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Terror Ties at a Middle Eastern Bank?
(NBC News) Lisa Myers - The FBI is now conducting a criminal investigation into the Arab Bank's alleged movement of funds for suspected terrorists. U.S. regulators examining Arab Bank operations in New York City found that the bank had 40 to 60 suspected terrorists and groups as customers, associated with al-Qaeda, Hamas, and Hizballah. Ads in Palestinian newspapers told dozens of suicide bombers' families to pick up money at the nearest branch of the Arab Bank. "Those types of payments are aiding and abetting terrorism," says Jimmy Gurule, a former official at the U.S. Treasury Department who was in charge of cutting off money to terrorists.