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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: goldworldnet who wrote (206987)	12/4/2001 12:02:04 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Your opinion is on record Indeed it is, and if you read my opinion it does not include: You certainly are for abortion and infanticide It is true that I find abortion to be ethicly ambiguous and the reasons for an abortion are what makes it right or wrong. That is a far cry from the mud you wish to stick to me. I don't like the killing of animals or plants for that matter, but I wear leather shoes and eat steaks and fish and carrots. I think moral certitude is a fiction more suited to Mullah Ohmar than to people who interact in a complex world. Sometimes you look for balance and sometimes you just give others the benefit of your doubts. TP

To: goldworldnet who wrote (206987)	12/4/2001 12:39:05 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Bush declares war on Hamas: WASHINGTON (AP) - Targeting the pocketbooks of terrorists, the Bush administration froze the assets early Tuesday of an American Islamic foundation and two overseas groups accused of financing the militant Palestinian organization Hamas. Under an order that took effect shortly after midnight, the administration also shut four U.S. offices of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, an organization based in Richardson, Texas, that raised $13 million last year. The foundation, which calls itself the largest Muslim charity in the United States, denied that it was a front for Hamas. Agents with the FBI and Treasury Department used the order by Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill to seize documents found at Holy Land offices in Richardson, Texas; Paterson, N.J.; San Diego, Calif.; and Ridgeview, Ill. The Treasury Department will seek search warrants later allowing agents to review the records seized Tuesday, said a senior administration official. It is the third time since October that the administration has frozen assets of groups suspected of aiding terrorists. The two financial groups targeted Tuesday, both based in Palestinian-controlled territory, are Al Aqsa International Bank and the Beit El-Mal Holdings Co., an investment group. It was unclear whether either group had assets in the United States, but the administration was urging allies to freeze the organizations' holdings. The administration had planned the crackdown for later in the month, but moved up the action after the weekend suicide bombings in Israel that killed 26 people. The schedule change scuttled administration plans for coordinated action by its allies, officials said. Hamas, already on the State Department terrorist list, has taken responsibility for the attacks in Israel. The Israeli government declared war on terrorism and blamed Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for the attacks. The administration's action reflects a willingness by President Bush to crack down on influential Muslim groups tied to terrorism, a new step in his broad campaign to use military, financial and intelligence tools to undermine terrorism. Last month, the administration seized suspected terrorist assets in the United States linked to Islamic money exchanges operating in the United States. The Holy Land Foundation issued a statement denying that it provides any financial support to terrorist groups or individuals and expressing confidence the organization will be cleared of the allegations. ``The decision by the U.S. government to seize the charitable donations of Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan is an affront to millions of Muslim Americans who entrust charities like ours to assist in fulfilling their religious obligations,'' the foundation said. Al Aqsa International Bank was founded in 1997 with $20 million in capital, but did not begin operating until September 1999, according to administration officials. The bank is owned by the Jordanian Islamic Bank and by Beit El-Mal. Many of the same people who run Al Aqsa bank also control Beit El-Mal, officials said. Israel outlawed Beit El-Mal in May 1998, accusing it of being tied to Hamas. In Nablus, West Bank, Hamas spokesman Tasir Imran said: ``Hamas doesn't take money from any institution in the world. Hamas is funded by the Palestinian people here, not by foundations based in America or anywhere else in the world. Ranaan Gissin, an aide to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, praised the moves against the groups. ``It's cutting off the umbilical cord of terrorist groups, it's going to reduce their ability to act, we welcome this kind of act,'' he said. dailynews.yahoo.com