11. Albright moves to block assets of alleged terrorist groups. 12. Boucher said the Bush administration was considering blocking the assets of individual Zimbabweans and banning commercial export licenses of defense articles and services. 13. But Treasury officials on Thursday would not say whether that includes Saudi Arabia or how many countries have actually blocked assets. 14. Financial support for the group is illegal under the designation and American financial institutions are required to block its assets. 15. Financial support for the group is illegal under the designation and U.S. financial institutions are required to block its assets. 16. He added that European governments may also want to add more names to the list of those whose assets are blocked. 17. He disclosed an executive order signed Monday night that will block the assets of terrorist organizations that threaten to disrupt the Mideast peace process. 18. He said the action of blocking the assets of the two branches of the charity that is based in Riyadh was being taken jointly with the Saudi government. 19. In recent years, the Treasury Department also has blocked the assets of several Colombians that the U.S. government identified as drug kingpins. 20. It also requires U.S. financial institutions to block their assets. |