Reuters AlertNet Full site
Homepage | Newsdesk | NGO Latest | Crisis briefings | Country profiles | MediaWatch | Jobs | Alerting | Login

NEWSDESK

U.S. targets a bin Laden son, 3 other militants
16 Jan 2009 20:42:55 GMT
 Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury said on Friday it would freeze the assets of one of Osama bin Laden's sons and three other members of al Qaeda it believes are operating in Iran.

"It is important that Iran give a public accounting of how it is meeting its international obligations to constrain al Qaeda," said Stuart Levey, undersecretary of the treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence.

Any assets the men have under U.S. jurisdiction will be frozen and Americans will be prohibited from doing business with them, the Treasury Department said.

"Designations have a far reaching impact, deterring would-be donors from providing financial support to terrorism and leaving al Qaeda leadership struggling to identify much-needed funding resources," Levey said.

Treasury named Sa'ad bin Laden, a son of Osama bin Laden. Iranian authorities arrested the son in early 2003 but Treasury said it was possible he was no longer in custody as of last September.

Treasury named the others as Egyptian-born Mustafa Hamid, described by the agency as a senior al Qaeda associate serving as a primary interlocutor between al Qaeda and the Iranian government; Muhammad Rab'a al-Sa Yid al-Bahtiyti of Egypt, who it says is a senior member of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad and an al Qaeda operative; and Ali Saleh Husain of Yemen, who it says is a senior al Qaeda associate who had close relations with Osama bin Laden. (Reporting by Nancy Waitz; Editing by Peter Cooney)


AlertNet news is provided by
Email this article       Send comments

NGO latest

•  UMCOR Hotline for January 13, 2009
UMCOR - USA

•  Women's Commission celebrates 20 years of helping refugee women and children with a new name and look
Women's Commission - USA

•  U.S.-BASED ALLIANCE OF RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS OFFERS FIVE ACTION STEPS TO IMPROVE RESPONSE IN GAZA
InterAction - USA

•  UMCOR Hotline for January 6, 2009
UMCOR - USA

•  ADRA Among 100 Most Effective U.S. and International Non-Profits
ADRA - International

MORE >>

Latest news

•  U.S. targets a bin Laden son, 3 other militants

•  New York fetes pilot who landed jetliner on river

•  Israeli TV airs Gaza doctor's desperate pleas

•  SPOT ANALYSIS-Why Israel is weighing unilateral Gaza pullout

•  FACTBOX-Developments in Gaza fighting, Jan 16

MORE >>

AlertNet news is provided by

Background information

Facts & figures
United States of America Iran Egypt Yemen Iraq Afghanistan Saudi Arabia

Related articles

Breaking stories
 U.S. targets a bin Laden son, 3 other militants (1 minute ago)

New York fetes pilot who landed jetliner on river (1 minute ago)

AlertNet insight
 Disaster-heavy 2008 raises pressure for climate pact, insurance (1 minute ago)

Aid agency news feed
 UMCOR Hotline for January 13, 2009 (1 minute ago)

Blogs
 Peace game to help train disaster responders (1 minute ago)

Maps
 MAP: Tuberculosis estimated new cases (2006) (1 minute ago)


Del.icio.us Del.icio.us  |   Digg Digg  |   NewsVine NewsVine  |   Reddit Reddit   
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-01-15T150707Z_01_BAG05_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/BAG05.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-01-14T192118Z_01_CAI107_RTRIDSP_2_PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL-HAMAS_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/CAI107.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-01-14T191952Z_01_CAI106_RTRIDSP_2_PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL-HAMAS_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/CAI106.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-01-14T135632Z_01_JER42_RTRIDSP_2_PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/JER42.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-01-14T134623Z_01_JER43_RTRIDSP_2_PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/JER43.htm

General Raymond Odierno (L), the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, and U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Patricia A. Butenis attend a meeting between Iraqi and U.S. officials to discuss ...


More pictures | Galleries
Disclaimers |  Copyright |  Privacy |  Contact Us |  Feedback |  About Us |  RSS XML

Last updated:Fri Jan 16 20:45:16 2009