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| Brits freeze Ansar al-Islam funds... |
| 2003-02-20 |
| Britain ordered banks Thursday to freeze the assets of a Kurdish Islamic guerrilla group that operates in northern Iraq. Secretary of State Colin Powell has accused the group, Ansar al-Islam, of harboring al-Qaida fugitives from Afghanistan. The Bank of England ordered all financial institutions to freeze any funds held by Ansar-al-Islam, which has terrorized residents of the autonomous Kurdish region near the Iraq-Iran border. "The Treasury has reasonable grounds for suspecting that Ansar al-Islam is or may be a person who commits, attempts to commit, facilitate or participate in the commission of acts of terrorism," the Bank of England said. Took 'em long enough, didn't it? It's only been a couple years since they popped up and started killing people... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |