09 October 2001

UNSC Committee Adds Names to List of bin Laden Associates

By Judy Aita
Washington File United Nations Correspondent

United Nations - A UN Security Council sanctions committee has added the names of several organizations, individuals, and companies associated with Usama bin Laden to the list of those whose assets are to be frozen, the United Nations announced October 9.

"The Security Council Sanctions Committee on Afghanistan added to its consolidated list of individuals and entities that are associated with Usama bin Laden" in accordance with resolution 1333, UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said.

The committee has twice before drawn up a list of individuals and groups, said Eckhard.

Resolution 1333 passed in December 2000 declared that all states should freeze without delay the funds and other financial assets of bin Laden and any entities and individuals associated with him as designated by the committee.

Added to the list are the Abu Sayyaf group in the Philippines, the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria, Harakat Ul-Mujahidin of Kashmir, Al-Jihad/Egyptian Islamic Movement, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan as well as Al Qa'ida/Islamic Army (a.k.a. "the Base," Al Qaeda, the groups for the preservation of the Holy sites, Usama bin Laden Network).

Other groups include Asbat Al-Ansar; Salafist Group for Call and Combat; Libyan Islamic Fighting Group; Al-Itihaad Al-Islamiya; and the Islamic Army of Aden.

The companies are: Wafa Humanitarian Organization with offices in Jordan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and UAE; Al Rashid Trust (a.k.a. Al-Rasheed Trust) with offices in several cities in Pakistan and Afghanistan and operations in Kosovo and Chechnya; and Mamoun Darkazanli Import-Export Company in Hamburg, Germany.

Individuals added to the list are: Shaykh Sai'id (a.k.a. Mustafa Muhammad Ahmad); Abu Hafs the Mauritanian (a.k.a. Mahfouz Ould Al-Walid, Khalid Al-Shanqiti, Mafouz Walad Al-Walid, Mahamedou Ouid Slahi); Ibn Al-Shaykh Al-Libi; Abd Al-Hadi Al-Iraqi (a.k.a. Abu Abdallah, Abdal Al-Hadi Al-Iraqi); Thirwat Salah Shihata (a.k.a. Tarwat Salah Abdallah, Salah Shihata Thirwat, Shahata Thirwat); Tariq Anwar Al-Sayyid Ahmad (a.k.a. Hamdi Ahmad Farag, Amr Al-Fatih Fathi); Muhammad Salah (a.k.a. Nasr Fahmi Nasr Hasanayn); and Makhtab Al-Khidamat/Al Kifah.