E6-12968. Additional Designation of Individuals and Entities 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 one newly-designated individual and two newly-designated entities 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 the one individual and two entities identified in this notice pursuant to Executive Order 13224 is effective on July 20, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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

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.: [phone].

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 commit, threaten to commit, 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.

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 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 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 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 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 July 20, 2006, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 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 and two entities whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224.

The list of additional designees follows:

1. AL-MUJIL, Abd Al Hamid Sulaiman (a.k.a. AL MUJAL, Dr. Abd al-Hamid; a.k.a. AL MU'JIL, Abd al-Hamid Sulaiman; a.k.a. AL-MU'AJJAL, Dr. Abd Al-Hamid; a.k.a. AL-MU'JIL, Dr. Abd Abdul-Hamid bin Sulaiman; a.k.a. MUJEL, A.S.; a.k.a. MU'JIL, Abd al-Hamid; a.k.a. “ABDALLAH, Abu”); DOB 28 Apr 1949; citizen Saudi Arabia; nationality Saudi Arabia; Doctor.

2. INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF ORGANIZATION INDONESIA BRANCH OFFICE (a.k.a. AL IGATHA AL-ISLAMIYA; a.k.a. EGASSA; a.k.a. HAYAT AL-AGHATHA AL-ISLAMIA AL-ALAMIYA; a.k.a. HAYAT AL-IGATHA; a.k.a. HAYAT AL-'IGATHA; a.k.a. IGASA; a.k.a. IGASE; a.k.a. IGASSA; a.k.a. IGATHA; a.k.a. IGHATHA; a.k.a. IIRO; a.k.a. INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC AID ORGANIZATION; a.k.a. INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF AGENCY; a.k.a. INTERNATIONAL RELIEF ORGANIZATION; a.k.a. ISLAMIC RELIEF ORGANIZATION; a.k.a. ISLAMIC SALVATION COMMITTEE; a.k.a. ISLAMIC WORLD RELIEF; a.k.a. THE HUMAN RELIEF COMMITTEE OF THE MUSLIM WORLD LEAGUE; a.k.a. WORLD ISLAMIC RELIEF ORGANIZATION), Jalan Raya Cipinang Jaya No. 90, East Jakarta, Java 13410, Indonesia; P.O. Box 3654, Jakarta, Java 54021, Indonesia.

3. INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF ORGANIZATION PHILIPPINES BRANCH OFFICE (a.k.a. AL IGATHA AL-ISLAMIYA; a.k.a. EGASSA; a.k.a. HAYAT AL-AGHATHA AL-ISLAMIA AL-ALAMIYA; a.k.a. HAYAT AL-IGATHA; a.k.a. HAYAT AL-'IGATHA; a.k.a. IGASA; a.k.a. IGASE; a.k.a. IGASSA; a.k.a. IGATHA; a.k.a. IGHATHA; a.k.a. IIRO; a.k.a. INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC AID ORGANIZATION; a.k.a. INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF AGENCY; a.k.a. INTERNATIONAL RELIEF ORGANIZATION; a.k.a. ISLAMIC RELIEF ORGANIZATION; a.k.a. ISLAMIC SALVATION COMMITTEE; a.k.a. ISLAMIC WORLD RELIEF; a.k.a. THE HUMAN RELIEF COMMITTEE OF THE MUSLIM WORLD LEAGUE; a.k.a. WORLD ISLAMIC RELIEF ORGANIZATION), Marawi City, Philippines; Zamboanga City, Philippines; Tawi Tawi, Philippines; Basilan, Philippines; Cotabato City, Philippines; 201 Heart Tower Building, 108 Valero Street, Salcedo Village, Makati City, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines.

Dated: August 3, 2006.

Barbara C. Hammerle,

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.