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US adds Asia militant group leaders to terror list WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - The United States on Friday moved to freeze the assets of two leaders of Jemaah Islamiyah, an Islamic militant group thought to have ties to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network. The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control added Nurjaman Riduan Isamuddin, also known as Hambali, and Mohamad Iqbal Abdurrahman, more commonly known as Abu Jibril, to its list of alleged terror financiers. U.S. banks are required to check their records and block any assets belonging to those named on the list. Also on Friday, the State Department said it will ask the United Nations to add the names to the U.N.'s own list aimed at blocking assets worldwide. Treasury said both men are leaders in Jemaah Islamiyah, a group whose goal is to create an Islamic state including Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and the southern Philippines. Authorities in Bali blamed the group for an October bombing attack that killed at least 193 people. Treasury said Isamuddin is considered the group's director of operations and was videotaped in a January 2000 meeting with two of the hijackers involved in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Abdurrahman is Jemaah Islamiyah's primary recruiter and had been cited by Southeast Asian intelligence sources as the group's financial conduit, Treasury said. Treasury said there are more than 250 individuals, groups and entities on the asset blocking list, and about $124.5 million in assets have been frozen worldwide. |
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