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U.N. Sanctions Islamic Jihad Group |
2005-06-07 |
![]() State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the group coordinated bombing attacks against the U.S. and Israeli embassies in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, and the office of the Uzbek prosecutor general that killed at least two people and wounded nine last July. Sanctions require all 191 U.N. member states to impose a travel ban and arms embargo and to freeze the financial assets of all those on the list. With the latest change, the list now includes 325 individuals and 117 groups or "entities." According to Central Asian terrorism experts, the Islamic Jihad Group is believed to have 350 to 400 members, about a quarter of whom have undergone militant training. |
Posted by:Fred |
#4 Oh, joy! This is wonderful news! The UN has spoken! I'm sure IJ will now see the error of their ways and reform immediately! (Or not.) |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-06-07 11:45 |
#3 after the 3 week planning meeting in Marbella to determine who should be present at the conference held to determine where the conference for the Stern Letter should be written. |
Posted by: 2b 2005-06-07 10:21 |
#2 So when's the Conference to write the 'Stern Letter'? |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-06-07 08:47 |
#1 I SANCTION THEE! Let that be a lesson to you! Now...lunch! |
Posted by: tu3031 2005-06-07 08:34 |