While terrorism is an obvious choice for govt officials, it must have been for individual uses. Meaning, they were transfering funds for third and forth parties. Getting money to Iraq is difficult when there is an embargo and you don't oil to trade. This is proven by the fact that the govt is charging them for operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. Yea, but is Western Union filling the void? I understand the need for open and clear operations. Many trusting folks could lose money if these guys were there to steal money. There has to be a willing and obvious connection in Iraq, who may well have been providing the families to receive their money. Considering their personal income, they could be laundering drug money, but all this will come out in court. Side note: The US has frozen all Iraqi funds in the USA and say that the money will go to the "people of Iraq". I bet that means that it will be used to rebuild Iraq, thus to the people. Interesting, if anyone has a link to this story, what does "Iraqi funds" mean? Oh yea, Iraqi diplomats asked to leave the USA.
Iraqi Funds search Iraqi funds, training fuel Islamic terror group Two Iraqi Arabs held in a Kurdish prison tell of contacts among Ansar al-Islam, Al Qaeda, and aides to the Iraqi president. By Scott Peterson | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
US confiscates frozen Iraqi funds Mar 21 10:46 AFP The United States used special war powers today to confiscate about $US1.74 billion ($A2.95 billion) in frozen Iraqi funds held in US banks. It promised to use most of the money for a fund dedicated to rebuilding and providing humanitarian aid to the Iraqi people. ---------------------------------------------------- Special war powers?
Re: Iraqi Funds search Guess who put this article on their own website? look at the link... http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/pol/terror/02041808.htm
Re: Iraqi Funds search So, if we're fighting terrorism, we should be allying with Saddam and attacking this faction of Kurds. That's what I got from the article, anyway.
Glad you could follow me here, man of vision. We have to stop meeting like this. The articles I posted simply came up in a simple search. I don't know how they all relate to each other. But, from the article you quoted... Two Iraqi Arabs held in a Kurdish prison tell of contacts among Ansar al-Islam, Al Qaeda, and aides to the Iraqi president. "Kurdistan" or whatever it they want to call it has a representative in the USA. They have some relations with the USA, for what that is worth. Now, as I read it, the Kurds "own" a region of Northern Iraq. They have a prison there. In that prison they have two Iraqi Arabs. These two are singing like they are part of some Broadway musical. Their favorite tunes seems to be about certain links involving Ansar al-Islam, Al Qaeda, and aides to the Iraqi president. Did I miss something? I mean, you talk about "reading" the article, yet you post something (again from the article) that totally goes against what you are saying. Say what you want about the Kurds, but they have been getting the shaft for many years...from all sides. Terrorism? then we might as well attack Israel for their "freedon fighting" before the US gave them a land to call their own. What is your point?
I think these are the guys behind that suicide bombing today that killed the Australian journalist and 3 Kurd checkpoint guards. So much for that part about not wanting to kill Kurds. Apparently this group will soon get a visit from our forces along with the Kurds.