Uncle Sam looks at your bank account - Wow! - Whodda thought it ? - Libya - Algeria

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, SWIFT is the industry-owned co-operative supplying secure, standardised messaging services and interface software to over 7,800 financial institutions in more than 200 countries. The SWIFT community has for over 30 years provided member banks, broker/dealers and investment managers, as well as their market infrastructures in payments, securities, treasury and trade. The system is ultra reliable - with 5x9 reliability — 99.999% of uptime.

SWIFT acts simply as messaging intermediary for transmitting secure and confidential financial messages between member financial institutions. It's database is physically located in Belgium.

SWIFT is not a bank, it does not hold accounts of any customers.

After the September 11th attacks in the USA, SWIFT responded to compulsory subpoenas for limited sets of data from the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury. OFAC says on their Website ..."OFAC acts under Presidential wartime and national emergency powers, as well as authority granted by specific legislation, to impose controls on transactions and freeze foreign assets under US jurisdiction." You can access their SDN List (Specially Designated Nationals list

e.g MEADOWBROOK INVESTMENTS LIMITED, 44 Upper Belgrave Road, Clifton,
Bristol BS8 2XN, United Kingdom; Registered Charity No. 05059698
(United Kingdom) (see below for explanation)

SWIFT state that their fundamental principle has been to preserve the confidentiality of our users’ data while complying with the lawful obligations in countries where we operate. Striking that balance has guided SWIFT through this process with the United States Department of the Treasury.

SWIFT negotiated with the U.S. Treasury over the scope and oversight of the subpoenas. As a result SWIFT received significant protections and assurances as to the "purpose, confidentiality, oversight and control" of the limited sets of data produced under the subpoenas. Independent audit controls provide additional assurance that these protections are fully complied with.

SWIFT is overseen by a senior committee drawn from the G-10 central banks and has informed them of this matter - (no date provided).

US Treasury Secretary John Snow has not only defended the secret programme divulged in the New York Times , in which the US has been tracking international money transactions for nearly five years.

"We are disappointed that once again the New York Times has chosen to expose a classified programme that is working to protect Americans," said Treasury spokeswoman Dana Perino. (the newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize in 1972 for publishing the Pentagon Papers) Besides earning 28 Pulitzer Prizes under Arthur Sulzberger (91 in total more than any other US newspaper) , in 2005 the Company was ranked No. 1 in the publishing industry in Fortune's list of America's Most Admired Companies, for the fifth consecutive year.

The Sulzberger family have owned the paper for over 50 years and the current Chairman and Publisher (since 1992) is : Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr.,(Tufts and Harvard Business School) aged 46, who gets to take home US $960,200.

The company are remarkably (for newspapers) vertically integrated and make their own news print through holdings in Donohue Malbaie Inc. (49%, Canada)Madison Paper Industries (partnership, Maine)

If the news that the US Gubment was trawling through banking records of US citizens, comes as a surprise to anybody - then they must be pretty dumb.That the US Gubment wanted to conceal the fact came as a surpise, they are even dumber.

MEADOWBROOK INVESTMENTS LIMITED, ?

Go to the US Embassy website London and look for this interesting note ....
08 February 2006
Treasury Designates U.K. Residents with Libyan Terror Ties

"The U.S. Treasury Department February 8 announced a formal "designation" of five individuals and four organizations as financial supporters of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), an organization with links to al-Qaida.

The designation identifies five British residents of Libyan origin as having links with LIFG: Abd Al-Rahman Al-Faqih, Ghuma Abd'rabbah, Abdulbaqi Mohammed Khaled, Tahir Nasuf and Mohammed Benhammedi. In addition, it lists three real estate companies operated by Benhammedi – Sara Properties, Meadowbrook Investments and Ozlam Properties – and the Sanabel Relief Agency, a U.K.-registered charity, as instruments used to funnel resources to LIFG.

The LIFG supports terrorist activities in Libya and has attempted to overthrow Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi."

Lord Patel brought your attention the lifting of the people involved who want to kill Mr Gadaffi (which Ronald \Reagan tried also) by the UK Police ... he cannot bring you any more news because there isn't any.

24th May 2006
Uncle Sam's poodle barks... Plod picks up the wogs nationwide

Police / MI5 raided from 3.00 o clock BST 24rd May the offices and homes of people involved in the Sanabel Relief Agency (website) which is is an Islamic agency established in 1999 in the UK and registered under No:1083469. Its task is claimed to be to aid and relieve Muslims in the destitute parts of the world. Some 500 officers were involved in 18 separate raids in Manchester, the West Midlands, Cleveland, London and Merseyside.Officers in Birmingham removed computer equipment from the HQ of the Sanabel Relief Agency, an Islamic organisation which raises money for Muslims in poor countries..... read on

So the US Gubment subpoena SWIFT to obtain details of UK citizens ... when fingered HMG (Prop T Blair) lifts them and stops them walking about.

Old Arabic saying ..."My Enemy's enemy is my friend"

cf Forthcoming visit of President Boutifleka of Algeria to have cucumber sandwiches with the Queen and obtain the extradition of some pesky people who he assure the FO they will be treated oh so gently.See Lord Patel Monday June 12th 2006

Algeria - UK passes the buck on swindler and terrists


"All round Welsh windbag and rentagob , Kim Howells, FO Minister for dealing with the awkward squad, has been arranging a visit by Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to London in the 9th of July....."

President B has visited France for a lengthy hospitalization in December 2005 (and rumour claims more visits since) for a "gastric ulcer haemorragy" but stomach cancer is widely suspected (or at least gossiped about by the Embassy cliques). Watch out for a visit by him to one of the plusher London clinics.

On hand to deal with this man who has seen the removal of many thousands of opponents with Tony's summary justice , will be BP top brass because they are busily ramping up their Algerian activities big style (Now that Pres. B has removed the State SONATRACH Monopoly) - also keep an eye out for the military weapons salesmen - who want to edge out the Russians who are selling armaments to him for fun at present.

Pic. Mr Sulzberger Jnr.