Pakistan closes charity tied to terrorism

Washington Post:

Pakistan closed nine offices of a controversial Islamic charity today and the nation's prime minister promised to honor new United Nations sanctions against the organization.

The move to shutter offices of Jamaat-ud-Dawa comes amid mounting international pressure on Pakistan to crack down on a militant network blamed for the deadly terrorist attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai last month that killed 170 people.

Ostensibly a charity, Jamaat-ud-Dawa has historic ties to the militant group Lashkar-i-Taiba, which Indian authorities blame for the Mumbai attacks.

Along with closing the offices, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said the country would honor the restrictions placed on the group Wednesday night by the U.N. Security Council. The Security Council measure extend to the group's leadership and the four suspected masterminds of the Mumbai attacks, and includes a freeze on assets, a travel ban, and a prohibition against arms sales.

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Following on U.S. and Indian demands, the United Nations on Wednesday placed Jamaat-ud-Dawa on a list of designated terrorist organizations, saying the charity was directly linked to Lashkar-i-Taiba, the Pakistani militant group India has blamed for the Mumbai massacre that killed more than 170 people. Sanctions imposed against Jamaat-ud-Dawa, its leadership and four suspected masterminds behind the Mumbai assaults include a freeze on the group's assets, a travel ban and an arms embargo.

Included in the sanctions are Jamaat-ud-Dawa's leader Hafiz Muhammad Sayeed and Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged operational commander and architect of the Mumbai attacks. Sanctions were also imposed on alleged Lashkar financiers Haji Muhammad Ashraf and Mahmoud Ahmed Bahaziq.

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This is encouraging news. It appears that the civilian government of Pakistan is taking bold action against the civil war being waged against it and the world by the terror charities.

The test will be whether they will follow through this time or merely change the name of the terrorist entity like they did earlier with this group.

The move is also a sign of good faith in responding to the attacks in India.

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