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...passport photo appeared on a CD-ROM with pictures of some of the 19 hijackers. The disc, turned over in May by a foreign government the FBI would not disclose, had only recently been analyzed because of the volume of material the agency has collected since the war on terrorism began, the bureau said. The bulletin included al-Rasheed's photo and warned that he is "considered armed and dangerous." Said FBI official Bruce Gebhardt: "We're not saying that he's connected to [the hijackers], but we obviously have to be prudent and make sure we notify everyone." Days...
...Aviv is for Lovers Battered by two years of terror and a war without end, some young Israelis just want to have fun. More than 250,000 people are expected for Friday's 'Love Parade' in Tel Aviv, an annual outdoor celebration of rave culture and techno music inspired by the event of the same name in Berlin that has become the largest annual bacchanal in continental Europe...
...plenty of cash. That's the bad news from a draft United Nations report on terrorist funding due to be released Thursday. The draft report notes that despite 144 U.N. member states having frozen some $112 million in suspected al-Qaeda assets since September 11, the terror network continues to enjoy access to tens of millions of dollars in secretly managed investments - estimated to be worth somewhere between $30 million and $300 million. Al Qaeda's coffers have always been filled by a lot more than Osama bin Laden's personal fortune, and the report estimates that even after...
...underworld also provides an ongoing source of finance. European anti-terror officials, particularly in France, have noted that radical Islamist groups, including those linked with al-Qaeda, have over the years built an elaborate criminal infrastructure - relying on low-key logistical operatives rather than their best-trained combatants - that can generate a continuous flow of funds through seemingly apolitical petty crime, such as credit card fraud, car theft and so on. Even if these operatives are caught, they have in many instances been tried, convicted and sentenced to short spells in prison without their terror connection becoming apparent. Of course...
...Most recent terrorist plots required far more audacity, creativity and stealth than they did money," a French counter-terrorism official tells Time. "Even Atta's group (the September 11 hijackers) needed what most modern societies regard as relatively little quantities of cash? These maniacs don't need millions. They can finance and roll out attacks with money they raise themselves." So even if U.N. member states follow the terror-funding panel's recommendations to tighten up controls, the ability of the U.S. and its allies to thwart al-Qaeda attacks remains primarily dependent on intelligence and police work...