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| US amends designation of Lashkar-e-Taiba front org |
| 2010-11-26 |
| (KUNA) -- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ... sometimes described as the Smartest Woman in the World and at other times as Mrs. Bill... amended the designation of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), said the US Department of State. The Department State said in a release issued on its website that the designation was amended under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and Executive Order (E.O.) 13224 and that Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) was added as an alias of LeT after the consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the US Attorney-General. The Department of the Treasury also designated LeT senior leader and current head of FIF, Hafiz Abdur Rauf, Mian Abdullah, the head of LeT's Traders Department, and Mohmmad Naushad Alam Khan, a key financial controller for LeT, as Specially Designated Global Terrorists under E.O. 13224, it said. These actions will help stem the flow of finances to LeT through FIF and provide the Department of Justice with a critical tool to prosecute those who knowingly provide material support to LeT and its senior leaders, it added. FIF is a Pakistain-based organization that is closely connected to banned terrorist group LeT and its humanitarian front Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD), it pointed out. LeT has grabbed credit for numerous terrorist acts against Pak, Indian and US interests and is responsible for the horrific November 2008 Mumbai attacks, the Department of State said. The United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society and Government of Pakistain have already banned JUD, through which LeT seeks to raise money for terrorist activities. In essence, FIF is JUD with a new name, designed to evade scrutiny and sanctions, it noted. It said that various actions taken against FIF support the US effort to degrade the capabilities of LeT. The release quoted the Department of State's Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Ambassador Daniel Benjamin, as saying that the amendment of the LeT designation to include FIF shows that the United States will not tolerate any support to this organization. LeT has attempted to use FIF as a way to evade scrutiny, he said, adding that the designation will help put to an end that attempted evasion. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 The U.S. SOS and SOTT designate Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation as a terrorist entity to help the DOJ prosecute, and stem the LET's flow of income. Reference: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/11/151931.htm Reference: http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/bulletin.txt So how come the Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation's website, (that you can donate to), is hosted in and using a nameserver in the U.S.? Reference: http://Fif.org.pk/donations.html Reference: http://whois.domaintools.com/fif.org.pk |
| Posted by: Don Vito Thruter1393 2010-11-26 19:55 |