longwarjournal.org - 1/16/2009
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Osama bin Laden’s son and three other senior al Qaeda members living in Iran have been designated as terrorists by the US Department of the Treasury.
Sa'ad bin Laden, Mustafa Hamid, Muhammad Rab'a al Sayid al Bahtiti, and Ali Saleh Husain have been designated as terrorists under Executive ...
nybooks.com - 1/18/2009
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COMMENTS ON THIS ARTICLE The central recommendation of
this article is that the US must engage Iran...
directly and without preconditions, one of the primary recommendations of the Iraq Study Group. These distinguished authors have a firm grasp of the ...
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How to Deal with Iran - The New York Review of Books
washingtonpost.com - 1/13/2009
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Bill Roggio: US sanctions senior al Qaeda members sheltering in Iran
Victory Caucus -- All Content —
... Friday, 16 January 2009 Sa'ad bin Laden and three other senior al Qaeda members operating from Iran are placed on the list US of terrorists. Mustafa Hamid is al Qaeda's primary link to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps. read ...
U.S. Treasury Links Iran and Al Qaeda
Weekly Standard Blog —
... The U.S. Treasury Department dropped a bombshell today when it sanctioned four al Qaeda operatives known to be operating in Iran. Osama bin Laden's son Sa'ad along with Mustafa Hamid, Muhammad Rab'a al Sayid al Bahtiti, and Ali Saleh Husain have been designated as terrorists under Executive Order 13224. All four men serve on al Qaeda's Shura Majlis, or executive council. Mustafa Hamid's dealings with Iran, which the Treasury provides great detail, are especially interesting. ...
US Sanctions Yemeni Al-Qaeda in Iran
Armies of Liberation —
... The Treasury Department slapped financial sanctions on three alleged al-Qaeda terrorist operatives thought to be in Iran, plus another â a son of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden â who the top U.S. intelligence officer said Friday is probably now in Pakistan….Also sanctioned…Ali Saleh Husain, a Yemeni described as a senior al-Qaeda associate who had close relations with Osama bin Laden. The Yemeni guy coordinates with Fatah al-Islam from Iran. Bill Roggio : Ali Saleh Husain, who also goes by the alias Abu Dhahak al Yemeni, is a senior al Qaeda operative that provided ...
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