مكافئة أميركيىة بقيمة 10 ملايين دولار لكل من يقدم معلومات عن أنشطة رجل حزب الله في العراق محمد كوثراني/US offers $10 mln for information on Kawtharani’s activities in Iraq

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أميركا تعرض 10 ملايين دولار مقابل قائد بحزب الله العراقي
واشنطن – رويترز/عربية نت/11 نيسان/2020

US offers $10 million reward for information on senior Hezbollah figure,Mohammad Kawtharani
مكافئة أميركيىة بقيمة 10 ملايين دولار لكل من يقدم معلومات عن أنشطة رجل حزب الله في العراق محمد كوثراني
Jamie PrentisThe National/April 11/2020

US offers $10 mln for information on Kawtharani’s activities in Iraq
Reuters, Washington/Saturday 11 April 2020

US Department Of State
Reward Offer for Information on Hizballah’s Financial Networks Muhammad Kawtharani
MEDIA NOTE/OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON
APRIL 10, 2020

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أميركا تعرض 10 ملايين دولار مقابل قائد بحزب الله العراقي
واشنطن – رويترز/عربية نت/11 نيسان/2020
عرضت الولايات المتحدة يوم الجمعة ما يصل إلى عشرة ملايين دولار مقابل معلومات عن محمد الكوثراني، أحد كبار القادة العسكريين بجماعة حزب الله في العراق. وكان الكوثراني مساعدا للجنرال قاسم سليماني القائد في الحرس الثوري الإيراني، والذي قتل في هجوم بطائرة أميركية مسيرة في بغداد في يناير/كانون الثاني. وقالت وزارة الخارجية الأميركية في إعلان إن الكوثراني “تولى مسؤولية بعض التنسيق السياسي للجماعات شبه العسكرية المتحالفة مع إيران” والتي كان ينظمها سابقا سليماني. وأضافت في بيان: “بهذه الصفة كان الكوثراني يسهل تحركات الجماعات التي تعمل خارج نطاق سيطرة الحكومة العراقية، والتي قمعت بشكل عنيف الاحتجاجات، وهاجمت بعثات دبلوماسية أجنبية، وشاركت في نشاط إجرامي منظم على نطاق واسع”. وأعلنت الوزارة إنها تعرض هذا المبلغ مقابل الحصول على معلومات بشأن أنشطة وشبكات ومساعدي الكوثراني في إطار جهود لتعطيل “الآليات المالية” لحزب الله الذي مقره لبنان. ووصفت الولايات المتحدة الكوثراني في 2013 بأنه إرهابي عالمي، واتهمته بتمويل جماعات مسلحة في العراق والمساعدة في نقل مقاتلين عراقيين إلى سوريا لدعم رئيس النظام السوري بشار الأسد ضد مقاتلي المعارضة.وخلافاً للتصور السابق بأن انتشار قوات النظام السوري في جنوب سوريا وفي المنطقة الحدودية مع الجولان المحتل، سيعيد الهدوء إلى هذه الجبهة كما كانت الحال لعقود، فإن استمرار إطلاق القذائف والصواريخ من الأراضي السورية، عزز قناعة إسرائيل بأن إيران ومن خلال حزب الله مصرة على تكرار تجربة جنوب لبنان واستحداث جبهة قتالية نشطة في الجولان. وفي مواجهة الزحف الهادئ لحزب الله، تستكمل إسرائيل إنشاء منظومة استخباراتية عملاقة في الجولان المحتل. وفيها جميع هيئات الاستخبارات المختلفة، مثل وحدة 8200 المختصة بجمع المعلومات، ووحدة 504 التابعة لجهاز المخابرات، والتي نشطت لعقود في لبنان والمختصة أيضاً بتجنيد عملاء وجمع معلومات استخباراتية بشرية، وذلك إلى جانب منظومة مراقبة متطورة ترصد كل تحرك وتتنصت على أي اتصال داخل سوريا.
وغرفة العمليات السرية التي تدير هذه المنظومة من قاعدة “هبشان” العسكرية في الجولان المحتل تضم 100 شاشة عرض تبث مباشرة كل ما يحدث في سوريا مع التركيز على المنطقة الحدودية الجنوبية.

US offers $10 million reward for information on senior Hezbollah figure,Mohammad Kawtharani
مكافئة أميركيىة بقيمة 10 مليون دولار لكل من يقم معلومات عن أنشطة رجل حزب الله في العراق محمد كوثراني
Jamie PrentisThe National/April 11/2020
Mohammad Kawtharani is accused of heading up the group’s actions in Iraq.
The US has offered a reward of up to $10 million (Dh36.7 million) for information on the activities and networks of Mohammad Kawtharani, a senior Hezbollah military commander. The US State Department said Kawtharani was a key leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah units in Iraq.
It’s also said he has taken over some of the political co-ordination of Iran-linked paramilitary groups since the death of Iranian general Qassem Suleimani in January.
“In this capacity, he facilitates the actions of groups operating outside the control of the Government of Iraq that have violently suppressed protests, attacked foreign diplomatic missions, and engaged in wide-spread organised criminal activity,” the State Department said. “As a member of Hezbollah Political Council, Kawtharani has worked to promote Hezbollah interests in Iraq, including Hezbollah efforts to provide training, funding, political, and logistical support to Iraqi Shia insurgent groups,” it added. He was designated as a terrorist by the US Treasury in 2013. “This announcement is part of the Department’s standing reward offer for information leading to the disruption of the financial mechanisms of the terrorist organisation Lebanese Hezbollah,” the US said.

