[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17744-17745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06648]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8248]


In the Matter of the Designation of Ansar al-Dine Also Known as 
Ansar Dine Also Known as Ansar al-Din Also Known as Ancar Dine Also 
Known as Ansar ul-Din Also Known as Ansar Eddine Also Known as 
Defenders of the Faith as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Pursuant to 
Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended

    Based upon a review of the Administrative Record assembled in this 
matter and in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary 
of the Treasury, I conclude that there is a sufficient factual basis to 
find that the relevant circumstances described in section 219 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended (hereinafter ``INA'') (8 
U.S.C. 1189), exist with respect to Ansar al-Dine, also known as Ansar 
Dine, also known as Ansar al-Din, also known as Ancar Dine, also known 
as Ansar ul-Din, also known as Ansar Eddine, also known as Defenders of 
the Faith.

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    Therefore, I hereby designate the aforementioned organization and 
its aliases as a Foreign Terrorist Organization pursuant to section 219 
of the INA.
    This determination shall be published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: March 11, 2013.
John F. Kerry,
Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2013-06648 Filed 3-21-13; 8:45 am]
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