UPDATED 11:17 AM EST, December 17, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is blacklisting former Lebanese information minister Michel Samaha, who is accused of plotting a wave of bombings in Lebanon at Syria's behest.
The departments of State and Treasury said Monday that Samaha has been added to a list of specially designated global terrorists for trying to incite sectarian violence and undermine Lebanon's sovereignty. The designation freezes any assets Samaha may have in U.S. jurisdictions and bans Americans from doing business with him.
