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Hi JW,
This comes from the Wallstreet Journal, d.d 17 Sep.
I guess they read your message well <G>.......
Meanwhile, the U.S. Treasury announced that an interagency team has been
set up, "dedicated to the disruption of terrorist fund raising" in the U.S.
Rgds,
Frans
At 08:29 PM 9/14/2001 +0200, you wrote:
>Dear friends,
>
>As it becomes clear that Ben Laden is the prime suspect in the present act
>of terrorism and has for a certainty been responsible for the attacks in
>Africa, I suspect all energies will be directed to capturing or killing him.
>This might prove to be quite difficult, and I'm afraid the only hope of
>accomplishing it in the foreseeable future will be to cowe the Taliban
>thugs into handing him over.
>
>But there may be another and speedier way of getting at him that would hurt
>him or at least circumscribe his capability to organize further acts of
>terrorism. Has anyone thought about the possibility of beggaring him? All
>these vast amounts of money B.L. can dispose of have to be stashed
>*somewere*, and the financing and preparation of present operations is
>certain to have cost a great deal of money as well. I'm sure that a good
>part of the concomitant financial transactions, i.e. payments to his killer
>commandos and their helpers, must be traceable.
>
>If he has accounts in Switzerland, Liechtenstein or the Bahamas it should
>be quite easy to freeze and confiscate them, and as regards his accounts in
>one or more of the Arabic states, this would be a very appropriate occasion
>for them to show where their loyalties lie.
>
>The technical knowhow and acumen to trace and seize B.L.'s funds can of
>course be found first of all in the financial community which was a primary
>target, and which would thereby have a fitting and unique opportunity of
>hitting back at this devil in human disguise.
>
>Jan Willem Roberts
>
>
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