The US Treasury Tuesday placed a Jamaica-based Islamic cleric on its terror blacklist, calling him a key recruiter for the Islamic State group and a propagandist who inspired numerous notorious jihadist attacks. The Treasury placed Abdullah Ibrahim al-Faisal on its "specially designated global terrorist" sanctions blacklist, saying he helped Islamic State recruits travel to IS-controlled territory and was trusted by the jihadist group to vouch for potential recruits.
In addition, according to the Treasury, he "has directly or indirectly influenced numerous terrorists" including, they said, attacks stretching back to the attempt by Richard Reid to blow up an American Airlines flight headed to Miami in December 2001 with explosives hidden in his shoes. Faisal, 54, is currently under arrest in Jamaica and facing extradition to the United States.
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