January 16, 2009 Treasury Targets Al Qaida Operatives in Iran Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated four al Qaida associates under Executive Order 13224, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism. "It is important that Under E.O. 13224, any assets held by these individuals under "Even though individual terrorist attacks are relatively inexpensive to carry out, it costs a great deal of money for al Qaida to operate globally. These realities demand that we keep up the financial pressure against al Qaida and like-minded terrorist organizations," Levey continued. "Designations have a far reaching impact, deterring would-be donors from providing financial support to terrorism and leaving al Qaida leadership struggling to identify much-needed funding resources."
AKAs: Mustafa Muhammad `Atiya Hamid POB: DOB: March 1945 Nationality: Egyptian Pakistani Mustafa Hamid is a senior al Qaida associate who served as a primary interlocutor between al Qaida and the Government of Iran. Before the fall of the Taliban, Hamid served as an instructor at a terrorist camp near Jalalabad that trained in the use of explosives. Hamid is the father-in-law of senior al Qaida military commander Sayf al-Adl. He formerly served as a correspondent for a satellite television station, at the request of senior al Qaida leadership. While living in In the mid-1990s, Mustafa Hamid reportedly negotiated a secret relationship between Usama Bin Laden and In the late 1990s, Mustafa Hamid passed communications between Usama bin Laden and the Government of Iran. When tensions were high between In late 2001, Mustafa Hamid was in
AKAs: Muhammad Mahmud Rabi' al-Zayd al-Bahtiti DOB: 1971 P013 Nationality: Egyptian Pakistani Muhammad Rab'a al-Sayid al-Bahtiyti is a senior member of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) and an al Qaida operative. Bahtiyti has served as a trusted aide to his father- in-law Ayman al-Zawahiri. In the mid-1990s, Bahtiyti served on an al Qaida military committee and provided military training that included urban warfare tactics for al Qaida members. Bahtiyti drafted training manuals for al Qaida as well as a book on security that was used as a template for al Qaida's surveillance operations. In 1995, Bahtiyti reportedly was involved in the bombing of the Egyptian Embassy in After September 11, 2001, Ayman al-Zawahiri instructed Bahtiyti to take al-Zawahiri's family to
AKAs: Abu Dahhak DOB: Circa 1970 POB: al-Hudaydah, Nationality: Yemeni Height 5'9" Ali Saleh Husain is a senior al Qaida associate who had close relations with Usama bin Laden. Husain was responsible for logistics pertaining to al Qaida-affiliated fighters and acted as an interlocutor between al Qaida and its Chechnya-based affiliates. Husain coordinated with Usama bin Laden on the training of fighters in terrorist camps in Circa early 2001, Husain reportedly arranged a meeting that included a senior al Qaida operations chief to discuss operations planned against In 2001 after the fall of the Taliban, Husain facilitated the move of al Qaida-associated fighters, including an al Qaida military commander, from
AKAs: Sad Bin Laden DOB: 1982 POB: Nationality: Saudi Araibian Passport No. 520951 ( 530951 ( Sa'ad bin Laden, one of Usama bin Laden's sons, has been involved in al Qaida activities. For example, in late 2001, Sa'ad facilitated the travel of Usama bin Laden's family members from As of September 2008, it was possible that Sa'ad bin Laden was no longer in Iranian custody. -30- |
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