[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54896-54897]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22199]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Designation of Five Individuals and Two Entities Pursuant to 
Executive Order 13438

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 five newly designated individuals 
and two newly designated entities whose property and interests in 
property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13438 of July 17, 
2007, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization 
Efforts in Iraq.''

DATES: The designation by the Secretary of the Treasury of the five 
individuals and two entities identified in this notice pursuant to 
Executive Order 13438 is effective on September 16, 2008.

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

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(http://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-
demand service, tel.: 202/622-0077.

Background

    On July 17, 2007, the President issued Executive Order 13438 (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 to the 
national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by acts 
of violence threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and undermining 
efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq 
and to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people.
    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 and the Secretary of Defense, (1) to have committed, 
or to pose a significant risk of committing, an act or acts of violence 
that have the purpose or effect of threatening the peace or stability 
of Iraq or the Government of Iraq, or undermining efforts to promote 
economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq or to provide 
humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people; (2) to have materially 
assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technical 
support for, or goods or services in support of, such an act or acts of 
violence or any person whose property and interests in property are 
blocked pursuant to the Order; or (3) to be owned or controlled by, or 
to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or 
indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are 
blocked pursuant to the Order.
    On September 16, 2008, the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, 
designated, pursuant to one or more of the criteria set forth in the 
Order, five individuals and two entities whose property and interests 
in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13438.
    The list of designees is as follows:
    1. SHAHLAI, Abdul Reza (a.k.a. SHAHLAEE, Abdul-Reza; a.k.a. 
SHAHLAI, Abdol Reza; a.k.a. SHAHLA'I, Abdolreza; a.k.a. SHAHLAI, 
'Abdorreza; a.k.a. SHALAI, 'Abd-al Reza; a.k.a. SHALA'I, Abdul Reza; 
a.k.a. ``ABU-AL-KARKH', 'Yusuf''; a.k.a. ``YASIR, Hajji''; a.k.a. 
``YUSEF, Hajj''; a.k.a. ``YUSIF, Haji''; a.k.a. ``YUSIF, Hajji''), 
Kermanshah, Iran; Mehran Military Base, Ilam Province, Iran; DOB circa 
1957.
    2. AL-KABI, Arkam 'Abbas (a.k.a. AL-KA'ABI, Shaykh Abu-Akram; 
a.k.a. AL-KA'ABI, Sheik Akram; a.k.a. AL-KA'BI, Akram Abas; a.k.a. 
``ABU-MUHAMMAD''; a.k.a. ``'ALI, Abu''; a.k.a. ``KARUMI''); DOB circa 
1976; alt. DOB circa 1973; POB al 'Amarah, Iraq; alt. POB al Kalamiy, 
Iraq; nationality Iraq.
    3. AL-DARI, Harith Sulayman (a.k.a. AL DARI, Hareth; a.k.a. AL-DARI 
AL-ZAWBAI, Harith; a.k.a. AL-DARI, Harith; a.k.a. AL-DAURI, Hareth; 
a.k.a. AL-DHARI, Harith; a.k.a. AL-DHARI, Harith S.; a.k.a. AL-DURI, 
Harith; a.k.a. DARI AL-ZAWBA'I, Harith), Abu Ghuraib, Iraq; Jordan; 
Akashat, Iraq; Qatar; Egypt; DOB 1941; POB Baghdad, Iraq; citizen Iraq; 
nationality Iraq; Passport N348171/IRAQ (Iraq).
    4. AL-UBAYDI, Ahmad Hassan Kaka (a.k.a. AL NOBANI, Ali; a.k.a. AL-
OBEIDI, Ahmed Hassan Kaka; a.k.a. HAZIM KAKA), Al Humayra Village, Taza 
sub district, Iraq; Kurdi Al Nasir village, Iraq; DOB 1949; POB 
Baghdad, Iraq; nationality Iraq; Passport F032516 (Iraq) issued 4 May 
1976.
    5. AL-USTA, Raw'a (a.k.a. AL-ASTAH, Raw'ah; a.k.a. AL-OUSTA, Raw'a; 
a.k.a. ALOUSTA, Rawaa; a.k.a. AL-'USTA, Rawa; a.k.a. AL-USTA, Raw'ah; 
a.k.a. AL-USTAH, Raw'ah), Damascus, Syria; DOB 1982; nationality Syria.
    6. AL-RA'Y SATELLITE TELEVISION CHANNEL (a.k.a. AL RAIE TV CHANNEL; 
a.k.a. AL RA'Y SATELLITE TELEVISION STATION; a.k.a. AL RA'Y TV; a.k.a. 
AL-RA'I SATELLITE CHANNEL; a.k.a. AL-RA'Y SATELLITE CHANNEL; a.k.a. 
ARRAI TV; a.k.a. SATELLITE TELEVISION CHANNEL AL RA'Y; a.k.a. THE 
OPINION SATELLITE TELEVISION CHANNEL), Near Damascus in the Yaafur 
area, Syria; e-mail address [email protected]; Web site www.arrai.tv.
    7. SURAQIYA FOR MEDIA AND BROADCASTING (a.k.a. SBC TELEVISION; 
a.k.a. SBC TV; a.k.a. SORAQIA FOR MEDIA AND BROADCASTING; a.k.a. 
SORAQIYA FOR MEDIA AND BROADCASTING), Al Sufara' Street in the Ya'fur 
district, Damascus, Syria.

    Dated: September 16, 2008.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. E8-22199 Filed 9-22-08; 8:45 am]
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