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The War on Terrorism
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  Where Does Osama bin Laden's Financial and Military Support Come From?

Osama bin Laden


 
Reportedly worth over $250 million, bin Laden has tapped into his financial wealth to help fund his al Qaeda terrorist network.

However, he has also raised enormous funds from both direct supporters and from indirect, perhaps even innocent supporters of charitable front groups throughout the world.

Bin Laden's network is also suspected of profiting directly from the terrorist attacks by shorting the stock of major U.S. airlines, that of airline manufacterur Boeing, and several brokerage firms that suffered severe casualties when the World Trade Center was attacked. Shorting of a stock occurs when a buyer essential sells a stock at a higher price while promising to buy it on a specific date later), thus profiting from the difference if the price drops.(A trader would lose money if the stock went up at the purchase date.)

On September 24, 2001, the United States froze the assets of the following organizations believed to be supporting terrorism:
  • Al Qaida/Islamic Army

  • Abu Sayyaf Group

  • Armed Islamic Group (GIA)

  • Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM)

  • Al-Jihad (Egyptian Islamic Jihad)

  • Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)

  • Asbat al-Ansar

  • Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC)

  • Libyan Islamic Fighting Group

  • Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (AIAI)

  • Islamic Army of Aden

  • Usama bin Laden

  • Muhammad Atif (aka, Subhi Abu Sitta, Abu Hafs Al Masri)

  • Sayf al-Adl

  • Shaykh Sai'id (aka, Mustafa Muhammad Ahmad)

  • Abu Hafs the Mauritanian (aka, Mahfouz Ould al-Walid, Khalid Al-Shanqiti)

  • Ibn Al-Shaykh al-Libi

  • Abu Zubaydah (aka, Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, Tariq)

  • Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi (aka, Abu Abdallah)

  • Ayman al-Zawahiri

  • Thirwat Salah Shihata

  • Tariq Anwar al-Sayyid Ahmad (aka, Fathi, Amr al-Fatih)

  • Muhammad Salah (aka, Nasr Fahmi Nasr Hasanayn)

  • Makhtab Al-Khidamat/Al Kifah

  • Wafa Humanitarian Organization

  • Al Rashid Trust

  • Mamoun Darkazanli Import-Export Company

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