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| 45 Taliban, Qaeda members taken off UN terror list |
| 2010-08-03 |
| Ten Taliban members and 35 al Qaeda members and affiliates have been removed from a UN sanctions terror list after an exhaustive review of 488 names, Austria's UN ambassador announced on Monday. "As a result of the review of 488 names, 45 were de-listed," chairman of the UN Security Council panel Thomas Mayr-Harting told the reporters. The council maintains a blacklist of individuals and entities linked to al Qaeda and the Taliban. He said that those removed, following requests from governments, include 10 individuals associated with the Taliban as well as 14 individuals and 21 entities linked at some point to al Qaeda. Amongst the 10 Taliban removed from the list was a former Afghan envoy to the UN, author of My Life with the Taliban, Abdul Salam Zaeef and two officials who are now deceased. A final decision for the 66 amongst them is still pending. As part of his efforts to promote national reconciliation, Afghan President Hamid Karzai had asked the security council to remove names of some Taliban members who were not linked to al Qaeda, from the terrorism blacklist. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 those removed, following requests from governments, Was it America or Somalia that requested the al-Barakaat Wiring Service be removed, d'you suppose? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-08-03 07:14 |
| #1 Sure, Karzai, whatever you want. Now the Taliban & Al Qaeda will think you're cool & not wanna killya. Btw, don't you love it that in this same de-listing, the UN also removed sanctions from al-Barakaat Wiring Service which did hawala from Minneapolis to Somalia? |
| Posted by: American Delight 2010-08-03 06:00 |