(AP/Ha'aretz) The U.S. and the EU sought Thursday to coordinate action against a growing problem of terrorist sympathizers using charities and cash couriers as covers to fund violence. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State E. Anthony Wayne, meeting in Brussels with EU officials on the fight against terrorist funding, said the international clampdown on funding through conventional banking has seen the freezing of $142 million in assets from suspected al-Qaeda-linked organizations and individuals.
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