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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Additional Designation of Individuals 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 names of three newly-designated
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 designation by the Director of OFAC of the three individuals
identified in this notice, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, is
effective on October 30, 2008.
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
Director of OFAC, in consultation with the Departments of State,
Homeland 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 October 30, 2008, the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the
Departments of State, Homeland Security, Justice 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, three individuals whose
property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive
Order 13224.
The list of designees is as follows:
1. ABDULRAHIM, Abdulbasit (a.k.a. ABDELRAHIM, Abdelbasit; a.k.a.
ABDUL RAHIM, Abdul Basit Fadil; a.k.a. ABOU BASSIR; a.k.a. ABU BASIR;
a.k.a. ADBULRAHIM MAHOUD, Abdulbasit Fadil; a.k.a. AL ZAWY, Abdel
Bassit Fadil; a.k.a. AL-ZAWI, 'Abd Al-Basit Fadhil; a.k.a. AL-ZWAY,
'Abd Al-Basit Fadil; a.k.a. MANSOUR, Abdallah; a.k.a. MANSOUR,
Abdullah; a.k.a. MANSUR, 'Abdallah), undetermined; DOB 2 Jul 1968; POB
GDABIA, LIBYA; alt. POB Ajdabiyah, Libya; nationality United Kingdom
(individual) [SDGT]
2. ELMABRUK, Maftah Mohamed (a.k.a. AL MABROOK, Muftah; a.k.a. AL-
FATHALI, Al-Mabruk; a.k.a. AL-FATHALI, Al-Mabruk Muftah Muhammad;
a.k.a. EL MABRUK, Muftah; a.k.a. EL MOBRUK, Maftah; a.k.a. ELMABRUK,
Mustah; a.k.a. MAFTAH, Elmobruk; a.k.a. ``AL HAK, Al Haj Abd''; a.k.a.
``AL HAQQ, Al Hajj Abd''; a.k.a. ``AL-HAQ, Haj 'Abd''; a.k.a. ``AL-
HAQQ, Al-Hajj 'Abd''), undetermined; DOB 1 May 1950; POB Libya;
nationality Libya (individual) [SDGT]
3. ELOSTA, Abdelrazag Elsharif (a.k.a. ABU MU'AWIYA; a.k.a. AL
USTA, Abdelrazag Elsharif; a.k.a. AL-MULAY, 'Abd; a.k.a. AL-USTA, 'Abd
Al-Razzaq Al-Sharif; a.k.a. SHARIF, 'Abd al-Razzaq), undetermined; DOB
20 Jun 1963; POB SOGUMA, LIBYA; nationality United Kingdom (individual)
[SDGT]
Dated: October 30, 2008.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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