'HUJI’ Declared Terrorist Outfit by US & UN

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US, UN Declare ‘HUJI’ Terrorist Outfit

WASHINGTON, Aug 6, 2010 (AFP) - The United States and the United Nations Friday designated Pakistan's Harakat-ul Jihad Islami a "Foreign Terrorist Organization" and targeted its commander for supporting acts of terrorism, the US Treasury Department said.

HuJI is believed to be headed by Ilyas Kashmiri. Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri, who the United States labeled a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist," will have any of his assets frozen in US jurisdiction, and the move will also "prohibit US persons from engaging in any transactions with him."

The United Nations, said the Treasury Department, has taken similar action against the HUJI and Kashmiri.

As the militant group's leader, US officials said Kashmiri "provides support to Al-Qaeda operations, including logistical support for Al-Qaeda's terrorist attacks," the Treasury Department said detailing deadly assaults on Pakistani government personnel and facilities.

"In acting together, the United States and United Nations are today taking another important step in combating the threat that Al-Qaeda and its affiliated organizations pose to innocent people around the world," said Stuart Levey, the US under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence.

 

[karan.1970]

Need to go past declaring them as terrorist organization.

 

[Patriot]

Let's hope they and we target it too in NW.HUJI has carried out various attacks on Pakistan Army and IIRC Ilyas Kashmiri tried to kill President Musharraf too.

 

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Kashmiri is one guy who must be taken out fast and quick.

 

[True_Pakistan_Zindabad]

All of these former assets have turned rogue anyways. There was no proper handling of them in the past. Just write "Jihad" in the group name, give them money and weapons and turn them loose on others. What a terrible and disgusting strategy. Hazrat Omar used to behead these kind of guys himself.

 

[Musafar]

I thought Ilyas Kashmiri was dead?

 

[amit27]

I thought Ilyas Kashmiri was dead?

No he is very much alive he did not die in the US drone attack and after gave a interview in a asian newspaper.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KJ15Df03.html

 

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Designations of Harakat-ul Jihad Islami (HUJI) and its Leader Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri

Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
August 6, 2010

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has designated Harakat-ul Jihad Islami (HUJI) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended, and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under Executive Order 13224. These actions were taken in consultation with the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Justice. In tandem with the HUJI designations, the Secretary of the Treasury also designated HUJI leader Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri under E.O. 13224 on August 6. These actions will give U.S. law enforcement additional tools needed to restrict the flow of resources to both HUJI and Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri.

In addition, on August 6, the United Nations took similar actions against Harakat-ul Jihad Islami and Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri. These actions require all UN member states to implement an asset freeze, travel ban, and arms embargo against this group and individual. Ambassador Daniel Benjamin, the State Department’s Coordinator for Counterterrorism, said that “the joint State and Treasury Department actions taken today, in conjunction with the United Nation’s listing, illustrates the international community’s resolve to counter the threat posed by HUJI and its leader Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri.” Ambassador Benjamin further noted that “the linkages between HUJI and al-Qa’ida are clear, and today’s designations convey the operational relationship between these organizations.”

Harakat-ul Jihad Islami’s area of operation extends throughout South Asia, with its terrorist operations focused primarily in India and Pakistan. Harakat-ul Jihad Islami’s relationship with al-Qa’ida flourished after the Taliban’s rise in Afghanistan. It has provided fighters for the Taliban in Afghanistan and training of HUJI members in al-Qa’ida training camps. HUJI has carried out a number of terrorist attacks. On March 2, 2006, HUJI was responsible for the suicide bombing of the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, which killed four people, including U.S. diplomat David Foy, and injured 48 others. HUJI is also responsible for terrorist attacks in India including the May 2007 Hyderabad mosque attack, which killed 16 and injured 40, and the March 2007 Varanasi attack, which killed 25 and injured 100. In January 2009, a federal grand jury indicted HUJI’s leader Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri for terrorism-related offenses in connection with a terrorist attack against the Jyllands-Posten newspaper in Denmark.

As commander of Harakat-ul Jihad Islami, Kashmiri provides support to al-Qa'ida operations and terrorist attacks. Kashmiri has supported attacks against Pakistani government personnel and facilities, including the mid-2009 attack against the offices of the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Pakistani police in Lahore, Pakistan that killed 23 people and left hundreds injured. Kashmiri has also led HUJI training camps since 2001. In 2009, Kashmiri operated a militant training center in Miram Shah, North Waziristan in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. He ordered the October 2008 assassination of the former commander of the Pakistani Special Services Group, General Amir Faisal Alvi.