US freezes assets of suspected terrorist
Friday, July 16, 2010
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The United States Department of the Treasury has frozen the assets of terror suspect Anwar al-Awlaki. He is wanted in Yemen for his alleged participation in the Christmas Day bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight.
Al-Awlaki was denoted as a "key leader" of al-Qaeda. According to US Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levey, al-Awlaki "...has sought to encourage his supporters to provide money for terrorist causes."
Al-Awlaki was jailed in 2006 in a Yemen prison for kidnapping for ransom. He was released in 2007 and afterwards went into hiding.
This move by the Treasury placed al-Awlaki onto a list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists. This freezes his assets, prevents American citizens from sending him money, and disallows him from traveling to the United States.
Sources[edit]
- "Feds freeze terror suspect's assets" — CNN, 16 July 2010
- Matthew Lee. "US-born radical cleric added to terror blacklist" — Associated Press, 16 July 2010
- "US freezes terror imam's assets" — The Jerusalem Post, 16 July 2010
