US Wants Sweden to Freeze al-Aqsa Assets

The al-Aqsa Foundation is accused of financing terrorist activities by the Hamas movement, and both the United States and Britain are moving to freeze the organization´s financial assets. Besides Sweden, al-Aqsa has offices in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Pakistan, and several other countries. The American Embassy in Stockholm has sent a letter to the Swedish Foreign Ministry calling for similar measures to be taken here. The request is being investigated by the Swedish authorities. But the last time the Bush Administration took such a step, three Swedes of Somali origin were deprived of their assets and ability to work for more than a year, before Washington withdrew the accusations against them.