U.S. Sanctions Four Over Qaeda Links

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration moved yesterday to impose financial sanctions against four people accused of being leaders in a Pakistan-based terrorist group linked to Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda network. America says the four hold leadership positions in Lashkar-e-Tayyiba. The action means that any assets found in America belonging to those named yesterday must be blocked. Americans also are prohibited from doing business with them. According to Treasury, the four are: Muhammad Saeed, the group's overall leader; Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the group's chief of operations; Haji Muhammad Ashraf, LET's chief of finance, and Mahmoud Mohammad Ahmed Bahaziq, a main LET financier.