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Lloyds TSB Forces British Bank to Drop Accounts of Palestinian Charity
By Brian Monroe
printA London-based bank has forced the closure of accounts for an Islamic charity it believes has ties to Hamas, a Palestinian organization sanctioned internationally for terrorism, the charity disclosed this week. Lloyds TSB has ordered the Islamic Bank of Britain (IBB) to close the accounts of Interpal, a non-profit group that has been on U.S. blacklists since 2003 for suspected links to Hamas, according to the bank and Interpal. Lloyds can make such demands because it clears checks for IBB. Interpal, which states on its Web site that its goals are to aid Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip...
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