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U.S. Names Pakistan School As 'Terror Training Center'
[AnNahar] The U.S. Treasury on Tuesday set economic sanctions on a Pakistain Islamic school it branded a "terrorist training center" supporting al-Qaeda and the Taliban.The Treasury said the Ganj madrassa in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. was being used as a training and recruiting base by the two krazed killer groups, as well as the radical Lashkar-e-Taiba ...the Army of the Pure,an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI... blamed for the November 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people. The head of the madrassa, Fazeel-A-Tul Shaykh Abu Mohammed Ameen Al-Peshawari, known as Shaykh Aminullah, has been a U.S. and U.N.-designated terrorist since 2009, for his support for al-Qaeda and the Taliban. But it was the first time a madrassa -- generally, schools managed under Islamic principles -- has been the target of sanctions, which forbid any Americans from having any business interaction with it, and freeze any of its assets that come under U.S. jurisdiction. "Today's action is the first designation of a madrassa that is being abused by terrorist organizations," the Treasury said in a statement. "This action does not generally target madrassas, which often play an essential role in improving literacy and providing humanitarian and developmental aid in many areas of the world, including Pakistain." It said the Ganj school is a place "where students, under the guise of religious studies, have been radicalized to conduct terrorist and bully boy activities." In addition, the Treasury set sanctions on Umar Siddique Kathio Azmarai, who it said has served as a controller and courier in the al- Qaeda organization since the late 1990s, including providing support for the family of the now-dead the late Osama bin Laden ... who used to be alive but now he's not... . Posted by: trailing wife 2013-08-21 |
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