VOL. XXXIV

NO. 17

28-JANUARY-1991

Financial and Banking News

Gulf War

Banks Bear Brunt of Anti-Western Terrorist Attacks

During the first week of the Gulf war there have a number of attacks onwestern banks which are presumed to be the work of groups sympathetic to IraqiPresident Saddam Husain's call to attack western interests throughout the world.The first reported attack came on 18 January when shots were fired at a Citibankoffice in Amman. On 25 January a bomb exploded outside a Citibank branch...