[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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