10/4/2011
US designates Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq
Washington, The US designated Tuesday a leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" and offered a USD 10 million reward for information that would lead to his location.
The US State Department said in a statement that it designated Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali Al-Badri, also known as Abu Du'a, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
It added that the consequences of this designation include a "prohibition against knowingly providing material support or resources to, or engaging in other transactions with Abu Du'a, and the freezing of all property and interests in property of Abu Du'a that is in the United States, or comes within the United States or the control of US persons".
It indicated that today "the Department's Rewards for Justice program is also offering a USD 10 million reward for information that leads to the location of Abu Du'a".
Abu Du'a is the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), where AQI is listed as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), and was listed by the UN Security Council Resolution 1267 Committee in 2004.
The statement noted that Abu Du'a "is in charge of running AQI operations currently based in Iraq and is responsible for managing and directing large scale operations".
"This designation plays a critical role in our fight against terrorism and is an effective means of curtailing support for terrorist activities and pressuring groups to abandon terrorism," the State Department stressed.
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