Log in Free trial  The Labyrinthian Money Trail of Osama Bin
Laden: President George W Bush Is Committed to Separating Osama
Bin Laden from His Financial Support. but before He Can
Confiscate It, First He Must Find It. (Business & Finance)
Article excerpt  Osama bin Laden has been called "the Ford
Foundation of terrorists", for his funding of operations such as
the suicide attacks in the United States, the US embassy
bombings in East Africa and the attempted millennium bombings in
Jordan and western Europe, from a global financial network that
embraces both clandestine and legitimate means.  According to US
security officials, Bin Laden has operatives in 63 countries who
form part of a global financial network with thousands of
accounts.  But the worldwide crackdown launched by the US
following the 11 September suicide hijackings, to choke off the
core of his operations, the money pipeline from Bin Laden's
business interests to his loose-knit terrorist network, is
likely to prove infinitely more difficult th