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US puts sanctions on people, groups with IS links
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THE United States government yesterday announced sanctions against 25 people and five groups connected to the Islamic State, disclosing intelligence that depicts a sprawling international organization with tentacles across Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
The moves by the Treasury and State departments are aimed at disrupting the activities of the terrorist group’s financial, logistical and recruiting operatives who might not be suitable targets of American bombs or drone strikes. Many of them reside outside the theaters of war in Iraq and Syria.
The sanctions, the largest of their kind against IS, also show how far the group has spread.
The State Department designated as foreign terrorist organizations Islamic State spin-offs in Russia’s Caucasus region, Algeria, Indonesia and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.
Among the individuals designated as terrorists was Sally Jones, a Briton and the widow of an operative killed recently in an American drone strike.
The State Department also designated as terrorists three French nationals and a Russian. Russia, France and other countries cooperated with the US in supplying data that contributed to the sanctions, officials said.
The Treasury Department, meanwhile, slapped financial sanctions on IS officials operating in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Yemen and Tunisia.
Among the individuals it sanctioned in Syria was British national Aqsa Mahmood, who is accused of recruiting three British schoolgirls in February to flee the United Kingdom to become wives of IS fighters.
Some of those sanctioned by Treasury are also expected to be placed on the United Nations’ al-Qaida Sanctions List, officials said in a news release.
The announcement came before a meeting between US President Barack Obama and other world leaders on countering Islamic State held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meetings in New York.
The sanctions are designed to make it harder for the IS to use its huge wealth, Daniel Glaser, Treasury’s assistant secretary for terrorist financing.
“(They) will prevent them from engaging in financial transactions and make it harder for them to travel,” he said.
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