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U.S. sanctions leader of Mali Islamist militant group | |
2019-11-08 | |
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The sanctions target Amadou Koufa, a Salafist preacher and leader of the al Qaeda-linked group operating in Central Mali. French officials last year had said the murderous Moslem leader had died in a raid in the former French colony, but he appeared in a propaganda video in February. U.S. sanctions block any assets Koufa may have under U.S. control and bars any persons or entities in the United States from any dealings or transactions with him. U.S. officials in July added two other leaders of an al Qaeda affiliate in Mali to its global terrorism list. | |
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