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EU (Foreign) Terrorist Organizations

July 18, 2011 – The EU Council has concluded that the following groups and entities listed have been involved in terrorist acts within the meaning of Article 1(2) and (3) of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP, that a decision has been taken with respect to them by a competent authority within the meaning of Article 1(4) of that Common Position, and that they should continue to be subject to the specific restrictive measures provided for therein.

  • Holy Land Foundation

More information on the EU FTO page.

EU Regulation

April 14, 2003 – Council Regulation (EC) No 807/2003 of 14 April 2003 – Adapting to Decision 1999/468/EC the provisions relating to committees which assist the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers laid down in Council instruments adopted in accordance with the consultation procedure (unanimity).

November 22, 1996 – 96/668/CFSP – Joint Action of 22 November 1996 – Adopted by the Council on the basis of Articles J.3 and K.3 of the Treaty on European Union concerning measures protecting against the effects of the extra-territorial application of legislation adopted by a third country, and actions based thereon or resulting therefrom. 96/668/CFSP and regulation 2271/96 were an EU reaction on the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996 (aka Helms–Burton Act) of the USA.

IRAN

December 12, 2012 – Iran indicts 18 American officials, ex-officials

Iran’s deputy judiciary chief says the Islamic Republic has issued indictments against 18 unnamed current and former American officials on charges of involvement in “crimes against Iran.”

Source: The Daily Star News Item created with Web Agency

May 30, 2011 – The Iranian Parliament released the names of 26 US officials wanted by Tehran for various crimes, including violation of human rights, state-sponsored terrorism, and drug-trafficking.

Rapporteur of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Kazzem Jalali said that the motion to impose sanctions on and prosecute certain American officials was unanimously adopted by the members of his commission on Sunday.

  1. Former FBI Chief Director Thomas J. Pickard, for violations of human rights, including his involvement in the siege of the Branch Davidian complex in Waco, Texas in 1993, and the death of over 80 of the cult’s followers. He is also wanted for human rights violations during his tenure as the CIA station chief in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2003
  2. Former commander of the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay Geoffrey D. Miller, who commanded the US prison at Guantanamo Bay between 2002 and 2007, and has been charged with torture of inmates
  3. Current Guantanamo commander Rear Admiral Jeffery Harbeson for human rights violations at the detention center since 2010
  4. USS Vincennes Captain Will Rogers III, for the killing of 290 Iranian civilians onboard Iran Air Flight 655, which was shot down by the USS Vincennes on July 3, 1988
  5. Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who served in the post from 1975 to 1977 and from 2001 to 2006, for the killing of thousands of civilians in the US-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He is also charged in connection with human rights violations and torture at two notorious prisons, Abu Ghraib in Iraq and Bagram in Afghanistan
  6. Paul Bremer, the US administrator in Iraq from May 2003 to June 2004
  7. General Tommy Franks, who led the US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, are also on the list of US officials that the Iranian parliament plans to impose sanctions on
  8. Commander of US forces in Iraq Raymond Odierno, for his major role in the massive violation of human rights in Iraq
  9. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, commander of the US troops in charge of torturing prisoners in Abu Ghraib for violation of human rights and his role in the US state sponsored terrorism
  10. Former US Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz for his role in the crimes committed against the Afghan and Iraqi people
  11. Gen. John McKean, former US Deputy Chief of Staff for his role in the massacre of the civilians, torturing of prisoners in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo and violation of human rights in Afghanistan and Iraq.
  12. The United States’ first administrator in Iraq in 2003, charged with the massacre of the civilians and violation of human rights in Iraq
  13. US Defense Department official Richard Pearl, for his role in designing the military invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and the crimes committed by the US troops in the two war-torn states
  14. Richard A. Cody, Deputy Chief of Staff of the US Army in 2003, for complicity in the massacre of the civilians, torture of the prisoners in Abu-Ghraib and Guantanamo, and violation of human rights in Iraq and Afghanistan
  15. Gen. James Mathews, commander of the US operations in Iraq, for his role in the massacre of the civilians in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2003 and his involvement in crime against humanity
  16. Gen. George Casey, the Chief of Staff of the US Army from 2003 to 2007, for his complicity in the massacre of the civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, the raid and occupation of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s consulate in the Northern Iraqi city of Erbil and the illegal arrest, abduction and torturing of five Iranian diplomats for over 2.5 years
  17. Gen. David Petraeus, former commander of the US troops in Iraq and commander of the US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, for massive violation of human rights, massacre of the civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as complicity in drug-trafficking
  18. Gen. Janis Karbinsky, former commander of Abu-Ghraib prison and former officer responsible for US prisons in Iraq, for torturing prisoners and massive violation of human rights in Iraq
  19. Gen. Steve Casbon, Abu-Ghraib Prison official, for torturing prisoners and massive violation of human rights in Iraq
  20. Gen. Stanley McCrystal, commander of the US troops in Afghanistan, for massacre of the civilians, torturing of prisoners in Bagram, violation of human rights and complicity in drug-trafficking
  21. Gen. Jack Bridgez, Commander of the US Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, for his role in the supply of logistical backup and training for the anti-Iran terrorist group, Jundollah, support for terrorism in Afghanistan, massacre of the civilians and massive violation of human rights in Afghanistan
  22. Luis Freeh, former CIA Chief, for violation of human rights, complicity in the torturing of prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq
  23. Robert Muller, former CIA Chief, for violation of human rights, complicity in the torturing of prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq
  24. Gen. Games Jons, former US president national security advisor, for his support for terrorism, specially his support for the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), and providing aid for terrorist groups in Afghanistan and Iraq
  25. Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, former chief of staff of the US Army in 2007, for his role in the massacre of the civilians, torturing of prisoners in Guantanamo and Bagram, and violation of human rights in Afghanistan and Iraq
  26. Stewart Louie, former US Undersecretary of Treasury, for his role in the violation of human rights through imposing illegal sanctions against the Iranian people.

Russia

April 13, 2013 – Russia Bans 18 Americans After Similar US Move

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia named 18 Americans banned from entering the country in response to Washington imposing sanctions on 18 Russians for alleged human rights violations. Source NYT

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