US widens sanctions on Al Qaida in Yemen
May 12th, 2010 - 8:30 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 12 (IANS) The US has widened sanctions on Al Qaida’s Yemen-based wing, restricting their travel, freezing assets and slapping arms embargo on them.
The sanctions are targeted at Qasim al-Raimi and Nayif al-Qahtani, both senior leaders of Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. The group claimed responsibility on the failed airline bombing plot last Christmas on a Detroit-bound plane.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton approved the sanctions and the measures were published in the Federal Register Tuesday, Xinhua reported.
The group was designated as a terrorist outfit in January and sanctions against its top two leaders - Nasir al-Wahishi and Said al-Shihri - were put in place then.
Meanwhile, the State Department said Tuesday it was considering designating the Pakistani Taliban as a foreign terrorist group. The group is implicated in the botched Times Square car bombing attack early this month.
“We are considering the question of designating the Pakistani Taliban,” Department spokesman Philip Crowley said.
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- Yemen puts $100,000 reward for eight Al Qaida men - Oct 17, 2010
- Al Qaeda's No.2 in Arabian Peninsula arrested in Yemen - Jan 19, 2010
- Top Yemen Al Qaeda man accidentally blows himself up - May 22, 2010
- Yemeni Al-Qaeda vows to wage jihad against Christians, Jews - Feb 09, 2010
- Senior Al Qaeda member surrenders to Saudi authorities - May 05, 2011
- U.S. State Department designates al-Qaeda operative Othman Al-Ghamdi - Jun 17, 2011
- Pakistani Taliban added to US terror list - Sep 02, 2010
- Saudi consulate staffer shot dead in Karachi - May 16, 2011
- Pakistan must act against Haqqani terror network: US - Jul 24, 2010
- Yemeni Al Qaeda commander killed in air strike (Lead) - Jan 16, 2010
- Al Qaeda leaders killed in Yemen air strike - May 07, 2012
- Terror plot to bomb US-bound plane foiled (Lead) - May 08, 2012
- Yemeni militant group on US terror list - Jan 20, 2010
- US concerned about emerging al-Qaida threat in Arabian Peninsula: Crowley - Jan 22, 2011
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