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Last update - 01:45 05/05/2005 U.S. blacklists charity as front for Islamic Jihad By Reuters WASHINGTON - The United States on Wednesday froze the assets of a charity it called a front for the militant Palestinian Islamic Jihad group and said it was seeking safe channels for donations to Palestinians in need. "This afternoon we designated the Elehssan Society, including all of its branches, as a charitable front for the brutal terrorist group the Palestinian Islamic Jihad," U.S. Treasury Undersecretary for Enforcement Stuart Levey said. "Elehssan masquerades as a charity while actually helping to finance PIJ's acts of terror against the Israeli people and other innocents," he told a congressional hearing. Elehssan operates in the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon. Advertisement PIJ has already been designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. government. Wednesday's designation was the 400th by the Treasury aimed at freezing the assets of militants and their support networks since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Levey said his office recognized such enforcement actions could have the unwanted impact of cutting off sources of relief to communities in need, especially in the Palestinian territories where many social services are provided by militant groups. "There is a particularly urgent need in this region to create safe channels of assistance that will not be subverted by terrorists," Levey told the hearing. He said providing a social safety net in the territories was important for the prospects of peace. Unemployment in the Palestinian territories is rampant. Levey said he had discussed the idea of safe aid channels with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas as well as Israeli and other Palestinian officials, and had received support and agreement from all sides. "We are currently working with the Palestinian Authority to develop options through which such aid could be provided," he said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
