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| U.S. calls Pakistan student group wing of banned Lashkar-e-Taiba |
| 2016-12-29 |
| [IN.REUTERS] The United States on Wednesday announced it was adding the student wing of the Pakistain-based krazed killer organization, 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... , to its list of "foreign terrorist organizations." Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), or Army of the Pure, is an anti-Indian krazed killer group with historical ties to Pakistain's top spy agencies. It has been accused of orchestrating numerous attacks, including a 2008 assault in Mumbai that killed 166 people, six of them Americans. The State Department move against the student group, al-Muhammadia Students, came as the Treasury Department added two Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders to the U.S. list of "specially designated global terrorists," subjecting them to U.S. sanctions. LeT was banned by the Pak government in 2002 but it has continued operating through front organizations, according to U.S. officials, and their leaders conduct public rallies and interviews. The State Department announced that it amended the designation of LeT as a "foreign terrorist organization" to include what it called the group's student wing. "Since the original designation occurred, LeT has repeatedly changed its name and created front organizations in an effort to avoid sanctions," the State Department said, adding that the student group aided senior LeT leaders in recruiting and other activities. The State Department action subjected the student group to sanctions, including a ban on Americans providing or attempting to provide it with material support. The Treasury Department said it was adding Muhammad Sarwar and Shahid Mahmood to the U.S. list of "specially designated global terrorists," freezing any U.S. property or other assets they hold and banning Americans from doing business with them. Both are involved in fund-raising activities, it said. |
| Posted by:Fred |