**The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on two men based in Europe who it says support radical Islamist groups.**The treasury says Ahmad Khalaf Shabib al-Dulaymi, an Iraqi based in London, smuggled weapons for al-Qaeda from Syria into Iraq though a UK-based firm.
It has also slapped sanctions on German national Atilla Selek, who has been jailed in Germany for planning attacks on US targets in the country.
The treasury move freezes any assets the two have in the US.
The statement says that Mr Dulaymi has provided “financial, material, or technological support” to al-Qaeda in Iraq.
It also says that in 2007 he ran an al-Qaeda network in Europe.
The treasury says one of the network’s cells, in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, financed al-Qaeda in Europe by smuggling cigarettes and coffee.
It also alleges that in late January 2007, Mr Dulaymi allegedly carried a letter from al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to the group’s Iraqi leader, Abu Ayyub al-Masri.
Atilla Selek was one of four Islamists convicted in Germany in March for plotting to kill US civilians and soldiers by bombing targets like Ramstein Air Base.
He was jailed for five years.
The US Treasury says he is a member of the Islamic Jihad Union, a radical al-Qaeda-linked group.This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.