Azam Cheema
Azam 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings. In 2010, the United States Department of the Treasury announced sanctions against him just prior to Barack Obama's visit to India.[1][2] A citizen of Pakistan he was described as intelligence chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba and has been specifically involved in teaching operatives bomb making skills and skills necessary to infiltrate India.[3]
He was sanctioned as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List by the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control; where his addresses are listed in Islamabad, Muzaffarabad and Bahawalpur.[4]
References
- ^ "U.S. Treasury targets Pakistani militants". CNN. 4 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
- ^ "Terror trainer Cheema is LeT intel chief". The Times of India. 5 October 2006. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
- ^ "Treasury Targets Pakistan-Based Terrorist Organizations Lashkar-E Tayyiba and Jaish-E Mohammed". United States Department of the Treasury. 7 November 2010. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
- ^ "CHEEMA, Azam". sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov. Retrieved 8 September 2022.