[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 9400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3154]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6102]


In the Matter of the Amended Designations of Salafist Group for 
Call and Combat a.k.a. GSPC a.k.a. Le Groupe Salafiste Pour La 
Predication Et Le Combat a.k.a. Salafist Group for Preaching and 
Combat, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Pursuant to Section 219 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act and Pursuant to Section 1(b) of 
Executive Order 13224

    Based upon a review of the administrative record assembled in this 
matter, and in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary 
of the Treasury, I have concluded that there is a sufficient factual 
basis to find that the Salafist Group for Call and Combat, has changed 
its name to al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb, a.k.a. AQIM, a.k.a. 
Tanzim al-Qa'ida fi Bilad al-Maghrib al-Islamiya, and that the relevant 
circumstances described in Section 219(a)(1) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act, as amended (the ``INA'') (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)(1)), and in 
Section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended (``E.O. 13224''), 
still exist with respect to that organization.
    Therefore, I hereby further amend the designation of that 
organization as a foreign terrorist organization, pursuant to Section 
219(b) of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1189(b)), and further amend the 2001 
designation of that organization pursuant to Section 1(b) of E.O. 
13224, to include the following new names:

al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb
a.k.a. AQIM
a.k.a Tanzim al-Qa'ida fi Bilad al-Maghrib al-Islamiya

    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 ineffectual the blocking and other measures authorized in 
the Order because of the ability to transfer funds instantaneously'', I 
determine that no prior notice needs to 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.

    Dated: February 4, 2008.
Condoleezza Rice,
Secretary of State, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E8-3154 Filed 2-19-08; 8:45 am]
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