UK freezes Hamas leader's assets

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From BBC News

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown has ordered British banks to freeze assets of the new Hamas leader, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi.
Four other leaders of the Palestinian militant group are targeted, on suspicion of being involved in commissioning acts of terrorism. The news came as Mr Rantissi dismissed Israeli threats to kill him.
He was appointed on Tuesday, after Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was killed by Israeli missiles.

Israel has vowed to kill more top militants, while Mr Rantissi has urged Hamas to avenge Sheikh Yassin's death.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3563989.stm

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1. Addendum:

Gordon Brown told the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee that he was cracking down on terrorist finance, with the bank accounts of five Hamas members frozen, including those of its new leader, Abdel Aziz Rantis.

The Treasury said the action was taken because they had reasonable grounds for suspecting that Musa Abu Marzouk, Imad Khalil Al-Alami, Usama Hamdan and Khalid Mishaal "are, or may be, persons who facilitate or participate in the commission of acts of terrorism."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3564865.stm