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2003-08-23 Home Front
Bush Freezes Assets of Six Hamas Chiefs, Aid Agencies
The United States yesterday froze the assets of six senior Hamas leaders and five European-based organizations it says raise money for the radical Palestinian group. President George W. Bush said he was taking the action because Hamas claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s attack on a packed bus in Jerusalem that killed 20 people, including six children. The move, being carried out by the Treasury Department, also targets six top Hamas leaders. A senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said it was the first effort to block Hamas’ assets or funding sources outside the United States. Similar action has been taken worldwide against Al-Qaeda and other terrorist networks, however.
And should have been taken against Hamas and IJ long since...
“Hamas has reaffirmed that it is a terrorist organization committed to violence against Israelis and to undermining progress toward peace between Israel and the Palestinian people,” said Bush. Bush called on “all nations supportive of peace in the Middle East” to recognize Hamas as a terrorist organization and to join the United States in freezing the groups’ funds.
My guess is that the Frenchipeans will continue to pretend there's a difference between the poltical and military wings...
The Treasury Department supplied the following names and identifications for the six individuals: Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the leader of Hamas in Gaza; Imad Khalil Al-Alami, a member of the Hamas political bureau in Damascus, Syria; Osama Hamdan, a senior Hamas leader in Lebanon; Khalid Mishaal, head of the Hamas political bureau and executive committee in Damascus; Musa Abu Marzouk, deputy chief of the political bureau in Syria, and Abdelaziz Rantissi, a Hamas leader that Treasury described as reporting to Yassin.
He's second in command, after the sheikh, and a member of the politburo...
The charities whose assets were frozen included a support group based in France called the Committee for Charity and Aid for the Palestinians; the Association for Palestinian Aid in Switzerland; the Palestinian Relief and Development Fund, or Interpal, headquartered in Britain; the Palestinian Association in Austria, and the Sanbil Association for Relief and Development, which is based in Lebanon.
Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-08-23 14:10|| || Front Page|| [11139 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Whatever is there should not be frozen but go right into the "Relief Fund for the victims of Hamas bombings".
Posted by True German Ally 2003-8-23 6:30:07 PM||   2003-8-23 6:30:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 via AP- (ED - my bolding)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - A leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Saturday called President Bush an enemy of Islam because the U.S. government froze the assets of Hamas leaders in response to a suicide bombing of a bus in Jerusalem.

Speaking to Dubai-based Al-Arabiya TV, Abdel Aziz Rantisi called the action "a theft of Muslim money by the Americans" and said the frozen money doesn't belong to Hamas.

"Hamas does not have any money in the U.S., Europe or even in the Arab states. President Bush has become Islam's biggest enemy," Rantisi said in the interview.
Posted by Frank G  2003-8-23 8:11:49 PM||   2003-8-23 8:11:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Did that example of human waste call the U.S. an enemy? 'W' must have hit a nerve when he froze the 'Leaders' assets! Before Rantisi finds himself rooming with the Hussein brothers, he might want to rethink his words.
Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter)  2003-8-23 8:25:13 PM||   2003-8-23 8:25:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#4  "Hamas does not have any money in the U.S., Europe or even in the Arab states..."
Nope. It's all in Swiss numbered accounts. So donate more today to the Muslim Charity of your choice on our special list safe in the knowledge that we'll get our cut and Dubya won't be able to get his infidel hands on it.
Posted by .com 2003-8-23 8:34:48 PM||   2003-8-23 8:34:48 PM|| Front Page Top

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