The State Department's action would block Jabhat al-Nusra's assets in the US and bars Americans from doing business with the group.
The move hasn't been announced officially, but was included in the Federal Register on Monday. Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland on Monday called the group "little more than a front for al-Qaeda in Iraq." She assigned blame to Syrian
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor...
for creating an environment that jihad boy groups like al-Nusra could exploit.
Jabhat al-Nusra has grabbed credit for suicide kabooms on Syrian government targets, raising fears of growing Islamic extremism among the opposition.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
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America's Blond Eminenceand at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as
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is traveling to North Africa this week to try to bolster moderates hoping to end Syrian President Bashir al-Assad's regime.