U.S. Treasury Secretary: we have succeeded in drying up the sources of financing al-Qaida

U.S. Treasury Secretary: we have succeeded in drying up the sources of financing al-Qaida

Obama aide: Saudi Arabia and the UAE are two forms of the Pioneers in cooperation with the United States to combat terrorism

Washington: Heba Qudsi
Witnessed a seminar combating the financing of terrorism, hosted by the U.S. Treasury focused on methods of terrorist organizations in the search for new sources of funding, through kidnapping tourists for ransom and bank robberies, drug trafficking and human beings. The seminar focused on the political aspects to cut off funding for organizations, the United States considers a terrorist, such as Hamas and Hezbollah, which are funded by Iran. The participants said that the political regime change in Iran and the fall of the current system is the only way to cut off funding for Hamas and Hezbollah.

While Participants commended the cooperation between the United States and Saudi Arabia in the field of control of funds and the establishment of a committee to monitor the zakat funds and cut the road for the arrival of charitable donations in the hands of terrorists, Participants commended the efforts of Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, in this area, pointing out that both Saudi Arabia and the UAE was a model a pioneer in the field of financial transparency and cut the sources of funding for terrorist organizations in the field of rehabilitation of the radicals, while demanding both Kuwait and Qatar, the enactment of laws and legislation to criminalize the granting of funds to terrorist organizations.

The U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner that the attacks of 11 September 2001 was a brutal, sophisticated and well-funded, and «That's what made us understand the complexity of the Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations, and to combat terrorism more effectively, because it is different from the threats of conventional military, so by disrupting the ability of terrorists to finance their operations. The strategy of the Office of disability networks financing of terrorist organizations in his ministry, which was established after the atheist attacks of September, saying: «It is based on four basic things which intelligence work and the imposition of sanctions and cooperation with partners and international allies and the involvement of the private sector in order to identify donors, financiers and brokers involved in supporting terrorist organizations, in order to disable their ability to fund these organizations.

Geithner said that the team led by David Cohen and Danny Glaser and Leslie Ireland and Adam Zubin and Jim Freeze develop a comprehensive strategy to combat terrorism and disrupt networks financing terrorism, and restrict the activities of those who finance terrorism and to impose sanctions on them, have succeeded these sanctions to deter donors of terrorism all over the world. Geithner hired proverb of Greek Thusaidayds, who said: «The war is not about weapons as they relate to money», stressing the importance of discussing how to dry the sources of financing of terrorist organizations. He pointed out that a senior al Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan has said that without the money stops jihad. The Geithner effectiveness of international cooperation and the provision of intelligence from allies and partners in the fight against terrorism, and said: «The international cooperation enhances the effectiveness of this work in addition to cooperation with multilateral institutions, including the Group of Twenty, to focus on combating the financing of terrorism; either through the adoption of new standards or through public support for increased financial transparency.

He focused U.S. Treasury Secretary on the importance of the role played by the private sector in the fight against the financing of terrorism as a partner for national governments, said: «The vigilance of financial institutions in identifying and blocking of funds for terrorist activities enhances our ability to eliminate terrorism.

Geithner stressed that «thanks to the implementation of this strategy over the past ten years, the entities that finance terrorism have become restricted in movement and facilitate the financing of terrorism, and it became difficult to get away with it, and become oriented funds for terrorism is shrinking. He pointed out that «with it, the al-Qaida struggles to secure stable funding, and will continue to look for ways to access funding, and we will continue in the development of innovative and effective strategies to stop them and search for the best ways to defeat them. Our efforts have proven over the past decade the value of a strong focus on finance, Treasury became an integral part of U.S. national security structure, and expanded the options available to the President to respond to threats.

The adviser said the U.S. President for Homeland Security and counter-terrorism, John Brennan that «after the killing of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda leader, has organized many of the pimp, was arrested on a number of leaders, and the liquidation of the units of the organization, but that will not stop the threats (base) and attempts to do attacks in the Middle East, Africa and Asia through other independent terrorist groups, but they follow the agenda (Qaeda).

He Brennan that the activities of these terrorist groups tended to kidnap tourists, doing criminal activities, such as drug trafficking, trafficking in human beings in order to obtain sources of funding, and «had issued in June last year, a strategy the Obama administration to combat terrorism in order to defeat (Rule ), one of our means to cut off funding for the organization and impose sanctions on organizations involved in the provision of funding, and cooperation with other countries and international organizations and bodies to put pressure on (base), is no doubt that we made it difficult for al Qaeda to stand up and move and brings money to try to attack on the U.S. », he stressed:« (base) become weak financially. The Brennan to successful cooperation with a number of partners in the Arab region, and said: «The cooperation fruitful with both Saudi Arabia and the UAE in drying sources of financing al-Qaeda, but unfortunately, not all governments in the region with the same commitment, and we are with these governments to do Adapted decisively against the financing of terrorist organizations.

Brennan pointed out President Obama held discussions with a number of leaders of nations around the terrorist networks crimes of kidnapping and drug trafficking for the means of financial funding.

Deputy Secretary of the Treasury for the fight against terrorism and financial intelligence David Cohen: «The Office of Financial Intelligence (TFI), succeeded in denying al-Qaeda and terrorists all over the world from the financial capabilities to work, by working with the community of the international banking».

He added Cohen that al-Qaeda faced the worst financial crisis in 2010, and became the financial position of the «base» unstable, affecting the ability of the organization to work, and stresses the intelligence that al-Qaeda devote attention and effort to raise funds and management of the budget and the costs of running the organization in terms of weapons and fuel and salaries.

He explained Cohen that «is provided by the intelligence to al-Qaida include good news and bad news, which is that global efforts to disrupt the financing of al-Qaeda have begun to bear fruit, but the enemy has the ability to adapt and innovate, and we began to see sought by terrorist groups to raise funds through kidnapping for ransom» and confirmed Deputy Treasury Secretary continuation of the United States to put pressure on al Qaeda and disrupt the networks to organize and track down and kill senior leaders, such as Abu Yahya al-Libi, who was killed last month, and Younis Mauritanian who was arrested by Pakistani authorities since the days.

Cohen stressed that «the strategy is also aimed at main line of financial funding to al-Qaeda, which runs from Kuwait and Qatar through Iran to Pakistan, and is based on an agreement between al-Qaeda and the Iranian government to allow this network to operate within Iran's borders.

He accused Cohen, Kuwait, Qatar, they have become permissive environment with fundraising to finance extremism, said: «Although Qatar enacted a law to combat the financing of terrorism a year ago, it lagged behind the implementation, while remaining Kuwait, the only country in the Gulf, which did not criminalize the financing of terrorism, and this approach by Kuwait and Qatar poses a threat to them and all of us, and we will continue to work with Kuwait and Qatar to take the necessary steps.

Cohen stressed increased efforts to combat the financial support networks of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and the movement of young people in Africa. And combat use of the increasing kidnapping and ransom, and soon became a source of funding for important al-Qaeda and its affiliates, said: «We have information that al-Qaeda received tens of millions of dollars since 2008 through kidnappings and ransom in operations in Africa.