[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 233 (Monday, December 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 70498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26733]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4915]


Foreign Terrorists and Terrorist Organizations; Designation: 
Jam'at Tawhid al wa'al-Jihad, et al.

    Determination pursuant to section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224 
relating to the designation of Jam'at al Tawhid wa'al-Jihad, also known 
as the Monotheism and Jihad Group, also known as the al-Zarqawi 
Network, also known as al-Tawhid, also known as Tanzim Qa'idat al-Jihad 
fi Bilad al-Rafidayn, also known as the Organization of al-Jihad's Base 
in Iraq, also known as the Organization of al-Jihad's Base of 
Operations in Iraq, also known as al-Qaida of Jihad in Iraq, also known 
as al-Qaida in Iraq, also known as al-Qaida in Mesopotamia, also known 
as al-Qaida in the Land of the Two Rivers, also known as al-Qaida of 
the Jihad in the Land of the Two Rivers, also known as al-Qaida of 
Jihad Organization in the Land of the Two Rivers, also known as al-
Qaida Group of Jihad in Iraq, also known as al-Qaida Group of Jihad in 
the Land of the Two Rivers, also known as the Organization of Jihad's 
Base in the Country of the Two Rivers, also known as the Organization 
Base of Jihad/Country of the Two Rivers, also known as the Organization 
of al-Jihad's Base in the Land of the Two Rivers, also known as the 
Organization Base of Jihad/Mesopotamia, also known as the Organization 
of al-Jihad's Base of Operations in the Land of the Two Rivers, also 
known as Tanzeem qa'idat al Jihad/Bilad al Raafidaini.
    Acting under the authority of section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224 
of September 23, 2001, as amended by Executive Order 13286 of July 2, 
2002, and Executive Order 13284 of January 23, 2003, and in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, 
and the Secretary of Homeland Security, I hereby determine that the 
designated terrorist organization known as Jam'at al-Tawhid wa'al-
Jihad, aka the Monotheism and Jihad Group, aka, the al-Zarqawi Network, 
also known as al-Tawhid, has amended its name to Tanzim Qa'idat al-
Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn and all the translations and 
transliterations of that name listed above. This group continues to 
commit, or poses a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism 
that threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the national security, 
foreign policy, or economy of the United States.
    Consistent with the determination in section 10 of Executive Order 
13224 that ``prior notice to persons determined to be subject to the 
Order who might have a constitutional presence in the United States 
would render ineffectural the blocking and other measures authorized in 
the Order because of the ability to transfer funds instantaneously,'' I 
determine that no prior notice need be provided to any person subject 
to this determination who might have a constitutional presence in the 
United States because to do so would render ineffectual the measures 
authorized in the Order.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: November 30, 2004.
Colin L. Powell,
Secretary of State, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 04-26733 Filed 12-3-04; 8:45 am]
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