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Bosnia: one-stop terrorist shop.(Brief Article)
"American military intelligence and the CIA have deployed hundreds of officers in Bosnia to track suspected Islamic militants amid concern that the country has become a refuge, recruiting ground and cash conduit for international terrorism," reported the July 26 London Telegraph.
"There is a flow of people heading in from Chechnya and Afghanistan on to Europe and back, then to Iraq," one U.S. official told the British paper. "They are spreading the story that Bosnia is a one-stop shop close to Europe for terrorism needs--guns, money, documents." Bosnia is particularly useful as a nearly limitless source of phony passports: Ahmed Ressam, convicted of attempting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on New Year's Day 2000, carried a Bosnian passport.
Hundreds of Islamic militants have been under scrutiny in Bosnia since 9-11. In early 2002, six Algerian nationals suspected of plotting to attack the U.S. embassy in ...
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- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel MICHAEL DOBBS, The Associated Press contributed to this report February 2, 1996 700+ words
...western inaction in Bosnia, Saudi Arabia funded a $300 million...were taking place in Bosnia. He said that some...the program but that Saudi Arabia was prepared to donate...now on the ground in Bosnia, NATO said that one...
- Iran & Saudi Arabia Are Watching In The Middle Of The Devil's Triangle.(region...
- Newspaper article from: APS Diplomat News Service January 28, 2002 700+ words
...NICOSIA - The region between Bosnia and the Indian subcontinent...countries in the region. Iran and Saudi Arabia, among the regional powers...officials have been saying that Saudi Arabia wants American troops out...the matter for both Iran and Saudi Arabia is the aggressive ...
- Saudi Arabia issues warning over Bosnia. (protection of Bosnian Muslims)
- Magazine article from: MEED Middle East Economic Digest June 11, 1993 700+ words
The leaders of Saudi Arabia have issued a warning to...extermination of the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina," the...people to their own state. Saudi Arabia gave full backing to the humanitarian effort in Bosnia. "It will add considerably...
- SAUDI ARABIA - Sept. 13 - Prince Salman In Bosnia.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: APS Diplomat Recorder September 16, 2000 700+ words
Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz visits Bosnia to open cultural and religious centres...airport, including schoolchildren. (Saudi Arabia has invested about US$600m in various projects in Bosnia, designed mainly to help the Muslim population...
- SAUDI ARABIA: OIC FUND HELPS REBUILD 230 RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN...
- Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database March 23, 2005 700+ words
...the Fund for the Resettlement of Refugees and the Displaced of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The chairman was accompanied by the Executive...construction of 230 residential units in various towns and cities of Bosnia-Herzegovina. He said the homes were handed over at a function...
- SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI ISESCO TO IMPLEMENT PROJECTS IN BOSNIA.(Islamic...
- Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database September 21, 2004 700+ words
According to IINA, the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) will this month implement several projects in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, among them a training session for Arabic teachers, plus a workshop for the same purpose. It will also hold training sessions for
- Saudi Arabia Announces Counter-Terrorism Measures.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 3, 2002 700+ words
...The U.S. and Saudi Arabia shut down the Somalia and Bosnia branches of the...the U.S. and Saudi Arabia jointly determined...the Somalia and Bosnia branches of Al...evil-doers. * Saudi Arabia, over the past...
- Saudi Arabia and United States Make Joint Designation on Terror Financing.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 23, 2003 700+ words
...came under scrutiny after Saudi Arabia, working with the U...Department, designated the Bosnia branch of the Al-Haramain...financiers of terrorism. Saudi Arabia and the United States determined that the Bosnia and Somalia branches of...