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Source: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2016/11/264498.htm
U.S. Adds Three Islamic State Commanders to Global Terrorist List
(U.S. State Department) The U.S. State Department has designated Abdullah Ahmed al-Meshedani, Basil Hassan, and Abdelilah Himich as Specially Designated Global Terrorists. Al-Meshedani is an Iraqi Islamic State leader who manages arriving foreign terrorist fighters, handles guesthouses for them, and transports suicide bombers. Hassan is an external operations plotter for ISIS. In 2013, Hassan was accused of shooting Lars Hedegaard, a 70-year-old Danish author and journalist. Himich is a senior foreign terrorist fighter and external operations figure who was reportedly involved in the planning of ISIS' November 2015 Paris attacks and March 2016 Brussels attacks.