[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7775]


Amendment of the Designation of al-Qa'ida in Iraq, et al. as a 
Specially Designated Global Terrorist Entity Pursuant to Executive 
Order 13224

    In the Matter of the Amendment of the Designation of al-Qa'ida 
in Iraq, aka Jam'at al Tawhid wa'al-Jihad, aka The Monotheism and 
Jihad Group, aka The al-Zarqawi Network, aka al-Tawhid, aka Tanzim 
Qa`idat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn, aka The Organization of al-
Jihad's Base of Operations in Iraq, aka al-Qaida of Jihad in Iraq, 
aka al-Qaida in Iraq, aka al-Qaida in Mesopotamia, aka al-Qaida in 
the Land of the Two Rivers, aka al-Qaida of the Jihad in the Land of 
the Two Rivers, aka al-Qaida of Jihad Organization in the Land of 
the Two Rivers, aka al-Qaida Group of Jihad in Iraq, aka al-Qaida 
Group of Jihad in the Land of the Two Rivers, aka The Organization 
of Jihad's Base in the Country of the Two Rivers, aka The 
Organization Base of Jihad/Country of the Two Rivers, aka The 
Organization of al-Jihad's Base in the Land of the Two Rivers, aka 
The Organization Base of Jihad/Mesopotamia, aka The Organization of 
al-Jihad's Base of Operations in the Land of the Two Rivers, aka 
Tanzeem qa'idat al Jihad/Bildad al Raafidaini, as a Specially 
Designated Global Terrorist entity pursuant to Executive Order 
13224.

    Based upon a review of the Administrative Record assembled in this 
matter pursuant to Executive Order 13224 and in consultation with the 
Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of 
State concludes that there is a sufficient factual basis to find that 
al-Qa'ida in Iraq, also known under the aliases listed above, uses or 
has used an additional alias, namely, Islamic State of Iraq.
    Therefore, the Secretary of State hereby amends the 2004 
designation of al-Qa'ida in Iraq as a Specially Designated Global 
Terrorist entity, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, to include the 
following new alias and other possible transliterations thereof: 
Islamic State of Iraq.

    Dated: January 11, 2012.
Hillary Rodham Clinton,
Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2012-1537 Filed 1-25-12; 8:45 am]
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