January 16, 2009
Another bin Laden Designated a Terrorist [UPDATED]
Treasury's OFAC department has added another bin Laden to the designated terrorist list:
BIN LADEN, Sa'ad (a.k.a. ABBUD, Bin Muhammad Awad; a.k.a. ABUD, Sa'ad Muhammad Awad; a.k.a. ADBUD, Muhammad 'Awad; a.k.a. AWAD, Muhammad; a.k.a. BAABOOD, Sa'ad Muhammad; a.k.a. BIN LADEN, Sad; a.k.a. "AL-KAHTANE, Abdul Rahman"); DOB 1982; POB Saudi Arabia; nationality Saudi Arabia; Passport 520951 (Sudan); alt. Passport 530951 (Sudan) (individual) [SDGT]No surprise there. But does any one know what is up with the two Taiwanese nationals and companies added to the list today?
Andrew Cochran says he'll have updates on the bin Laden addition.
UPDATE: Marcus Soprano notes that the Taiwanese were added for providing material support to North Korea.
UPDATE II: Ah, this is making a whole lot more sense. In the update over at CT blog, we learn that most of those on the list today (with the exception of the two aforementioned Taiwanese] are all al Qaeda members living in .... Iran. Roggio, over at LWJ, takes a crack at explaining what's going on here:
Osama bin Laden’s' son and three other senior al Qaeda members living in Iran have been designated as terrorists by the US Department of the Treasury....Read the rest.Many al Qaeda operative fled to Iran after the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. Iran claims the al Qaeda operatives are in detention, however the government refuses to extradite the terrorists to their home countries for prosecution....The leaders are said to be located in safe house run by Iran's Qods Force in Lavizan and Mashod.
By Rusty at January 16, 2009 11:34 AM | | l digg this
