[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 76887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30254]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8561]


In the Matter of the Designation of Al-Mulathamun Battalion, Also 
Known as al-Mulathamun Brigade, Also Known as al-Muwaqqi'un bil-Dima, 
Also Known as Those Signed in Blood Battalion, Also Known as 
Signatories in Blood, Also Known as Those Who Sign in Blood, Also Known 
as Witnesses in Blood, Also Known as Signed-in-Blood Battalion, Also 
Known as Masked Men Brigade, Also Known as Khaled Abu al-Abbas Brigade, 
Also Known as al-Mulathamun Masked Ones Brigade, Also Known as al-
Murabitoun, Also Known as The Sentinels, 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 the al-Mulathamun Battalion, also 
known as al-Mulathamun Brigade, also known as al-Muwaqqi'un bil-Dima, 
also known as Those Signed in Blood Battalion, also known as 
Signatories in Blood, also known as Those who Sign in Blood, also known 
as Witnesses in Blood, also known as Signed-in-Blood Battalion, also 
known as Masked Men Brigade, also known as Khaled Abu al-Abbas Brigade, 
also known as al-Mulathamun Masked Ones Brigade, also known as al-
Murabitoun, also known as The Sentinels.
    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: December 6, 2013.
John F. Kerry,
Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2013-30254 Filed 12-18-13; 8:45 am]
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