Obama Administration Approved $200,000 Grant to Terrorist-Financing Group With Al Qaeda Ties

Obama Administration Approved $200,000 Grant to Terrorist-Financing Group With Al Qaeda Ties
Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference at the White House in Washington on Dec. 16, 2016. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Updated:

The administration of President Barack Obama approved a $200,000 grant to a group tied to al-Qaeda, despite the group’s designation as a terrorist-financing organization.

The Sudan-based Islamic Relief Agency was designated by the United States government as a known terror-financing organization back in 2004, due to links with Osama bin Laden and his group Maktab Al-Khidamat, the precursor of al-Qaeda.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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