The United States has announced sanctions against a London-based Iraqi who is suspected of smuggling weapons back to his homeland, and of ties to Osama bin Laden. The US Treasury Department said Ahmad Khalaf Shabib al-Dulaymi transported arms and explosives across the border from Syria using a British-based firm, and of once carrying a letter from bin Laden to a leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. The letter, carried around January 2007 was bound for Abu AyybAl-Masri, an Egyptian who played a key role in the Iraqi insurgency. <br/><br/>Washington has also slapped sanctions on Atilla Selek — a German man of Turkish origin — who is one of four<br/><br/>Islamic militants jailed in Germany for planning attacks on US soldiers and civilians in Germany.