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To: LLCF who wrote (128992)	10/12/2001 3:16:40 PM
From: robnhood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

<<-- DJ US Waited 10 Mos To Freeze Assets Of Bin Laden Deputies -- WASHINGTON (AP)--Months before the Sept. 11 attacks, the United Nations and the European Union directed their members to freeze the assets of five lieutenants of Osama bin Laden, including his brother-in-law and financial handler. The U.S. government didn't do it until Friday. Members of Congress want to know why Treasury officials charged with disrupting the finances of terrorists didn't follow the lead of some of the closest U.S. allies back in January. "There was a lack of connecting the dots that has existed because these entities have not had a history of communicating with each other, of sharing information," said Sen. John Kerry, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee. Charles Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, said, "If our law officers are overlooking the EU's frozen assets list, they're missing an obvious piece of the antiterrorism pie." The Office of Foreign Assets Control, the primary agency charged with freezing terrorist assets, declined to address specific names that have made or missed their terrorism list. The list consists of "names of individuals and entities we feel quite certain are connected with bin Laden and al-Qaida," spokeswoman Tasia Scolinos said. "We plan to freeze additional assets of additional parties in coming weeks." One government official familiar with the list, who would speak only on condition of anonymity, said accounts might sometimes be left open to monitor who is using them. Thirty-nine new groups and individuals were added to the list Friday. Last month, President George W. Bush froze the assets of 27 groups and individuals suspected of terrorism or involvement with terrorists. Among those added Friday were Sa'd Al-Sharif, bin Laden's brother-in-law and suspected head of his financial organization. Others include Amin Al-Haq, bin Laden's security coordinator; Bilal Bin Marwan, a top lieutenant; aide Saqar Al-Jadawi and Ahmad Sa'id Al-Kadr, thought to be an Egyptian and Canadian national. All have been named since January on a terrorist list issued by the U.N. Security Council's Afghanistan sanctions committee, of which the U.S. is a member. The European Union has ordered its members to freeze the assets of the five since at least March. U.N. Security Council members, like the U.S., are expected to freeze accounts of those on the sanction list. The council first imposed sanctions on Afghanistan's ruling Taliban in 1999 to pressure it to give up bin Laden. The U.N., believing bin Laden was bankrolling the Taliban, later sought to block his assets and those of his associates. The goal was to damage his al-Qaida network and make the Taliban likelier to hand him over. >>