Habib, G W Bush and his henchmen are reverting back to 1960's cold war
politics. In the 60's,the CIA was use to depose Lumumber in Congo, Nkrumah
in Ghana and Musadeh in Iran. The only difference here is W is willing to
use the military and is being open about it. I call it " The Emergence of
The New Imperialist Power."
Daddy Sang


> [Original Message]
> From: Habib Ghanim <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 9/3/2002 2:53:50 PM
> Subject: Re: Al Qaeda Gold Moved to Sudan - Victor Bout, Arms dealer
>
>
>
> Remember Monsieur Johnson
>
> GW Bush is still looking for a reason to attack again- he is like a
> wild and hungry pit bull in the kill mode
>
> !1
>
> Habib
>
>   >From: Malamin Johnson  >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues
> mailing list  >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Al Qaeda
> Gold Moved to Sudan - Victor Bout, Arms dealer >Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002
> 18:29:57 +0000 > >Al Qaeda Gold Moved to Sudan >Iran, U.A.E. Used as
> Transit Points >By Douglas Farah >Washington Post Staff Writer
> >Tuesday, September 3, 2002; Page A01 >Financial officers of al Qaeda
> and the Taliban have quietly shipped >large >quantities of gold out
> of Pakistan to Sudan in recent weeks, >transiting >through the United
> Arab Emirates and Iran, according to European, >Pakistani >and U.S.
> investigators. >The sources said several shipments of boxes of gold,
> usually >disguised as >other products, were taken by small boat from
> the Pakistani port of >Karachi >to either Iran or Dubai, and from
> there mixed with other goods and >flown by >chartered airplanes to
> Khartoum, the Sudanese capital. >Although it is not clear how much
> gold has been moved, U.S. and >European >officials said the quantity
> was significant and was an important >indicator >that the al Qaeda
> network and members of Afghanistan's deposed >Taliban >militia still
> had access to large financial reserves. >European and U.S.
> intelligence officials said the movement of gold >also >highlighted
> three significant developments in the war on terrorism: >the >growing
> role of Iranian intelligence units allied with the country's
> >hard-line clerics in protecting and aiding al Qaeda; the potential
> >reemergence of Sudan as a financial center for the organization; and
> >the >ability of the terrorist group to generate new sources of
> revenue >despite >the global crackdown on its finances. >The sources
> said Sudan may have been chosen because Osama bin Laden, >the
> >Saudi-born al Qaeda leader, and other members of the network are
> >familiar >with the country and retain business contacts there. They
> said >traditional >havens for al Qaeda money on the Arabian peninsula
> such as Saudi >Arabia and >United Arab Emirates were under intense
> international scrutiny, >while >transactions in Sudan could more
> easily pass unnoticed. >Gold has for years been the preferred
> financial instrument of the >Taliban >and al Qaeda. Most of the
> Taliban treasury was kept in gold when the >militia >ruled
> Afghanistan, and taxes were often collected in gold. Just >before the
> >Taliban and al Qaeda were driven from Afghanistan last year, the two
> >groups >shipped large amounts of gold to Dubai, and from there to
> other safe >havens, >according to U.S., European and Arab officials.
> >Senior U.S. intelligence officials said they are investigating the
> >information about the new gold shipments and had opened a case on
> >the matter >but had no further comment. "We know they are looking at
> new sources >of >revenue and are finding new ways to raise and move
> funds to where >they are >accessible," a U.S. official said. "The
> bankers are the ones that >move the >money and the bankers are not
> sitting in caves in Afghanistan." >European and U.S. sources said
> they became aware of the shipments >after they >occurred, and have
> asked the Sudanese government to take measures to >halt >the flow. A
> spokesman for the Sudanese Embassy in Washington said he >had no
> >official information about the shipments and found the information
> >"hard to >believe." >"Sudan is not going to allow anything like this
> to come in >knowingly," the >official said. "We are concerned about
> terrorism. We are on a high >level of >alert since September 11."
