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Alan Greenspan stepped out from behind the Fed mahogany again Wednesday to perform in the part-time job he?s been clocking in at with some regularity since Sept. 11 - that of reassuring, kindly old broker to the world, on the phone with some very nervous clients...
...when American casualties of any number are viewed as bad public relations more than anything else, Halberstam forcefully highlights the foreign policy quandary the Clinton administration faced. Former President Clinton’s predecessor, President George H.W. Bush, helped broker the end of the Cold War and a ridiculously easy victory in the Gulf War over Iraq, only to be voted out of office the next year. Then Clinton, whose strength and instincts lay in domestic politics, was forced time and again to make tough decisions about committing America’s troops to fight in hard-to-understand conflicts...
...America had been a fairer broker in the Middle East peace process or if America had lifted sanctions against Iraq, the world would be a better place, but Osama bin Laden would still be waging war on America. And if there were no U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia, Osama bin Laden and his band of fanatics would find some other reason to justify their attacks...
...embassy bombings in Africa, though he may have money in Switzerland, England and numerous other countries--but al-Qaeda also makes heavy use of hawala, an informal Islamic banking network that has operated for generations in Asia and the Middle East. Hawala, Hindi for "in trust," links brokers around the world who advance funds to depositors on a handshake and, sometimes, a password. In remote areas, a broker may have little more than a rug and a phone. In larger cities, including some in the U.S., brokers often operate from the back of a store. With no wire transfers, balance...
...hijackers and may have funneled money to fellow Boston cabby Raed Hijazi, a bin Laden associate on trial in Jordan for his role in the foiled Millennium attacks. The FBI also has questions for Mouldi Sayeh, a Boston hotel owner. Witnesses allege he may be a broker for bin Laden siblings there. A man arrested at New York City's JFK airport Sept. 13 claims to live in a Boston building where a bin Laden brother once resided...