VOL. XLV

No 3

21-January-2002

SAUDI ARABIA/BAHRAIN/US

US, Bahrain Freeze Accounts; SaudiArabia Sets Up Units To Fight Money Laundering

On 10 January US TreasurySecretary Paul O誰eill froze the assets of Kuwaiti charity Revival of IslamicHeritage Society, claiming that it is a front for Usama bin Ladin痴 al-Qa'idaterrorist network. The charity, which runs orphanages, builds mosques, schoolsand wells, denies accusations that it siphoned money from widows and orphans tofund terrorism. The US Treasury...