[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 135 (Thursday, July 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 34639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16877]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Designation of One Individual and One Entity 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 one newly designated entity and 
one newly designated individual 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 entity 
and individual identified in this notice pursuant to Executive Order 
13438 is effective on July 02, 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 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 July 2, 2009, 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, one 
individual and one entity whose property and interests in property are 
blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13438.
    The list of designees is as follows:
    AL-MUHANDIS, ABU MAHDI (a.k.a. AL BASERI, Abu Mahdi; a.k.a. AL-
BASARI, Abu Mahdi; a.k.a. AL-BASRI, Abu-Mahdi al-Mohandis; a.k.a. AL-
IBRAHIMI, Jamal; a.k.a. AL-IBRAHIMI, Jamal Ja'afar Muhammad Ali; a.k.a. 
AL-IBRAHIMI, Jamal Ja'far; a.k.a. AL-MADAN, Abu Mahdi; a.k.a. AL-
MOHANDAS, Abu-Mahdi; a.k.a. AL-MOHANDESS, Abu Mehdi; a.k.a. AL-
MUHANDES, Abu Mahdi; a.k.a. AL-MUHANDIS, Abu Mahdi al-Basri; a.k.a. AL-
MUHANDIS, Abu-Muhannad; a.k.a. BIHAJ, Jamal Ja'afar Ibrahim al-Mikna; 
a.k.a. EBRAHIMI, Jamal Jafaar Mohammed Ali; a.k.a. JAMAL, Ibrahimi; 
a.k.a. ``AL-IBRAHIMI, Jamal Fa'far 'Ali''; a.k.a. ``AL-TAMIMI, Jamal 
al-Madan''; a.k.a. ``JAAFAR, Jaafar Jamal''; a.k.a. ``MOHAMMED, Jamal 
Jaafar''), Mehran, Iran; Al Fardoussi Street, Tehran, Iran; Al Maaqal, 
Al Basrah, Iraq; Velayat Faqih Base, Kenesht Mountain Pass, Northwest 
of Kermanshah, Iran; DOB 1953; POB Ma'ghal, Basrah, Iraq; citizen Iran; 
alt. citizen Iraq; nationality Iraq (individual) [IRAQ3]
    KATA'IB HIZBALLAH (a.k.a. HIZBALLAH BRIGADES; a.k.a. HIZBALLAH 
BRIGADES IN IRAQ; a.k.a. HIZBALLAH BRIGADES-IRAQ; a.k.a. KATA'IB 
HEZBOLLAH; a.k.a. KHATA'IB HEZBOLLAH; a.k.a. KHATA'IB HIZBALLAH; a.k.a. 
KHATTAB HEZBALLAH; a.k.a. ``HIZBALLAH BRIGADES-IRAQ OF THE ISLAMIC 
RESISTANCE IN IRAQ''; a.k.a. ``ISLAMIC RESISTANCE IN IRAQ''; a.k.a. 
``KATA'IB HIZBALLAH FI AL-IRAQ''; a.k.a. ``KATIBAT ABU FATHEL AL 
A'ABAS''; a.k.a. ``KATIBAT ZAYD EBIN ALI''; a.k.a. ``KATIBUT 
KARBALAH''), Iraq; Najaf, Iraq [FTO] [SDGT] [IRAQ3]

    Dated: July 2, 2009.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. E9-16877 Filed 7-15-09; 8:45 am]
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