[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 75 (Thursday, April 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23332-23333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09120]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Supplemental Identification Information for Two (2) Individuals 
Designated Pursuant to Executive Order 13224

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 supplemental information for the names of two 
(2) individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked 
pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, ``Blocking 
Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten 
To Commit, or Support Terrorism.''

DATES: The publishing of updated identification information by the 
Director of OFAC of these two (2) individuals in this notice, pursuant 
is effective on April 11, 2013.

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 (www.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile 
through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: 202/622-0077.

Background

    On September 23, 2001, the President issued Executive Order 13224 
(the ``Order'') pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701-1706, and the United Nations Participation Act of 
1945, 22 U.S.C. 287c. In the Order, the President declared a national 
emergency to address grave acts of terrorism and threats of terrorism 
committed by foreign terrorists, including the September 11, 2001 
terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon. The 
Order imposes economic sanctions on persons who have committed, pose a 
significant risk of committing, or support acts of terrorism. The 
President identified in the Annex to the Order, as amended by Executive 
Order 13268 of July 2, 2002, 13 individuals and 16 entities as subject 
to the economic sanctions. The Order was further amended by Executive 
Order 13284 of January 23, 2003, to reflect the creation of the 
Department of Homeland Security.
    Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all 
property and interests in property that are in or hereafter come within 
the United States or the possession or control of United States 
persons, of: (1) Foreign persons listed in the Annex to the Order; (2) 
foreign persons determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Department of 
Homeland Security and the Attorney General, to have committed, or to 
pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism that threaten 
the security of U.S. nationals or the national security, foreign 
policy, or economy of the United States; (3) persons determined by the 
Director of OFAC, in consultation with the Departments of State, 
Homeland

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Security and Justice, to be owned or controlled by, or to act for or on 
behalf of those persons listed in the Annex to the Order or those 
persons determined to be subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or 1(d)(i) 
of the Order; and (4) except as provided in section 5 of the Order and 
after such consultation, if any, with foreign authorities as the 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, 
the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and the Attorney 
General, deems appropriate in the exercise of his discretion, persons 
determined by the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the 
Departments of State, Homeland Security and Justice, to assist in, 
sponsor, or provide financial, material, or technological support for, 
or financial or other services to or in support of, such acts of 
terrorism or those persons listed in the Annex to the Order or 
determined to be subject to the Order or to be otherwise associated 
with those persons listed in the Annex to the Order or those persons 
determined to be subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or 1(d)(i) of the 
Order.
    On April 11, 2013 the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the 
Departments of State, Homeland Security, Justice and other relevant 
agencies, supplemented the identification information for two (2) 
individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked 
pursuant to Executive Order 13224.
    The supplementation identification information for the individuals 
is as follows:

Individuals

    1. AHMAD, Farhad Kanabi (a.k.a. HAMAWANDI, Kawa; a.k.a. OMAR 
ACHMED, Kaua), Lochhamer Str. 115, Munich 81477, Germany; Iraq; DOB 01 
Jul 1971; POB Arbil, Iraq; nationality Iraq; Travel Document Number 
A0139243 (Germany) (individual) [SDGT].
    2. HUSSEIN, Mazen Ali (a.k.a. SALAH MUHAMAD, Issa), Branderstrasse 
28, Augsburg 86154, Germany; Hauzenberg 94051, Germany; DOB 01 Jan 
1982; alt. DOB 01 Jan 1980; POB Baghdad, Iraq; nationality Iraq; Travel 
Document Number A0144378 (Germany) (individual) [SDGT].

    Dated: April 11, 2013.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2013-09120 Filed 4-17-13; 8:45 am]
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