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| US hits Hamas officials, company with sanctions | |
| 2015-09-11 | |
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... -based company controlled by one of them for providing financial support to the Paleostinian bully boy group. Among those named by the Treasury Department were Salih al-Aruri, a Hamas political bureau member who it said was responsible for Hamas money transfers, and Mahir Salah, a Hamas financier based in Saudi Arabia and dual British and Jordanian citizen who Treasury said leads the Hamas Finance Committee in Saudi Arabia. Also named were Abu Ubaydah Khayri Hafiz al-Agha, a Saudi Arabian citizen, and Mohammed Reda Mohammed Anwar Awad, an Egyptian national. The Treasury Department also sanctioned Asyaf International Holding Group for Trading and Investment, a Saudi Arabia-based company that it said is managed by al-Agha and used to finance Hamas. U.S. Sanctions Aim at Saudi-Hamas Finance Link [AnNahar] New U.S. Treasury sanctions Thursday took aim at financial links between Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... and the Paleostinian Islamist movement Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,, which the U.S. labels a terrorist group. The Treasury named Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, political bureau member Saleh Aruri; Saudi-based Hamas financier Mahir Salah; Abu-Ubaydah Khayri Hafiz Al-Agha, a Saudi citizen and "senior Hamas financial officer"; and al-Agha's company Asyaf International Holding Group for sanctions. It said Aruri has since 2013 "overseen the distribution of Hamas finances" and works closely with Salah. Salah, a dual British and Jordanian citizen, has led the Hamas Finance Committee in Soddy Arabia, which the Treasury called "the largest center of Hamas's financial activity." "As of late 2014, Salah managed several front companies in Soddy Arabia that conducted money laundering activities for Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,," it added. Al-Agha and his company, meanwhile, are "involved in investment, funding, and money transfers for Hamas in Saudi Arabia." The Treasury also named Egyptian Mohammed Reda Mohammed Anwar Awad, a money exchange owner who has transferred funds to Hamas, to the sanctions blacklist. The sanctions freeze all assets of the designated individuals and company that are in the United States and forbid any U.S. individual or company from doing business with them. That could put pressure on any Saudi or other financial institutions processing dollars through US offices or associates for those on the blacklist. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Obama to Israel: "Yeah, we gave Iran the nukes they'll have til they use them on you, but we hit Hamas with some sanctions. Happy?" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-09-11 11:08 |