$900,000 from a foreign source which had still to be
On Thursday, Israeli television said President Weizman had also received While serving near the Suez Canal in 1969 and died in a car crash in President Weizman's aides have said most of the money from Mr Sarousi was spent on medical treatment for his son Shaul, who was badly wounded Mr Weizman says he consulted his lawyer at the time and was told there was no need to report or pay taxes on the money. Mr Weizman, 75, who holds a largely ceremonial role, acknowledged receiving money, but said it was less than the figure alleged and that the donations were legal. $314,000 from Mr Sarousi between 19, the year he was elected Last month, Yoav Yitzhak alleged that President Weizman received "The president asks that the investigation be concluded as soonĪs possible, without harming its contents, of course," Mr Shumer said. He be treated "like any other citizen, without privileges". The president's lawyers were told of the decision on WednesdayĪ presidential aide, Arieh Shumer, said that President Weizman had asked that In Thursday's statement, the ministry said the attorney-general had ordered a formal police investigation in co-operation with tax authorities. Relationship of a business nature between Mr Weizman and a companyĬonnected to Mr Sarousi" that continued after he took office as a cabinet minister. The Justice Ministry says it had new evidence indicating "a
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Most frustratingly, the fate and whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden himself is still a deep mystery.Journalist Yoav Yitzhak, who originally revealed Mr Weizman's money-taking, said on Israeli TV that he had proof that the president accepted $3.5m to support Shimon Peres in a successful 1984 bid to become prime minister. In a recent report on Iraq and the war on terror, the Oxford Research Group noted that despite the detention of many of its members, al-Qaeda "remains vibrant and effective". However, uprooting the organisation in its entirety has been a highly complex and frustrating task. Some of its top leaders have been killed or captured, and interrogations of some members at Guantanamo Bay have further weakened the organisation. Western police forces and intelligence agencies have had some successes in breaking up al-Qaeda cells, closing down front companies and freezing assets as part of the "war on terror".
The GIA, or Armed Islamic Group, in Algeria and its radical offshoot known as the Salafist group, or GSPC. The Abu Sayyaf group in the Philippines. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, or IMU. There are also believed to be links with: These include the attacks on two US embassies in Africa in 1998 and the 11 September attacks against New York and Washington. Its leader is Ayman al-Zawahri, a ruthless Egyptian believed to be the brains behind al-Qaeda and the mastermind of many of its most infamous operations. The most important is the radical wing of the Egyptian group Islamic Jihad whose members took refuge in Afghanistan and merged with al-Qaeda. We do however know that several radical groups are or have been formally affiliated with al-Qaeda. Some analysts have suggested that the word al-Qaeda is now used to refer to a variety of groups connected by little more than shared aims, ideals and methods. But were these attacks in any way planned or financed or organised by Bin Laden or the organisation he is still believed to lead? These have been important centres for recruitment, fundraising and planning operations.Īttacks like the May 2003 bombings in Riyadh and the attack on Israeli tourists in Mombasa in 2002 are widely attributed to al-Qaeda. In western Europe there have been known or suspected cells in London, Hamburg, Milan and Madrid. The organisation is thought to operate in 40 to 50 countries, not only in the Middle East and Asia but in North America and Europe. The US campaign in Afghanistan starting in late 2001 dispersed the organisation and drove it underground as its personnel were attacked and its bases and training camps destroyed. After 1996 its headquarters and about a dozen training camps moved to Afghanistan, where Bin Laden forged a close relationship with the Taleban. In the early 1990s Al-Qaeda operated in Sudan. The "Arab Afghans", as they became known, were battle-hardened and highly motivated. Some analysts believe Bin Laden himself had security training from the CIA. The organisation grew out of the network of Arab volunteers who had gone to Afghanistan in the 1980s to fight under the banner of Islam against Soviet Communism.ĭuring the anti-Soviet jihad Bin Laden and his fighters received American and Saudi funding. Al-Qaeda's leaders: (From left) Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama Bin Laden and Mohammed AtefĪl-Qaeda, meaning "the base", was created in 1989 as Soviet forces withdrew from Afghanistan and Osama Bin Laden and his colleagues began looking for new jihads.
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