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Article: BANK ACCOUNT IN OREGON LINKED TO AL-QAIDA.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- November 15, 2001
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Byline: PAUL SHUKOVSKY P-I reporter
A Web site the Russian government says is linked to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida group is openly seeking donations through a bank account located in a suburban Portland strip mall.
The FBI knows about the Web site and the bank account, but there is nothing it can do.
As federal agents fan out across the country and shut down the flow of money to terrorist groups, the bank account and the Web site raise questions about what defines a terrorist.
Long before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Russians repeatedly asked the United States to close the Oregon bank account, according to U.S. government ...