[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 236 (Monday, December 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74572-74573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-28944]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Additional Designation of Four Individuals Pursuant to Executive 
Order 13224

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 name of four newly-designated individuals 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 
Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, ``Blocking Property and 
Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, 
or Support Terrorism.''

DATES: The designation by the Director of OFAC of the four individuals 
identified in this notice, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, is 
effective on November 20, 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 (http://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via 
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: 202/622-0077.

Background

    On September 23, 2001, the President issued Executive Order 13224 
(the ``Order'') pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701-1706, and the United Nations Participation Act of 
1945, 22 U.S.C. 287c. In the Order, the President declared a national 
emergency to address grave acts of terrorism and threats of terrorism 
committed by foreign terrorists, including the September 11, 2001, 
terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon. The 
Order imposes economic sanctions on persons who have committed, pose a 
significant risk of committing, or support acts of terrorism. The 
President identified in the Annex to the Order, as amended by Executive 
Order 13268 of July 2, 2002, 13 individuals and 16 entities as subject 
to the economic sanctions. The Order was further amended by Executive 
Order 13284 of January 23, 2003, to reflect the creation of the 
Department of Homeland Security.
    Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all 
property and interests in property that are in or hereafter come within 
the United States or the possession or control of United States 
persons, of: (1) Foreign persons listed in the Annex to the Order; (2) 
foreign persons determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Department of 
Homeland Security and the Attorney General, to have committed, or to 
pose 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

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States; (3) persons determined by the Director of OFAC, in consultation 
with the Departments of State, Homeland Security and Justice, to be 
owned or controlled by, or to act for or on behalf of those persons 
listed in the Annex to the Order or those persons determined to be 
subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or 1(d)(i) of the Order; and (4) 
except as provided in section 5 of the Order and after such 
consultation, if any, with foreign authorities as the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and the Attorney 
General, deems appropriate in the exercise of his discretion, persons 
determined by the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the 
Departments of State, Homeland Security and Justice, to assist in, 
sponsor, or provide financial, material, or technological support for, 
or financial or other services to or in support of, such acts of 
terrorism or those persons listed in the Annex to the Order or 
determined to be subject to the Order or to be otherwise associated 
with those persons listed in the Annex to the Order or those persons 
determined to be subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or 1(d)(i) of the 
Order.
    On November 20, 2008, the Director of OFAC, in consultation with 
the Departments of State, Homeland Security, Justice and other relevant 
agencies, designated, pursuant to one or more of the criteria set forth 
in subsections 1(b), 1(c) or 1(d) of the Order, four individuals whose 
property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive 
Order 13224.
    The designees are as follows:
    1. AW-MOHAMED, Ahmed Abdi (a.k.a. ABUZUBAIR, Muktar Abdulrahim; 
a.k.a. AW MOHAMMED, Ahmed Abdi; a.k.a. ``ABU ZUBEYR''; a.k.a. 
``GODANE''; a.k.a. ``GODANI''; a.k.a. ``SHAYKH MUKHTAR''); DOB 10 Jul 
1977; POB Hargeysa, Somalia; nationality Somalia (individual) [SDGT]
    2. ISSA, Issa Osman (a.k.a. ATTO, Abdullah; a.k.a. BUR, Abdullah; 
a.k.a. SUDANI, Abdala; a.k.a. ``AFADEY''; a.k.a. ``MUSSE''); DOB 1973; 
POB Malindi, Kenya; nationality Kenya (individual) [SDGT]
    3. ROBOW, Mukhtar (a.k.a. ALI, Mujahid Mukhtar Robow; a.k.a. ALI, 
Mukhtar Abdullahi; a.k.a. ALI, Shaykh Mukhtar Robo; a.k.a. RUBU, 
Mukhtar Ali; a.k.a. ``ABU MANSOUR''; a.k.a. ``ABU MANSUR''); DOB 1969; 
alt. DOB 10 Oct 1969; POB Xudur, Somalia; alt. POB Keren, Eritrea; 
nationality Eritrea; National ID No. 1372584 (Kenya); Passport 0310857 
(Eritrea) issued 21 Aug 2006 expires 20 Aug 2008; (Following data 
derived from an Eritrean passport issued under the alias name of 
Mukhtar Abdullahi Ali: Alt. DOB: 10 October 1969; Alt. POB: Keren 
Eritrea; nationality: Eritrean; National ID No.: 1372584, Kenya; 
Passport No.: 0310857, Eritrea) (individual) [SDGT]
    4. EL HABHAB, Redouane (a.k.a. ``ABDELRAHMAN''), Iltisstrasse 58, 
Kiel 24143, Germany; DOB 20 Dec 1969; POB Casablanca, Morocco; 
nationality Germany; National ID No. 1007850441 (Germany) issued 27 Mar 
2001 expires 26 Mar 2011; Passport 1005552350 (Germany) issued 27 Mar 
2001 expires 26 Mar 2011; currently incarcerated in Lubeck, Germany 
(individual) [SDGT]

    Dated: November 20, 2008.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. E8-28944 Filed 12-5-08; 8:45 am]
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