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04-02-2010, 01:33 PM
US sanctions two Europe-based al Qaeda operatives
By Bill RoggioApril 1, 2010 10:01 PM
Two al Qaeda operatives living in Europe have been sanctioned by the US Treasury Department.
Ahmad Khalaf Shabib al Dulaymi, a British citizen living in London, and Atilla Selek, a German national currently in prison, have been designated as terrorists under Executive Order 13224 for "providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism." The designation allows the US to freeze their assets, prevent them from using financial institutions, and prosecute them for terrorist activities.
Dulaymi "provides services" to Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda's leadership circles, according to the US Treasury press release. He is also known to have served as a courier between al Qaeda's top leader and its leader in Iraq. In late 2007, Dulaymi delivered a letter from Osama bin Laden to Abu Ayyub al Masri. He also "acted as an intermediary between AQI and al Qaeda members surrounding bin Laden."
The US Treasury release states that Dulaymi "provides financial, material, or technological support" for al Qaeda and its affiliate in Iraq. Dulaymi has recruited and supported European Muslims to conduct attacks inside Iraq, and has provided financial and material support for al Qaeda in Iraq. He also runs at least two al Qaeda cells based in Europe that have provided logistical support to al Qaeda in Iraq.
"As of March 2009, al Dulaymi smuggled weapons and explosives into Iraq from Syria through a United Kingdom-based company on behalf of AQI [al Qaeda in Iraq]," the US Treasury stated. "As of late 2008, al Dulaymi provided financial support to AQI by providing funding to the families of AQI fighters killed in Iraq."
Dulaymi's current "location" is in London, England, according to the US Treasury.
Selek is a German national who joined the Islamic Jihad Union in 2006 and received training in al Qaeda camps in Pakistan's tribal areas. The Islamic Jihad Union is an offshoot of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, a Central Asian terror group closely allied to al Qaeda. The terror group has conducted attacks in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan.
German Muslims play a large role in the Islamic Jihad Union. In the summer of 2009, the Islamic Jihad Union released a videotape showing a German "village" in Waziristan under the control of the group.
Selek served as a recruiter for the Islamic Jihad Union and was involved in a plot to attack US military installations and other targets in Germany. He was detained by German police in 2007 along with two other operatives. "The operatives had acquired about 700 kg of hydrogen peroxide and an explosives precursor, which was enough raw material to make the equivalent of approximately 1,200 lbs of TNT," according to the National Counterterrorism Center.
On March, 4, 2010, Selek was found guilty of plotting a terror attack using explosives and sentenced to serve five years in prison.
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/04/us_sanctions_two_eur.php#ixzz0jxuG3RRq
By Bill RoggioApril 1, 2010 10:01 PM
Two al Qaeda operatives living in Europe have been sanctioned by the US Treasury Department.
Ahmad Khalaf Shabib al Dulaymi, a British citizen living in London, and Atilla Selek, a German national currently in prison, have been designated as terrorists under Executive Order 13224 for "providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism." The designation allows the US to freeze their assets, prevent them from using financial institutions, and prosecute them for terrorist activities.
Dulaymi "provides services" to Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda's leadership circles, according to the US Treasury press release. He is also known to have served as a courier between al Qaeda's top leader and its leader in Iraq. In late 2007, Dulaymi delivered a letter from Osama bin Laden to Abu Ayyub al Masri. He also "acted as an intermediary between AQI and al Qaeda members surrounding bin Laden."
The US Treasury release states that Dulaymi "provides financial, material, or technological support" for al Qaeda and its affiliate in Iraq. Dulaymi has recruited and supported European Muslims to conduct attacks inside Iraq, and has provided financial and material support for al Qaeda in Iraq. He also runs at least two al Qaeda cells based in Europe that have provided logistical support to al Qaeda in Iraq.
"As of March 2009, al Dulaymi smuggled weapons and explosives into Iraq from Syria through a United Kingdom-based company on behalf of AQI [al Qaeda in Iraq]," the US Treasury stated. "As of late 2008, al Dulaymi provided financial support to AQI by providing funding to the families of AQI fighters killed in Iraq."
Dulaymi's current "location" is in London, England, according to the US Treasury.
Selek is a German national who joined the Islamic Jihad Union in 2006 and received training in al Qaeda camps in Pakistan's tribal areas. The Islamic Jihad Union is an offshoot of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, a Central Asian terror group closely allied to al Qaeda. The terror group has conducted attacks in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan.
German Muslims play a large role in the Islamic Jihad Union. In the summer of 2009, the Islamic Jihad Union released a videotape showing a German "village" in Waziristan under the control of the group.
Selek served as a recruiter for the Islamic Jihad Union and was involved in a plot to attack US military installations and other targets in Germany. He was detained by German police in 2007 along with two other operatives. "The operatives had acquired about 700 kg of hydrogen peroxide and an explosives precursor, which was enough raw material to make the equivalent of approximately 1,200 lbs of TNT," according to the National Counterterrorism Center.
On March, 4, 2010, Selek was found guilty of plotting a terror attack using explosives and sentenced to serve five years in prison.
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/04/us_sanctions_two_eur.php#ixzz0jxuG3RRq