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US adds Amaq, Al Hayat outlets to terror list for ISIS propaganda
[Rudaw] The United States added the Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... ’s (ISIS) two primary propaganda media organizations to its terror list ‐ Amaq News Agency and Al Hayat Media Center ‐ on Thursday, thus depriving them of access to the US financial system. "Amaq News Agency is part of the terrorist organization’s propaganda apparatus, and is used for claiming responsibility for ISIS or ISIS-inspired attacks, spreading terrorist messages online, and recruitment," read a State Department statement. Amaq and Hayat were described as "two media wings of ISIS." "Al Hayat Media Center is ISIS’s multilingual media outlet and is also used for recruitment purposes," the statement added. The move was made by executive order of President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... At the start of the conflict in May 2014, the State Department designated al-Qaeda in Iraq alias "ISIS" [now ISIS] as a terrorist organization operating in Iraq and Syria. It noted that al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-  Zawahiri... Formerly second in command of al-Qaeda, now the head cheese, occasionally described as the real brains of the outfit.Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area assuming he's not dead like Mullah Omar. He lost major face when he ordered the nascent Islamic State to cease and desist and merge with the orthodx al-Qaeda spring, al-Nusra... had issued a statement dismissing ISIS as part of al-Qaeda or al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... "We review our designations regularly and, as needed, make adjustments to ensure we remain current with nomenclature and other changes," it explained in a statement at the time. Earlier this month, Washington designated Iranian proxy Harakat al-Nujaba (HAN) and its leader Akram Abbas al-Kabi to the list. The designations "seek to deny HAN and al-Kabi the resources to plan and carry out terrorist attacks." In addition to their assets, "property subject to US jurisdiction are blocked, and US persons are generally prohibited from engaging in any transactions with them." Washington describes HAN as an Iran-backed, Iraqi militia funded by but not under the control of the government of Iraq. HAN has openly pledged loyalty to Iran and its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was asked about pressure on Iran through Iraq during his visit to Jerusalem on Thursday. "The simple goal is to get Iran to behave like a normal nation: stop blowing up things around the world; stop fomenting terrorism; stop their liquidation campaign in Europe; stop underwriting the Houthis, Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,, Hizbollah," he told news hounds during a press briefing. Baghdad’s control of Shiite militias and paramilitias was problematic during the ISIS conflict and continues to be so because the US-led coalition cannot provide direct air support or training to the Shiite forces, which often engage ISIS. "The sanctions regime that we’ve put in place for designating those connected to Iranian malign activity, wherever we find then, including in places like Iraq," explained Pompeo. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-03-23 |
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