ref 55
March 17, 2003
ref 252
January 20, 2002
ref 157
November 13, 2001
ref 83
September 30, 2001
ref 68
September 20, 2001
ref 104
June 4, 1992
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topic: BCCI connections.... sorted by: most recent to past
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| 1 | Lunch with the Chairman | archived: ref 55 |
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| New Yorker March 17, 2003 |
Why was Richard Perle meeting with Adnan Khashoggi? | |||||
| 2 | Emirates Looked Other Way While Al Qaeda Funds Flowed | archived: ref 252 |
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| LA Times January 20, 2002 |
In the emirate of Sharjah, Afghan-based militants linked up with Victor Bout, a Russian arms dealer accused of repeatedly violating United Nations weapon sanctions. And millions in Al Qaeda funds cascaded through the freewheeling financial institutions of the neighboring emirate of Dubai. Terrorists used a Somali warlord's money exchange, an Islamic bank once headed by the emirates' finance minister and currency houses that touted their ability to wire $1 million abroad overnight. | |||||
| 3 | Questionable Ties: Tracking bin Laden's money flow leads back to Midland, Texas | archived: ref 157 |
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| In These TImes November 13, 2001 |
In conflicting statements, Bush at first denied ever knowing Bath, then acknowledged his stake in Arbusto and that he was aware Bath represented Saudi interests. In fact, Bath has extensive ties, both to the bin Laden family and major players in the scandal-ridden Bank of Commerce and Credit International (BCCI) who have gone on to fund Osama bin Laden. | |||||
| 4 | U.S. ignored money trail: Bush is doomed to fail if he doesn't cut off financing of terrorists | archived: ref 83 |
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| Detroit News September 30, 2001 |
The writing was on the wall on July 5, 1991, when the Bank of England shut down what was the most important Islamic bank in the world, the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI). This criminal entity was created by the Pakistani Aaga Hassan Abedi "to fight the evil influence of the West"; to help with the creation of the "Islamic Bomb"; to finance all Muslim terrorist organizations; and to launder the money that was generated mostly by illicit drug trafficking and other illegal activities, including arms trafficking. | |||||
| 5 | Bin Laden Under Magnifying Glass | archived: ref 68 |
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| Intelligence Online September 20, 2001 |
For some days anti-terrorist experts in Washington and Paris have been talking about the existence of a report in French that details all of the financial organizations which back the operations of Osama Bin Laden. IntelligenceOnline has obtained a copy of the confidential, 71-page report drafted in December, 1999 and updated most recently in June of this year. (direct web access requires password) | |||||
| 6 | Bush Said Friend's Arbusto Investment Was His Own, Not Saudi Money | archived: ref 104 |
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| Houston Chronicle June 4, 1992 |
According to a 1976 trust agreement, drawn shortly after Bush [Sr.] was appointed director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Saudi Sheik Salem M. Binladen appointed Bath as his business representative in Houston. Binladen, along with his brothers, owns Binladen Brothers Construction, one of the largest construction companies in the Middle East. According to White, Bath told him that he had assisted the CIA in a liaison role with Saudi Arabia since 1976. | |||||