[Federal Register: December 26, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 247)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Additional Designation of Individual 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 the name of one newly-designated individual
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to
Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, ``Blocking Property and
Prohibiting Transactions
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With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism.''
DATES: The designation by the Secretary of the Treasury of the
individual identified in this notice, pursuant to Executive Order
13224, is effective on December 19, 2006.
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 (http://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
Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and the Attorney
General, 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 Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland
Security and the Attorney General, 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 December 19, 2006, the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the
Department of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, and other
relevant agencies, designated, pursuant to one or more of the criteria
set forth in subsections 1(b), 1(c) or 1(d) of the Order, one
individual whose property and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to Executive Order 13224.
The additional designee is as follows:
AL GHABRA, Mohammed, East London, United Kingdom; DOB 1 Jun 1980;
POB Damascus, Syria; nationality United Kingdom; Passport 094629366
(United Kingdom).
Dated: December 19, 2006.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. E6-22069 Filed 12-22-06; 8:45 am]
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