[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 73732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29868]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8105]


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; To include the aliases Al-Nusrah Front, Jabhat al-Nusrah, 
Jabhet al-Nusra, The Victory Front, Al Nusrah Front for the People of 
the Levant

    Based upon a review of the Administrative Record assembled in this 
matter pursuant to Executive Order 13224 and in consultation with the 
Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 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 additional aliases, 
namely, al-Nusrah Front, aka Jabhat al-Nusrah, aka Jabhet al-Nusra, aka 
The Victory Front, aka Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant.
    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: Al-
Nusrah Front, Jabhat al-Nusrah, Jabhet al-Nusra, The Victory Front, Al 
Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant.

    Dated: November 20, 2012.
Hillary Rodham Clinton,
Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2012-29868 Filed 12-10-12; 8:45 am]
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