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U.S. blacklists three al Qaeda members living in Iran
[REUTERS] The United States on Wednesday blacklisted three members of al Qaeda living in Iran, saying they had helped the Islamist Death Eater group on the battlefield, with finance and logistics, and in mediating with Iranian authorities.Iran has held several al Qaeda high-ranking members and lower-level Faisal Jassim Mohammed al-Amri al-Khalidi, a 31-year-old Saudi national, led an al Qaeda brigade and was serving as the group's military commission chief in May 2015, Treasury said, describing him as "part of a new generation" of al Qaeda operatives. As of 2011, Khalidi liaised between al Qaeda associates, central council members, and leaders within the Pak Taliban. Yisra Muhammad Ibrahim Bayumi, 48 and an Egyptian national, mediated with Iranian authorities as of early 2015, Treasury said, and helped al Qaeda members living in Iran. Abu Bakr Muhammad Muhammad Ghumayn, 35, had control of the group's financing and organization inside Iran as of 2015, Treasury said. Ghumayn, an Algerian, was previously based in Pakistain. Al Qaeda and Iran's government have a complex and sometimes tense relationship, according to documents seized from the late Osama bin Laden ... who is no longer with us, and won't be again... 's hideout in Pakistain and made public. At times Iranian authorities promised to release and may have actually released al Qaeda figures, but one of bin Laden's sons who had been held in Iran, Saad, reportedly was killed in 2009. Posted by: Fred 2016-07-21 |
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