US slaps sanctions on al Qaeda-linked terrorists

The United States has imposed new sanctions on a close associate of Osama bin Laden's al Qaida network who helped smuggle foreign fighters into Iraq, and a German jailed for plotting to bomb American military personnel in Germany.
The Treasury Department said it is freezing the assets in US jurisdictions of Ahmad Khalaf Shabib al-Dulaymi for allegedly supporting the al Qaida organisation, including acting as an intermediary between al Qaida members and its leaders close to bin Laden. Treasury said he also supported al Qaida by assisting the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq and recruited people to smuggle money and weapons into Iraq from Syria.