US offers reward for al Qaeda financier located in Iran

The Envoy:
The United States on Thursday offered a bounty of up to $10 million for information leading to the capture of an alleged al-Qaida financier based in Iran, Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil, also known as Yasin al-Suri.
The reward is "aimed at disrupting a financial network that has operated from within Iran's borders since 2005," Treasury Department official Eytan Fisch told a joint press conference at the State Department Thursday, Reuters reported.
The Treasury Department formally designated Khalil and five other members of his alleged network as terrorists back in July. The action marked the first time the U.S. government had so explicitly accused Iranian authorities of actively harboring an al-Qaida facilitator. The Syrian-born Khalil (a.k.a. al-Suri), 29, is accused of serving as a key financial pipe-line between al-Qaida fundraisers in the Persian Gulf and operatives in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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I expect to see other terrorist organizations switching their address to Iran now that Syria is crumbling.  Hamas has already said it is leaving Damascus and it has already become a proxy force for Iran in its war with Israel.  Iran is not only the worlds chief state sponsor of terrorism, it is now becoming a headquarters for some semi free lancers.

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