US sanctions Hezbollah chief for US deaths in Iraq

November 20, 2012 02:45

The United States today slapped sanctions on a Hezbollah chief blamed for attacks against US forces in Iraq, after Baghdad authorities freed him from custody last week. The Treasury Department named Ali Musa Daqduq, a senior commander in Hezbollah, which the US considers a terrorist group, to its list of people subject to US sanctions.

The action came after Iraq released Daqduq from detention due to lack of sufficient evidence for charges that he was behind a 2007 raid that led to the deaths of five US soldiers. Daqduq "is a dangerous Hezbollah operative responsible for planning and carrying out numerous acts of terrorism in Iraq," David Cohen, under secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, said in a statement.

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