US retains terrorist designation of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyiba

Days forward of the transition of energy, the US Department of State stated that it has amended the terrorist designations of LJ and ISIL Sinai Peninsula (ISIL-SP) to incorporate extra aliases.

Additionally, the Department of State has reviewed and maintained the Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) designations of LJ, ISIL-SP, LeT, Jaysh Rijal al-Tariq al Naqshabandi, Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan (Ansaru), al-Nusrah Front, Continuity Irish Republican Army, and the National Liberation Army, a media word stated.

“Based upon a review of the Administrative Records … I conclude that the circumstances that were the bases for the designations of the aforementioned organisations as Foreign Terrorist Organisations have not changed in such a manner as to warrant revocation of the designations and that the national security of the United States does not warrant a revocation of the designations,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated in a federal register notification printed on January 14.

These organisations included Lashkar-eTayyiba, Jaysh Rijal al-Tariq al Naqshabandi, Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan, Harakat ulMujahidin, alNusrah Front, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Continuity Irish Republican Army, and the National Liberation Army.

LeT, which carried out the 2008 Mumbai terror assault, was designated as a terrorist organisation by the United States in December 2001.

Since the unique designation occurred, LeT has repeatedly modified its identify and created entrance organisations in an effort to keep away from sanctions, the State Department stated earlier.

The treasury division earlier this month stated that the US blocked USD 342,000 in funds of LeT in 2019 as a part of its crackdown on international terror organisations.