Americans Sue French Bank 'Le Crédit Lyonnais' In Terror Case

How surprising that the Crédit Lyonnais -- again -- may be involved in any wrongdoing.

American victims of 13 terror attacks that took place in Israel have filed suit against a French bank that was used to funnel money to Hamas.

The suit alleges that over the course of three years during a period of mounting suicide bombings in Israel, the French bank, Credit Lyonnais, failed to quickly cut ties with a fundraising organization of Hamas.

The lawsuit was filed last week in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, where a judge is scheduled to hear arguments next week in a similar case against a British bank filed by the same lawyer.

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Credit Lyonnais claims to have closed down the accounts in September 2003, three years after it first noticed "unusual activity" in the account in question, according to a press release by Credit Agricole, which has since acquired Credit Lyonnais.

This reminded me of a picture I took about two months ago, on the wall of a Crédit Lyonnais -- now renamed LCL.

January 7, 2006 - Paris, 16ème

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