> >But European intelligence sources said one of the hubs of bin
> >Laden's >organization continues to be Sudan, where he lived from
> 1991 to >1996, when >he was forced to move to Afghanistan. >Although
> the United States and other countries have praised Sudan >for its
> >cooperation in the war on terrorism, European and U.S. officials say
> >that >bin Laden, who invested tens of millions of dollars in the
> country >when it >harbored him, continues to have economic interests
> there. While >living in >Sudan, bin Laden operated a large
> construction business, bought >extensive >land holdings and helped
> found a bank. >A senior European intelligence official said there was
> growing >evidence that >Khartoum was again serving "as a sort of hub"
> for al Qaeda business >transactions. "He has banking contacts there,
> he has business >contacts there >and he is intimately familiar with
> the political and intelligence >structure >there," the official said.
> "He never fully left Sudan despite moving >to >Afghanistan." >The
> gold appears to be the fruit of what one Pakistani businessman
> >knowledgeable of Taliban financing called a "commodity for commodity
> >exchange," with the Taliban and al Qaeda trading opium and heroin
> >for gold. >When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, according to
> Pakistani >intelligence >officials, it actively engaged in opium and
> heroin production, and >allowed >al Qaeda to raise funds through
> taxing the cultivation of poppy, the >raw >material for heroin. >The
> Pakistani businessman said that over the past two months >Pakistani
> >intelligence has picked up numerous reports indicating that al Qaeda
> >and the >Taliban were sending large amounts of gold out of Karachi
> after >selling >stashes of stored heroin and opium to drug
> traffickers in Central >Asia. >"This is new money, not money stashed
> away from before," the >Pakistani >source said. "The old network of
> moving drugs and trading it for >gold, which >they have done for
> years, is still operational." >European and Pakistani sources said
> some of the assets moving >through Iran >may be the remnants of bin
> Laden's personal fortune. U.S. and >European >officials believe bin
> Laden inherited about $30 million in the early >1990s >when his
> father, a Saudi construction magnate, died. >European terrorism
> experts said they were particularly troubled by >indications that
> Iranian intelligence officials were taking an >active role >in moving
> the gold. The sources said there were credible reports >that some >of
> the gold was flown on Iranian airplanes to Sudan. >"Iran is not a
> monolith, there are different groups, and some seem >to be >directly
> helping these transfers," one official said. "It doesn't >mean it is
> >a decision of the government, but they do not have full control over
> >what >the security agencies do." >Arab intelligence sources have
> reported that Iran is sheltering >senior al >Qaeda military and
> financial leaders in hotels and guest houses in >the >Afghan border
> cities of Mashhad and Zabol. >Gold has long been a favorite way of
> storing wealth in Southeast >Asia, the >Arabian peninsula and
> northern Africa. Smuggling gold by sea from >Karachi >into Iran and
> Dubai is also a centuries-old activity. >A draft United Nations
> report by a panel of experts states that al >Qaeda's >financial
> structure remains largely intact and retains access to >tens of
> >millions of dollars. >"A large portfolio of ostensibly legitimate
> businesses continue to >be >maintained and managed on behalf of Osama
> bin Laden and al Qaeda by >a number >of, as yet, unidentified
> intermediaries and associates across North >Africa, >the Middle East,
> Europe and Asia," the report said. "Estimates put >the value >of this
> portfolio at around $30 million." >The Treasury Department said the
> U.N. report presented an >"incomplete >picture of the financial war
> against terrorism." In a statement, a >spokesman >said that while
> much work remained to be done, the report did not >measure >the
> impact of seizures of millions of dollars in cash or the >freezing of
> >assets of more than 200 individuals since Sept. 11. >European
> officials said some of the chartered planes used to >transport the
> >gold and other commodities for the Taliban and al Qaeda were linked
> >to >Victor Bout, a Russian arms merchant who maintains more than 50
> >aircraft in >the United Arab Emirates. >U.S. officials have called
> Bout the largest arms merchant in the >world and >say he has long had
> dealings with the Taliban, flying in weapons and >medicine for the
> group when it governed Afghanistan. >Despite an international arrest
> warrant issued in February for his >arrest, >Bout lives undisturbed
> in Moscow. >Staff writer Dana Priest contributed to this report. >©
> 2002 The Washington Post Company > > > >
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