Jag kommenterade för en tid sedan EU-domstolenshopplöst missförstådda dom i Al Barakaat-fallet.
Domstolen uttalade sig bara om EU:s procedurregler
för terrorspärrlistan och INTE om sakfrågan – rörelsens
terrorfinansiering…..
Det har en mängd okunniga/illvilliga journalister använt
som ”bevis” för sin egen önskedröm: att Al Barakaat ”friats
från terrormisstankar”. Det är rent nonsens.
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Därför är det bra att EU-kommissionen står på sig
i sakfrågan:
EU-kommissionen vill att banknätverket al-Baarakat i
Stockholm ska stå kvar på FN:s terrorlista trots att
EG-domstolen ifrågasatte det tidigare i höst.
Kommissionens motivering bygger helt och
hållet på FN:s motivering där det sägs att
al-Baarakats grundare arbetar direkt för terror-
nätverkets al-Qaidas frontfigur Usama bin Ladin.
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Al Barakaat came to Washington's attention
partly because of the background of its founder
and chief executive, Ahmed Nur Ali Jumale.
American officials contend that he befriended
Mr. bin Laden during the Afghans' war to drive
out Soviet troops in the late 1980's.
Documents provided to foreign governments
by the United States assert that Mr. Jumale
''founded Barakaat with capital reportedly
provided by bin Laden'' in 1989.
………
American officials said Mr. bin Laden's ties
to Al Barakaat continued during the first half
of the 1990's, when he was living in Sudan,
and through the recent years he spent in
Afghanistan. Over roughly the same period,
Al Barakaat slowly expanded into cellular
telephones, banking and other enterprises.
……
Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill said Al
Barakaat ''used its offices in the United
States and in 40 countries to finance
and support terrorists around the world.''
He and other Treasury officials said that
of $300 million to $400 million that Al
Barakaat sent to Somalia each year,
5 percent -- or $15 million to $20 million –
was siphoned off directly for Al Qaeda.
……..
A confidential Treasury document described
yet another pathway for the money.
Al Barakaat, the document asserts, is actually
controlled by Al Itihaad, which in turn
funnels money to Al Qaeda.
Al Itihaad, it said, ''takes a portion of the
transaction fee -- typically 5 percent of the
overall amount being sent -- for itself,''
the document said. It then sends ''a smaller
share on to groups and individuals associated
with bin Laden, either in the form of money
or weapons.''
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partly because of the background of its founder
and chief executive, Ahmed Nur Ali Jumale.
American officials contend that he befriended
Mr. bin Laden during the Afghans' war to drive
out Soviet troops in the late 1980's.
Documents provided to foreign governments
by the United States assert that Mr. Jumale
''founded Barakaat with capital reportedly
provided by bin Laden'' in 1989.
………
American officials said Mr. bin Laden's ties
to Al Barakaat continued during the first half
of the 1990's, when he was living in Sudan,
and through the recent years he spent in
Afghanistan. Over roughly the same period,
Al Barakaat slowly expanded into cellular
telephones, banking and other enterprises.
……
Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill said Al
Barakaat ''used its offices in the United
States and in 40 countries to finance
and support terrorists around the world.''
He and other Treasury officials said that
of $300 million to $400 million that Al
Barakaat sent to Somalia each year,
5 percent -- or $15 million to $20 million –
was siphoned off directly for Al Qaeda.
……..
A confidential Treasury document described
yet another pathway for the money.
Al Barakaat, the document asserts, is actually
controlled by Al Itihaad, which in turn
funnels money to Al Qaeda.
Al Itihaad, it said, ''takes a portion of the
transaction fee -- typically 5 percent of the
overall amount being sent -- for itself,''
the document said. It then sends ''a smaller
share on to groups and individuals associated
with bin Laden, either in the form of money
or weapons.''
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(NY Times)
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De största svartbankerna (hawalas)
med internationell verksamhet:
Amal Express ............Ras El-Khimah, UAE
Al-Mustaqbal ............................Dubai, UAE
Barwaqo Financial Services ...Dubai, UAE
Cidgal Djibouti................Republic of Djibouti
Dalsan...............................................Nairobi,Kenya
Dahabshiil ...................................Hargeisa, Somaliland
Kaah Express ..........................................Nairobi, Kenya
Salama Money Express .......London, United Kingdom
Towfiq ......................................Dubai, UAE
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From Norway approximately $10.6 million was remitted
in 2007 to Somalia. In the United Kingdom approximately
$15 million per month was remitted to Somalia in 2007 .
Another reliable source estimates that in year 2007 the
flow of remittance to Somalis in Kenya was approximately
$4 million a month.