US offers $10 mln for information on Kawtharani’s activities in Iraq
Reuters, Washington/Saturday 11 April 2020
The United States on Friday offered up to $10 million for information on Sheikh Mohammad al-Kawtharani, a senior military commander of the extremist group Hezbollah in Iraq who was an associate of the late Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.
Announcing the reward, the US State Department said Kawtharani had “taken over some of the political coordination of Iran-aligned paramilitary groups” formerly organized by Soleimani, an Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad in January.
“In this capacity, he facilitates the actions of groups operating outside the control of the Government of Iraq that have violently suppressed protests, attacked foreign diplomatic missions, and engaged in wide-spread organized criminal activity,” it said in a statement.
The State Department said it was offering the sum for information on Kawtharani’s activities, networks and associates as part of an effort to disrupt the “financial mechanisms” of the Lebanese-based Hezbollah.
Kawtharani was branded a global terrorist by the United States in 2013, accused of funding armed groups in Iraq and helping transport Iraqi fighters to Syria to join President Bashar al-Assad’s effort to put down a revolt against his rule.
Reuters reported in February that according to two Iraqi sources and a senior Iraqi Shi’ite Muslim leader, Kawtharani for now was seen as the most suitable figure to direct Iraqi militias until a permanent Iranian successor could be chosen, although he did not have Soleimani’s clout.
“Kawtharani has connections with the militia groups,” the Shi’ite leader said. “He was trusted by Soleimani, who used to depend and call on him to help him in crises and in meetings in Baghdad.”


US Department Of State
Reward Offer for Information on Hizballah’s Financial Networks Muhammad Kawtharani
MEDIA NOTE
OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON
APRIL 10, 2020
The U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information on the activities, networks, and associates of Muhammad Kawtharani, a senior Hizballah military commander. This announcement is part of the Department’s standing reward offer for information leading to the disruption of the financial mechanisms of the terrorist organization Lebanese Hizballah.
Muhammad Kawtharani is a senior leader of Hizballah’s forces in Iraq and has taken over some of the political coordination of Iran-aligned paramilitary groups formerly organized by Qassim Sulemani after Sulemani’s death in January. In this capacity, he facilitates the actions of groups operating outside the control of the Government of Iraq that have violently suppressed protests, attacked foreign diplomatic missions, and engaged in wide-spread organized criminal activity. As a member of Hizballah’s Political Council, Kawtharani has worked to promote Hizballah’s interests in Iraq, including Hizballah efforts to provide training, funding, political, and logistical support to Iraqi Shi’a insurgent groups.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury designated Kawtharani as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist in 2013.
In April 2019, Rewards for Justice announced a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the disruption of the financial mechanisms of the global terrorist organization Lebanese Hizballah.
Rewards can be provided for information leading to the identification and disruption of:
Sources of revenue for Hizballah or its key financial facilitation mechanisms;
Major Hizballah donors or financial facilitators;
Financial institutions or exchange houses facilitating Hizballah transactions;
Businesses or investments owned or controlled by Hizballah or its financiers;
Front companies engaged in international procurement of dual-use technology on behalf of Hizballah; and
Criminal schemes involving Hizballah members and supporters which financially benefit the organization.
Hizballah is a Lebanon-based terrorist organization that receives weapons, training, and funding from Iran, which the Secretary of State designated as a state sponsor of terrorism in 1984. Hizballah generates about a billion dollars a year from a combination of direct financial support from Iran, international businesses and investments, donor networks, and money laundering activities. The State Department designated Hizballah as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) in October 1997 under the Immigration and Nationality Act, and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) in October 2001 under Executive Order (E.O.) 13224.
More information about these reward offers is located on the Rewards for Justice website at www.rewardsforjustice.net. We encourage anyone with information on Hizballah financial networks to contact the Rewards for Justice office via the website, e-mail (LH@rewardsforjustice.net), phone (1-800-877-3927 in North America), or mail (Rewards for Justice, Washington, D.C., 20520-0303, USA). Individuals may also contact the Regional Security Officer at the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate. All information will be kept strictly confidential.
The Rewards for Justice Program is an effective law enforcement tool and is administered by the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service. Since its inception in 1984, the program has paid in excess of $150 million to more than 100 people who provided actionable information that helped bring terrorists to justice or prevented acts of international terrorism worldwide. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Rewards4Justice.