*WASHINGTON – The United States on Tuesday froze the assets of threePakistanis it has linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba, the militant group blamed forthe deadly 2008 attacks in Mumbai city of India.*
The State Department added Abdul Rehman al-Dakhil to its list of “speciallydesignated global terrorists,” saying he was a senior commander of thegroup.
The U.S. Treasury targeted Hameed ul Hassan and Abdul Jabbar, who it saidwere responsible for funneling money to Lashkar-e-Taiba and paying salariesto its members.
“Treasury’s designations not only aim to expose and shut down Lashkar-eTayyiba’s financial network, but also to curtail its ability to raise fundsto carry out violent terrorist attacks,” Sigal Mandelker, the Treasuryundersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in astatement, using an alternate spelling of the group’s name.
The designation means all property belonging to the men subject to U.S.jurisdiction are blocked and Americans are prohibited from engaging intransactions with them.
The group has been accused of orchestrating numerous attacks, including the2008 assault in Mumbai that killed 166 people, six of them Americans.