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Engineer Ismail
Aliases
Soultan Hachim Ahmed Al-Tai
Position
Minister of Defence
DoB
N/A
Linked to
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2003:169:0006:0023:EN:PDF
Official reason
Abdullahi Osman Mohamed Caddow, also known as “Eng. Ismail” is an al-Shabaab senior explosive expert responsible for the overall management of the group’s explosives operations and manufacturing. In doing so, he has engaged in acts which threaten the peace, security, and stability of Somalia. He has joined the media wing of Al-Shabaab, Al-Katai...
Other Information
Date of listing
2003-07-08
Program information
Authority
EU
Program
Restrictive measures on Iraq
Regime
UN
Target State
Iraq
Measures
Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available
Sanctions Portfolio
- All assets of the listed persons and entities should be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them.
Official Information
A financial and trade embargo was adopted by the UN Security Council in 1990 after the invasion of Kuwait on 2 August 1990 by the military forces of Iraq (see Resolution 661 (1990)). Recognising and welcoming the efforts made by Iraq to form a government based on the rule of law that affords equal rights and justice to all Iraqi citizens, on 22 Ma...
Program URL
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02003R1210-20230404