Washington:
The United States has reviewed and maintained the terrorist designations of Pakistan-primarily based Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) and Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ), along with ISIL Sinai Peninsula (ISIL-SP) and quite a few other organisations.
Days ahead of the transition of energy, the US Department of State mentioned that it has amended the terrorist designations of LJ and ISIL Sinai Peninsula (ISIL-SP) to incorporate more aliases.
Additionally, the Department of State has reviewed and maintained the Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) designations of LJ, ISIL-SP, LeT, Jaysh Rijal al-Tariq al Naqshabandi, Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan (Ansaru), al-Nusrah Front, Continuity Irish Republican Army, and the National Liberation Army, a media note mentioned.
“Based upon a review of the Administrative Records… I conclude that the circumstances that were the bases for the designations of the aforementioned organisations as Foreign Terrorist Organisations have not changed in such a manner as to warrant revocation of the designations and that the national security of the United States does not warrant a revocation of the designations,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo mentioned in a federal register notification published on January 14.
These organisations incorporated Lashkar-eTayyiba, Jaysh Rijal al-Tariq al Naqshabandi, Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan, Harakat ulMujahidin, alNusrah Front, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Continuity Irish Republican Army, and the National Liberation Army.
LeT, which carried out the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, was designated as a terrorist organisation by the United States in December 2001.
Since the original designation occurred, LeT has repeatedly changed its name and developed front organisations in an work to stay clear of sanctions, the State Department had mentioned earlier.
The treasury division earlier this month mentioned that the US blocked $342,000 in funds of LeT in 2019 as aspect of its crackdown on foreign terror organisations.
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