----- Original Message ----- From: "H. Curtiss Leung" <hncl at panix.com> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 5:44 PM Subject: Citibank hit?
> Ian wrote:
> > I would also note, in passing, that Citigroup took a big hit and
their
> > Saudi-American bank may have been the tastiest target if one of
the
> > goals of the attack was to weaken Saudi Arabia's kakistocracy. The
> > return of US troops to that country could be escalatory despite
> > whatever the US gov. intentions.
>
> Huh? Last I heard, Citigroup--my exploiter, uh, employer, BTW--lost
less
> than five employees, although the firm is screaming about $700
million in
> possible losses (through insurance claims from Travellers, I guess).
> Salomon
> Smith Barney had a data center in 7 WTC, and the Citi assets
management
> group was there too.
>
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I got my disinfo from an article in the Wash Post which I can't find
on their site anymore. Happy to be wrong...
I spent last night looking up just how many dissident groups hate SA; things ain't looking too good for the House of Saud...
< http://www.georgetown.edu/fandy/ > is just one example...
Ian