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Treasury Designates Individuals with Ties to Syria, Al Qaida, and Sunni TerroristsBy Andrew Cochran
The U.S. Treasury continued its campaign to squeeze the finances of Al Qaida in Iraq and Sunni terrorists in Iraq by designating seven individuals with ties to the insurgency and Saddam Hussein's regime. One was designated for supporting Al-Qaida in Iraq, while the six other individuals were senior regime officials or their immediate family members, some of whom support the insurgents. Several of the designated individuals are residing in and under the protection of Syria, and the Iraqi government has demanded that the Syrians arrest them and turn them over. Among the designated are the following:
For past CT Blog posts on the success of the joint Treasury-Defense Department anti-terrorist financing effort in Iraq, see: In "Call for Donations," Al Qaeda Admits Financial Stress; U.S. "Iraq Threat Finance Cell" Puncturing Insurgents' Financial Network; and "Fighting Terrorist Financing: Canada's Problems and Pentagon's "Threat Finance" Initiatives" In my opinion. the designations once again show how useless it is to consider Syria as a potential partner in any kind of "Grand Bargain" for Mideast peace. The Assad regime has been eye-deep for years in the terrorists' killings of American soldiers and innocent Iraqis; to even consider the possibility that Assad would suddenly "see the light" strikes me as beyond wishful thinking.
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