By JEANNINE AVERSA
The Bush administration acted Wednesday against an Islamic charity suspected of helping to bankroll Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that the United States considers an international terrorist organization.
The Treasury Department's action against the Union of Good means that any bank accounts or other financial assets belonging to the charity found in the United States will be frozen. Americans also are barred from making donations to the group, which the U.S. government alleged was created by leaders of Hamas to transfer money to Hamas.
"Terrorist groups such as Hamas continue to exploit charities to radicalize vulnerable communities and cultivate support for their violent activities," said Stuart Levey, the Treasury Department's undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence.
The department alleged that the Union of Good "acts as a broker for Hamas" by facilitating money transfers among a web of charitable organizations - some of which the United States has already put on its blacklist of terrorist financiers - and Hamas-controlled organizations in the West Bank and Gaza. Read more ...
The Bush administration acted Wednesday against an Islamic charity suspected of helping to bankroll Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that the United States considers an international terrorist organization.
The Treasury Department's action against the Union of Good means that any bank accounts or other financial assets belonging to the charity found in the United States will be frozen. Americans also are barred from making donations to the group, which the U.S. government alleged was created by leaders of Hamas to transfer money to Hamas.
"Terrorist groups such as Hamas continue to exploit charities to radicalize vulnerable communities and cultivate support for their violent activities," said Stuart Levey, the Treasury Department's undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence.
The department alleged that the Union of Good "acts as a broker for Hamas" by facilitating money transfers among a web of charitable organizations - some of which the United States has already put on its blacklist of terrorist financiers - and Hamas-controlled organizations in the West Bank and Gaza. Read more ...
Source: AP
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