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BCCI Bank Scandal #581990

NBC Evening News for Wednesday, Jul 31, 1991
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(Studio: Jane Pauley) Report introduced.

(No location given: Mike Jensen) The relationship of terrorist Abu Nidal to BCCI examined; details given of information learned from former BCCI branch manager Ghassan Ahmed Qassen, who became an informer for British intelligence. [QASSEN - comments.] Scenes shown from 1985 terrorist attacks in Rome, Italy and Paris, France. [Author of "The Masked Terrorist: The True Story Behind Abu Nidal", Yossi MELMAN - talks about BCCI's credit line to Abu Nidal.]

Reporter(s):
Jensen, Mike;
Pauley, Jane
Duration:
00:02:20

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