We did it before, and we'll do it again:

Last week, there was quite a fuss kicked up by a Newsweek story about the wife of the Saudi ambassador, and money from her bank account that may have found its way to a couple of hijackers of Flight 77 - the plane that flew into the Pentagon. (We diagramed the relationship.)

Today Newsweek has another story, this on money and connections involving the International Islamic Relief Organization. Connections that involve the bin Laden group, and possibly the Saudi Embassy in the United States. So, to make things clear, we present the information in the form of a diagram:



Once again, a direct connection looks implausible. However, we don't doubt that some money is given to the charities with the unstated assumption that a portion will go to terrorists. The question is, who are those people giving for that purpose, and how do you prove it?

posted by Quiddity at 12/01/2002 03:37:00 PM