[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 14550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5444]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6136]


In the Matter of the Designation of al-Shabaab, aka al-Shabab, 
aka Shabaab, aka the Youth, aka Mujahidin Al-Shabaab Movement, aka 
Mujahideen Youth Movement, aka Mujahidin Youth Movement, aka MYM, aka 
Harakat Shabab al-Mujahidin, aka Hizbul Shabaab, aka Hisb'ul Shabaab, 
aka al-Shabaab al-Islamiya, aka Youth Wing, aka al-Shabaab al-Islaam, 
aka al-Shabaab al-Jihaad, aka the Unity of Islamic Youth, as a Foreign 
Terrorist Organization pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act, as Amended

    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 conclude that there is a sufficient factual basis to 
find that the relevant circumstances described in section 219 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended (hereinafter ``INA'') (8 
U.S.C. 1189), exist with respect to al-Shabaab (aka al-Shabab, aka 
Shabaab, aka the Youth, aka Mujahidin al-Shabaab Movement, aka 
Mujahideen Youth Movement, aka Mujahidin Youth Movement, aka MYM, aka 
Harakat Shabab al-Mujahidin, aka Hizbul Shabaab, aka Hisb'ul Shabaab, 
aka al-Shabaab al-Islamiya, aka Youth Wing, aka al Shabaab al-Islaam, 
aka al-Shabaab al-Jihaad, aka the Unity of Islamic Youth).
    Therefore, I hereby designate that organization and its aliases as 
a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the INA.
    This designation shall be published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: February 26, 2008.
Condoleezza Rice,
Secretary of State, Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E8-5444 Filed 3-17-08; 8:45 am]
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