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Article: Over $80 million cut off to terrorist groups 'Substantial progress' made in halting the funneling of funds
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- January 30, 2002
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Over $80 million cut off to terrorist groups
'Substantial progress' made in halting the funneling of funds,
Senate panel told
Hearst News Service, Associated Press
Wednesday, January 30, 2002
Washington -- Since Sept. 11, U.S. and foreign authorities have
seized more than $80 million in assets of al-Qaida and other
terrorist organizations, top administration officials told a Senate
panel Tuesday.
Deputy Treasury Secretary Kenneth W. Dam told the Senate Banking,
Housing and Urban Affairs Committee that the United States, with the
help of dozens of other countries, had made "substantial progress" in
cutting off money to terrorist groups.
He said the United States had persuaded 147 countries to ...