GW has his hands full ...cutting off the $$$ is not going to be an easy task ....Hollywood couldnt have come up with more "intrigue" ..... http://www.msnbc.com/news/633212.asp?0dm=C1BQB <>

Fair Use Terrorists, dollars and a tangled web The tentacles of terrorist-linked offshore money in America OPINION By Christopher Byron MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR Sept. 24 — In his speech to the nation last week, President Bush said a key element in America’s new all-out war to eradicate terrorism will be to identify and cut off the sources of financial support for terrorists. Bush repeated the message Monday, announcing that he had signed an executive order freezing the financial assets of several alleged charities that evidence suggests are actually fronts for the al-Qaida network. But actually achieving the goal of cutting off the terrorists from their sources of financial support may well prove more difficult than anyone expects, requiring investigators to probe deep into the offshore activities of America’s mightiest banks and the financial affairs of many of America’s leading public figures.

-- Anonymous, September 25, 2001

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I heard on Fox today that there is little or evidence of bin Laden using American banks. They also said that the Swiss announced today that their banking laws do not protect money laundering or terrorist funds. And I saw somewhere that something like 15 accounts have so far been frozen, but I didn't read the article so don't know where.

-- Anonymous, September 25, 2001

Now I'm hearing conflicting info, that there IS some evidence of financial transactions in the US. Guess it's more tangled than we thought.

-- Anonymous, September 25, 2001