[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 225 (Friday, November 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65835-65836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22888]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Designation of Three Individuals Pursuant to Executive Order 
13441

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control 
(``OFAC'') is publishing the names of three newly designated 
individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked 
pursuant to Executive Order 13441 of August 1, 2007, ``Blocking 
Property of Persons Undermining the Sovereignty of Lebanon or Its 
Democratic Processes and Institutions.''

DATES: The designation by the Secretary of the Treasury of the three 
individuals identified in this notice pursuant to Executive Order 13441 
is effective on Monday, November 5, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance 
Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department 
of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, tel.: 202/622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

    This document and additional information concerning OFAC are 
available from OFAC's Web site (http://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via 
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: 202/622-0077.

Background

    On August 1, 2007, the President issued Executive Order 13441(the 
``Order'') pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 
50 U.S.C. 1701, et seq., the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1601, 
et seq., and section 301 of title 3, United States Code. In the Order, 
the President declared a national emergency to address the threat posed 
by the actions of certain persons to undermine Lebanon's legitimate and 
democratically elected government or democratic institutions, to 
contribute to the deliberate breakdown in the rule of law in Lebanon, 
including through politically motivated violence and intimidation, to 
reassert Syrian control or contribute to Syrian interference in 
Lebanon, or to infringe upon or undermine Lebanese sovereignty.
    Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all 
property and interests in property that are in the United States, that 
hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come 
within the possession or control of United States persons, including 
any overseas branch, of the following persons: Persons who are 
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, (1) to have taken, or to pose a significant risk of 
taking, actions, including acts of violence, that have the purpose or 
effect of undermining Lebanon's democratic processes or institutions, 
contributing to the breakdown of the rule of law in Lebanon, supporting 
the reassertion of Syrian control or otherwise contributing to Syrian 
interference in Lebanon, or infringing upon or undermining Lebanese 
sovereignty; (2) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided 
financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services 
in support of, such actions, including acts of violence, or any person 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the 
Order; (3) to be a spouse or dependent child of any person whose 
property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the Order; 
or (4) to be owned or controlled by, or acting or purporting to act for 
or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property or 
interests in property are blocked pursuant to the Order.
    On Monday, November 5, 2007, the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, designated, pursuant to one 
or more of the criteria set forth in the Order, three individuals whose 
property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive 
Order 13441.
    The list of designees is as follows:
    1. HARDAN, Assaad Halim (a.k.a. HARDAN, As'ad; a.k.a. HARDAN, 
Assad); DOB 31 Jul 1951; POB Rashayya al-Fakhar, Lebanon; alt. POB 
Rashayya al-Fuqhar, Lebanon; alt. POB Rashia al Foukhar, Lebanon.
    2. MAKHLUF, Hafiz (a.k.a. MAKHLOUF, Hafez); DOB circa 1975; POB 
Damascus, Syria; Colonel.
    3. WAHHAB, Wi'am (a.k.a. WAHAB, Wiyam; a.k.a. WAHHAB, Wiam; a.k.a. 
WIHAB, Wi'am; a.k.a. WIHAB, Wiyam); DOB 1964; POB Al-Jahiliya, Shuf 
Mountains, Lebanon.


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    Dated: November 14, 2007.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. E7-22888 Filed 11-21-07; 8:45 am]
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