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US embassy ‘defends’ Arab Bank

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Jordan Times
October 6, 2011
Omar Obeidat

AMMAN –– As the Arab Bank continues to face allegations in the US that it provided banking services to terrorist groups, cables by the US embassy in Amman, revealed recently by WikiLeaks, defended …

Jordan Intervenes in U.S. Terror-Funding Suits

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The Wall Street Journal
December 3, 2010
Thomas Catan

WASHINGTON — Jordan is stepping up efforts to shield its biggest bank from several lawsuits in New York that claim it helped fund terrorist operations, cases that are stirring tensions between …

Bank Appeals Disclosure Ruling in Terror Finance Case

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The Wall Street Journal
November 5, 2010
Thomas Catan

A major Middle Eastern bank launched a final effort Thursday to avoid legal sanctions punishing it for not disclosing client records in a terror-finance case that could have repercussions for other …