The late al-Qaeda head Osama bin laden son and a leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula were added to the US counter-terrorism blacklist on Thursday, the state Department move to keep them from using the U.S. financial system.
The treasury department and State said they had point out Hamza bin Laden and Ibrahim al-Banna as global terrorists.
Bin Laden, a son of the late al-Qaeda leader, has been make known to all member of the group by senior leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, according to the State Department.
Bruce Reidel, an analyst with the Brookings Institution think tank in Washington, has named Hamza bin Laden the "new face for al-Qaeda" and "an join together and dangerous enemy."
The state Department said Al-Banna is a senior member of AQAP that has served as the group's security chief and has provided military and security advice to AQAP leaders.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control treasury department added Bin Laden and al-Banna to its list of specially make known to nationals, a counterterrorism blacklist.
According to The State Department that said the two had been identified as specially make known to global terrorists.
He futher stated that Any property owned by bin laden and al-Banna has subject to US jurisdiction may be frozen and US citizens are stopped from engaging in any transactions with them.
The make known to all is viewed as a powerful tool to deny them access to the U.S. financial system.
The state Department said that the Saudi Arabia born (Bin Laden), has called for acts of terrorism in western capitals and has vow to take action against the United States for killing his father.
Them said that He has vow to target Americans abroad and urged Saudi tribes to unite with AQAP in Yemen to fight against Saudi Arabia.
On may 2011 US special forces who raided his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan and killed Osama bin Laden .
Hamza bin Laden was put under house arrest in Iran at that time, and documents that was gotten from the compound indicated that aides had been trying to reunite him with his father.
Al-Banna, Egypt born, has described al-Qaeda's on 11 of September 2001, attacks on New York and Washington as "virtuous" and has vow to target Americans in the United States and abroad, the State Department said.
The treasury department and State said they had point out Hamza bin Laden and Ibrahim al-Banna as global terrorists.
Bin Laden, a son of the late al-Qaeda leader, has been make known to all member of the group by senior leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, according to the State Department.
Bruce Reidel, an analyst with the Brookings Institution think tank in Washington, has named Hamza bin Laden the "new face for al-Qaeda" and "an join together and dangerous enemy."
The state Department said Al-Banna is a senior member of AQAP that has served as the group's security chief and has provided military and security advice to AQAP leaders.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control treasury department added Bin Laden and al-Banna to its list of specially make known to nationals, a counterterrorism blacklist.
According to The State Department that said the two had been identified as specially make known to global terrorists.
He futher stated that Any property owned by bin laden and al-Banna has subject to US jurisdiction may be frozen and US citizens are stopped from engaging in any transactions with them.
The make known to all is viewed as a powerful tool to deny them access to the U.S. financial system.
The state Department said that the Saudi Arabia born (Bin Laden), has called for acts of terrorism in western capitals and has vow to take action against the United States for killing his father.
Them said that He has vow to target Americans abroad and urged Saudi tribes to unite with AQAP in Yemen to fight against Saudi Arabia.
On may 2011 US special forces who raided his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan and killed Osama bin Laden .
Hamza bin Laden was put under house arrest in Iran at that time, and documents that was gotten from the compound indicated that aides had been trying to reunite him with his father.
Al-Banna, Egypt born, has described al-Qaeda's on 11 of September 2001, attacks on New York and Washington as "virtuous" and has vow to target Americans in the United States and abroad, the State Department said.
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