[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 15 (Monday, January 26, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4504-4505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1594]
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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 January 16, 2009.
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
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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 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 January 16, 2009, 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. AL-BAHTIYTI, Muhammad Rab'a al-Sayid (a.k.a. AL-BAHTITI,
Muhammad Mahmud; a.k.a. AL-BAHTITI, Muhammad Mahmud Rabi' al-Zayd;
a.k.a. AL-BAHTITI, Muhammad Rabi'; a.k.a. AL-HATITI, Muhammad Rabi' al-
Sa'id; a.k.a. AL-MASRI, Abu Dujana); DOB 1971; POB al-Sharqiyyah,
Egypt; nationality Egypt (individual) [SDGT]
2. BIN LADEN, Sa'ad (a.k.a. ABBUD, Bin Muhammad Awad; a.k.a. ABUD,
Sa'ad Muhammad Awad; a.k.a. ADBUD, Muhammad 'Awad; a.k.a. AWAD,
Muhammad; a.k.a. BAABOOD, Sa'ad Muhammad; a.k.a. BIN LADEN, Sad; a.k.a.
``AL-KAHTANE, Abdul Rahman''); DOB 1982; POB Saudi Arabia; nationality
Saudi Arabia; Passport 520951 (Sudan); alt. Passport 530951 (Sudan)
(individual) [SDGT]
3. HAMID, Mustafa (a.k.a. AL-MASRI, Abu al-Walid; a.k.a. AL-MISRI,
Abu Walid; a.k.a. AL-WALID, Abu; a.k.a. ATIYA, Mustafa; a.k.a. HAMID,
Mustafa Muhammad 'Atiya; a.k.a. ``AL-MAKKI, Hashim''); DOB Mar 1945;
POB Alexandria, Egypt; nationality Egypt; alt. nationality Pakistan
(individual) [SDGT]
4. HUSAIN, Ali Saleh (a.k.a. 'ALA'LAH, 'Ali Salih Husayn; a.k.a.
AL-TABUKI, Ali Saleh Husain; a.k.a. AL-TABUKI, 'Ali Salih Husayn al-
Dhahak; a.k.a. AL-YEMENI, Abu Dhahak; a.k.a. DAHHAK, Abu; a.k.a.
'ULA'LAH, 'Ali Salih Husayn); DOB circa 1970; POB al-Hudaydah, Yemen;
nationality Yemen; Individual's height is 5 feet 9 inches. (individual)
[SDGT]
Dated: January 16, 2009.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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