U.S. Treasury targets three Gulf-based militants

WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - The United States is freezing the assets of three Gulf-based militants on Thursday, saying they provided financial and material support to al Qaeda.

"These three dangerous individuals must be stopped from further facilitating terrorism," said Stuart Levey, Treasury's undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence.

"The global community should act swiftly to prohibit them from using the financial system and from traveling internationally," Levey said.

Any assets these men have under U.S. jurisdiction will be frozen, and Americans will be prohibited from doing business with them, the Treasury Department said.

The three include Khalifa Muhammad Turki al-Subaiy, a citizen of Qatar, described by Treasury as a financier and facilitator who has provided financial support to, and acted on behalf of, al Qaeda senior leadership.

Treasury named the others as Bahrain-born Adil Muhammad Mahmud Abd al-Khaliq, who it says has provided financial, material, and logistical support to al Qaeda and the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group; and Bahrain-born 'Abd al-Rahman Muhammad Jaffar 'Ali, a financier who it says facilitated the movement of money to a senior al Qaeda individual in Iran and also provided his personal funds for use by an al Qaeda recruit. (Reporting by Nancy Waitz; Editing by Eric Beech)