WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced Friday it was targeting two South Africans who, it said, aided al-Qaida.
The move targeted Farhad Ahmed Dockrat and Junaid Ismail Dockrat "and a related entity for financing and facilitating al Qaida, pursuant to Executive Order 13224," the Treasury Department said in a statement.
"This action freezes any assets the designees have under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibits transactions between U.S. persons and the designees."
"Today's action targets two family members that have supported al Qaida -- one by providing funds to Al Akhtar Trust, a globally-recognized al Qaida fundraiser, and another by facilitating travel for individuals to train in al Qaida camps," said Adam Szubin, director of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control. "This designation freezes the Dockrats out of the U.S. financial system and notifies the international community of the dangerous conduct in which the Dockrats are engaged."
"Farhad Dockrat both finances and facilitates al Qaida," the Treasury Department said. "In one example, Dockrat in 2001 provided over 400,000 South African Rand (about $62,900) to the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan to be forwarded to al Akhtar Trust, an Afghanistan-based fundraiser for al-Qaida. Al Akhtar Trust was previously designated by the United States under E.O. 13224 for its support to al-Qaida."
The Treasury Department described Junaid Dockrat as "an al-Qaida financier, recruiter and facilitator. Junaid Dockrat in 2004 worked via phone and email with al-Qaida operations chief Hamza Rabi'a (now deceased) to coordinate the travel of South Africans to Pakistan in order for them to train with al-Qaida. He is also responsible for raising $120,000 that Rabi'a received in the spring of 2004."
