Washington, March 26: The U.S. Treasury on Thursday levied sanctions against an Iraqi with ties to an al Qaeda-linked support network that Washington says is operating in Iraq.
The move bans Americans from dealing with Muthanna Harith al-Dari and seeks a freeze on any assets he has under U.S. jurisdiction, the department said. It added that the sanctions were carried out under a U.S. executive order that targets terrorists and those providing support to them.
Treasury said it targeted al-Dari for providing financial support and other services to al Qaeda in Iraq, including operational guidance for attacks against Iraqi Forces and Coalition Forces in Iraq.
The UN 1267 Committee, established by the Security Council to apply sanctions against al-Qaeda, the Taliban and their associates, added al-Dari on Thursday to its Consolidated List of individuals and entities linked to the two groups at the request of Iraq and the United States, Treasury said.
“We will continue our aggressive efforts to isolate those terrorist actors and networks that seek to threaten the stability of Iraq,” Stuart Levey, Treasury’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said.
Treasury said al-Dari was born in Iraq.
—-Agencies