THE TERRORISM NEWSLETTER
Domestic
Terrorism
July 19, 2019
[EDNY] Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, a naturalized U.S.
citizen born in Kazakhstan, was charged with providing and attempting to
provide material support, including training, services and personnel, to
the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). As alleged in the complaint
and other court filings, the defendant resided in Brooklyn, New York. In
December 2013, the defendant traveled to Istanbul, Turkey. He
subsequently entered Syria, joined ISIS, and became a sniper for the
terrorist organization. Over time, the defendant rose through the ranks
to become an ISIS "emir" in charge of training other ISIS
members in the use of weapons. He also attempted to recruit another
individual to travel from the United States to Syria to fight for ISIS.
July 19, 2019
Tayyab Tahir Ismail was sentenced to 20 years in
prison for distributing information pertaining to explosives, destructive
devices and weapons of mass destruction.
International
Terrorism
July 18, 2019
Argentina's government on July 18 branded Hezbollah a
terrorist organization and froze its assets, 25 years to the day after a
bombing blamed on the Lebanese-based group destroyed a Jewish community
center in Argentina's capital, killing 85 people.The nation's Financial
Information Unit took the action a day after President Mauricio Macri's
government created a list of terrorist organizations to help coordinate
actions with other nations and as the nation held memorial services for
victims of the attack, for which no one has been convicted.The unit noted
that Hezbollah has been accused of responsibility for a 1992 attack on
the Israeli Embassy in Argentina that killed 29 people, as well as the
1994 attack on the Argentine-Israelite Mutual Association in Buenos
Aires.
July 18, 2019
We solemnly commemorate the 25th anniversary of the
terrorist attack on the Argentine Jewish Mutual Aid Society (AMIA)
community center in Buenos Aires. We remember the 85 men, women, and
children murdered that day, and the over 300 who were injured, and
express our support to their families, their friends, and the Argentine
nation. We also remember the victims of the 1992 bombing of the Israeli
Embassy in Buenos Aires. Both attacks, perpetrated by Hizballah at the
direction of the Iranian regime, targeted the Jewish community and
affected all those who support democratic values.
July 17, 2019
A delegation of 50 members of Congress petitioned the
Trump administration on Wednesday to cancel a series of sanctions waivers
that have permitted Iran to continue its most contested nuclear research,
including at a military site known to have housed the Islamic Republic's
bomb program, according to a copy of the letter exclusively obtained by
the Washington Free Beacon. The letter, spearheaded by Rep. Liz
Cheney (R., Wyo.), represents the strongest protest to date by lawmakers
who view the waivers as an attempt by some deeply entrenched U.S.
officials to keep the landmark nuclear deal on life support against the
White House's wishes.
July 17, 2019
UK police on Wednesday arrested Hashem Abedi in
connection with the 2017 bombing of Manchester Arena. "He was handed
over by Libyan authorities to British police officers this morning,"
said Ian Hopkins, chief constable of the Greater Manchester Police.
"They escorted him on the flight back and he landed in the UK a
short while ago." Twenty-two people were killed in May 2017 when
exiting a concert by American singer Ariana Grandeat the Manchester
Arena. Hashem's brother Salman, a British citizen born to Libyan parents,
detonated shrapnel-laden explosives he placed in the arena's foyer area
July 17, 2019
The parents of an American victim of a devastating
Palestinian suicide bombing in Jerusalem in 2001 are calling on the US
Congress to investigate why one of the planners of the atrocity — Hamas
terrorist Ahlam al-Tamimi — remains at large in Jordan, nearly three
years after the US Department of Justice issued a warrant for her arrest.
Arnold Roth — whose 15-year-old daughter Malki was murdered in the Aug.
9, 2001 attack at a Sbarro pizza restaurant in downtown Jerusalem, in
which Tamimi played a key operational role — told The Algemeiner
on Wednesday that he and his wife, Frimet, were urging American
legislators to probe concerns that efforts to bring Tamimi to justice had
been subordinated to continued good relations with Jordan.
Terrorist
Designations
July 19, 2019
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of
Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated a senior member of Hizballah's
External Security Organization (ESO), which is responsible for the
planning, coordination, and execution of terrorist attacks outside of
Lebanon. Specifically, OFAC designated Salman Raouf Salman for acting for
or on behalf of Hizballah. "This Administration will continue to
target Hizballah terrorists who plot horrific murderous operations and
indiscriminately kill innocent civilians on behalf of this violent group
and its Iranian patrons. We are targeting Salman Raouf Salman, who
coordinated a devastating attack in Buenos Aires, Argentina against the
largest Jewish center in South America 25 years ago and has directed
terrorist operations in the Western Hemisphere for Hizballah ever
since," said Sigal Mandelker, Treasury's Under Secretary for
Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.
July 18, 2019
On Thursday the U.S. Department of the Treasury's
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action against a network of
front companies and agents involved in the procurement of sensitive
materials for sanctioned elements of Iran's nuclear program. The individuals
and entities targeted are based in Iran, China, and Belgium and have
acted as a procurement network for Iran's Centrifuge Technology Company
(TESA), which plays a crucial role in Iran's uranium enrichment nuclear
program through the production of centrifuges used in facilities
belonging to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI).
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