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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (203)	12/1/2002 1:24:27 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

I hate to say this, but I fear that the Democrats are going to work harder on the Saudi issue than the administration. It looks like the State Department and the White House want to sweep it under the Oriental rug. msnbc.com The bit about the donations coming in the form of cashier's checks really stinks to high heaven. If the charity was supposed to go directly to Basnan's wife, why not do it via direct deposit? Cashier's checks cost more, and are a lot more trouble than simple direct deposit, but have the virtue of being hard to trace when countersigned to a third party.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (203)	12/1/2002 1:32:10 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 15987

Just wrote a nasty gram to the editor of Arab News.com.. I'm going to be watching their media more closely in order to gauge the amount of pressure they are feeling over this matter. Dear Editor: Osama Basnan was NOT acquitted. He plead guilty to immigration violations and was deported from the United States, as was Bayoumi. Just because there remains evidence that would prove beyond a reasonable doubt that both of these individuals were financially backing the 9/11 terrorists, does not mean they were acquitted. And most importantly, there is NO DOUBT that Princess Haifa and Prince Bandar were defrauded by the unauthorized diversion of there donations. But apparently neither of the royal personages feel that these individuals should be punished for their blatant theft and fraud, as well as embarrassing them through their connections to these terrorists. They haven't filed any criminal charges against them that I know of. To the contrary, we have your journalists referring to them as victims, and not the fraudsters they actually are. If the Princess/Prince really feel they've been defrauded, they should apply Sharia law and take their hands, if not their heads. But what many Americans, like myself, are beginning to suspect, is that this wasn't so much a case of fraud, but of extortion by militants.. Or even more sinister, a case of the Saudi royal family using their resources to engage in hostile acts of war against the US... Pressing criminal charges for fraud and outright theft against Basnan and Bayoumi would go far towards resolving this situation. Not doing so leaves open the question as to exactly why the Princess and Prince feel they haven't been defrauded. We implemented our law by deporting Basnan and Bayoumi, now Saudi Arabia should implement theirs by trying them for the obvious fraud and theft they committed against the Ambassador and his wife. XXXXXXXX Washington, DC