POLICE RAID OFFICES OF ANOTHER ISLAMIC ORGANISATION IN BOSNIA

SARAJEVO, June 3 (Hina) - The Croat-Muslim Federation's police investigators on Monday searched the offices of a humanitarian organisation based in the central town of Travnik, looking for documents which might link the organisation with Islamic terrorist groups. #L# Federation Interior Minister Ramo Maslesa confirmed that the offices of "Al Haramain" organisation had been raided, but he refused to say if anybody was arrested or what the investigators had found. "The operation is part of a campaign against terrorism and the inflow of funds into organisations sponsoring terrorism," Maslesa said. The operation was carried out at the request of the Federation's Supreme Court, he added. Al Haramain, which is headquartered in Saudi Arabia, is registered in Bosnia-Herzegovina as an organisation caring for refugees and the families of killed Bosnian army members. It was believed the organisation served for the secret financing of Islamic terrorist groups, including Al Q'aida. The investigation into Al Haramain began after US and Bosnian authorities discovered the organisation performed suspicious transactions with the mediation of "Benevolence International Foundation", which is based in the United States. This organisation operated in Bosnia through the humanitarian association "Bosanska idealna futura", whose director was a former agent of the Bosniak secret service AID. Following Al Q'aida's attacks on the United States, the Bosnian police have intensified control over most humanitarian organisations which were operating in the country without having undergone detailed check-ups. (hina) rml