E6-21218. Additional Designation of Individuals Pursuant To Executive Order 13224

AGENCY:

Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) is publishing the names of five 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 Secretary of the Treasury of five individuals identified in this notice, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, is effective on December 7, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Assistant Director, Compliance Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, tel.: [phone].

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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 7, 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, five individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224.

The list of additional designees follows:

1. AHMAD, Najmuddin Faraj (a.k.a. FARRAJ, Fateh Najm Eddine; a.k.a. KREKAR, Mullah; a.k.a. NAJMUDDIN, Faraj Ahmad), Heimdalsgate 36-V, 0578 Oslo, Norway; DOB 7 Jul 1956; alt. DOB 17 Jun 1963; POB Olaqloo Sharbajer Village, al-Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq; citizen Iraq.

2. AL-ALI, Hamid (a.k.a. AL-ALI, Dr. Hamed Abdullah; a.k.a. AL-ÁLI, Hamed; a.k.a. AL-ÁLI, Hamed bin Ábdallah; a.k.a. AL-ÁLI, Hamid Ábdallah; a.k.a. AL-ÁLI, Hamid ÁAbdallah Ahmad; a.k.a. AL-ALI, Hamid bin Abdallah Ahmed; a.k.a. “ABU SALIM”); DOB 20 Jan 1960; citizen Kuwait.

3. AL-BATHALI, Mubarak Mushakhas Sanad (a.k.a. AL BATHALI, Mubarak Mishkhis Sanad; a.k.a. AL-BADHALI, Mubarak Mishkhis Sanad; a.k.a. AL-BATHALI, Mubarak; a.k.a. AL-BATHALI, Mubarak Mishkhas Sanad; a.k.a. AL-BAZALI, Mubarak Mishkhas Sanad; a.k.a. AL-BTHALY, Mobarak Meshkhas Sanad); DOB 1 Oct 1961; citizen Kuwait; Passport 101856740 (Kuwait).

4. AL-JALAMAH, Jaber (a.k.a. AL-JALAHMA, Jaber; a.k.a. AL-JALAHMAH, Abu Muhammad; a.k.a. AL-JALAHMAH, Jabir Abdallah Jabir Ahmad; a.k.a. AL-JALAMAH, Jabir Ábdallah Jabir Ahmad; a.k.a. AL-JALHAMI, Jabir; a.k.a. “ÁBDUL-GHANI”; a.k.a. “ABU MUHAMMAD”); DOB 24 Sep 1959; nationality Kuwait; Passport 101423404.

5. MOUMOU, Mohamed (a.k.a. MUMU, Mohamed; a.k.a. “ÁBDALLAH, Abu”; a.k.a. “ABDERRAHMAN, Abou”; a.k.a. “AMINA, Abu”; a.k.a. “SHRAYDA, Abu”), Storvretsvagen 92, 7 TR. C/O Drioua, 142 31 Skogas, Sweden; Dobelnsgatan 97, 7 TR C/O Lamrabet, 113 52 Stockholm, Sweden; Jungfruns Gata 413; Postal Address Box: 3027, 13603 Haninge, Sweden; London, United Kingdom; Trodheimsgatan 6, 164 32 Kista, Sweden; DOB 30 Jul 1965; alt. DOB 30 Sep 1965; POB Fez, Morocco; citizen Morocco; alt. citizen Sweden; Passport 9817619 (Sweden) expires 14 Dec 2009.

Dated: December 7, 2006.

Adam J. Szubin,

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.