Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2374-1001514825-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 26 Sep 2001 07:35:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 17243 invoked by uid 510); 26 Sep 2001 14:34:03 -0000 Received: from n20.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.70) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 26 Sep 2001 14:34:03 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2374-1001514825-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.52] by n20.onelist.org with NNFMP; 26 Sep 2001 14:33:45 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 26 Sep 2001 14:33:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 27145 invoked from network); 26 Sep 2001 14:33:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 26 Sep 2001 14:33:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta2 with SMTP; 26 Sep 2001 14:33:44 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id HAA19139 for iwar@onelist.com; Wed, 26 Sep 2001 07:33:44 -0700 Message-Id: <200109261433.HAA19139@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 07:33:44 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Pakistan.joins.US.crackdown.on.finances.of.groups.linked.to.terrorism] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Pakistan joins US crackdown on finances of groups linked to terrorism ISLAMABAD, Sept 26 (AFP) - Pakistan's central bank Wednesday ordered a freeze on the bank accounts of all the individuals and organisations included on a terrorism blacklist made public by the United States. The order from the State Bank, binding on banks on pain of losing their operating licences, will have a direct impact on at least two Pakistan-based organisations: Harakat ul-Mujahedin, a militant group fighting Indian rule in Kashmir, and the Karachi-based Al Rashid Trust. Both groups operate legally in Pakistan. They were named on a list of 27 individuals or groups identified as being linked to terrorism by US President George W. Bush on Monday. In an executive order, Bush ordered a freeze on the assets of all the individuals and organisations and instructed authorities to freeze the US assets of any foreign banks not complying with the order. Harakat ul-Mujahedin is a shadowy Muslim militant organization battling Indian rule in Kashmir which has previously been linked to Saudi-born Islamic militant Osama bin Laden, who is accused by Washington of masterminding the September 11 terror attacks in the US. The group has claimed credit for a number of attacks on Indian troops in the Himalayan state of Kashmir, where Muslim militants have been waging a bloody campaign to end Indian rule over the country's only Muslim majority state. The campaign enjoys wide support in Pakistan and Harakat is tolerated by the authorities here. The Al Rashid Trust insists that its activities, which include providing financial and legal support to jailed Islamic militants around the world, are purely humanitarian. Spokesman Mohammad Abdullah confirmed that its bank had acted in line with the orders from Islamabad. "The bank informed us today that all our accounts have been frozen until further notice on orders from above," he told AFP. The trust's funds, which include both dollar and sterling accounts, are kept with the Karachi-based Habib Bank Ltd. which is not thought to have any presence in the United States. Many Pakistani banks do however operate in the United States and the central bank would have been aware of the risk of retaliation against them if it had not attempted to ensure Pakistan complied with the US order. "The full list issued by the United States has been passed on to every bank in Pakistan with the direction that any accounts held in the name of any of the organisations or individuals be frozen," a State Bank spokesman told AFP. "This is binding on the banks." It was not known what if any impact the central bank's move would have on the Harakat. The group operates training camps in eastern Afghanistan and has signed up to a 1998 edict issued by bin Laden which called on all Muslims to kill Americans. It has in the past received funding from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf and Islamic states. The Al-Rashid Trust says its main activity is humanitarian work in neighbouring Afghanistan but denies having anything to do with the ruling Taliban militia, which has sheltered bin Laden since 1996. According to an advertisement published in its weekly "Dharb-i-Mumin" last month, the trust's activities also include the provision of legal and financial assistance to "jihadi (holy warrior) prisoners." References to jihadi prisoners in Pakistan normally refer to Islamic militants jailed by India in Kashmir. The trust also helps look after the families of militants who have died fighting in Afghanistan, Chechnya or Kashmir and says it has also been active in Kosovo and central Asian republics. Other activities include the financing of new mosques and madrassas, or Islamic seminaries. Based in Karachi, the trust has grown rapidly in recent years and has around 30 branches across Pakistan. It is headed by a senior Islamic cleric, Mufti Rashid Ahmed Shah. ------------------------ Yahoo! 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