficult for me to think at this time that there are good muzzies. Most of the killing and terrorism is coming from the world of Islam. Islamics and islamofacists tend to blur in my mind. Terrorism is just a tool of islamofacists (and possibly Islamics in general). The financial pipeline and financial life blood of these islamafacists needs to be cut off. Countries like Saudi Arabia, Eygypt and Iran need to quit supplying these sham charities with money. Hezzballahs and Hamas has recieved lots of money. Much of this money has gone into buying weapons to destroy Israel and the West.

Posted by JohnQC 2006-08-05 16:57|| 2006-08-05 16:57|| Front Page Top

#6 JohnQC, you haven't been looking in right places.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-08-05 19:50|| 2006-08-05 19:50|| Front Page Top

#7 Its about Fu#%ing time!!! We have known this for years about SODDI "NGO's" funding Nur Misuaries wife's NGO financing thousands of dollars to the ASG and MILF.

Posted by 49 Pan 2006-08-05 21:47|| 2006-08-05 21:47|| Front Page Top

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