Previous Article 66 FR 236 pg. 63620 - Designation of 39 “Terrorist Organizations” Under the “PATRIOT USA Act”
Type: NOTICEVolume: 66Number: 236Page: 63620
Docket number: [Public Notice 3852]
FR document: [FR Doc. 01-30576 Filed 12-6-01; 12:55 pm]
Agency: State Department
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 3852]
Designation of 39 "Terrorist Organizations" Under the "PATRIOT USA Act"
AGENCY:
Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State.
ACTION:
Designation.
Pursuant to Section 411(a)(1)(G) of the Uniting andStrengthening America by providing Appropriate ToolsRequired to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 107-56, 115 Stat. 272 ("USA PATRIOT Act"), the Secretary of State, in consultation with the AttorneyGeneral, hereby designates each group listed in the Appendix to this notice as a "terrorist organization." This designation is effective upon publication.
Section 411(a)(1)(G) of the USA PATRIOT Act requires the Secretary of State to find that a group has engaged in terrorism-related activities before designating it as a "terrorist organization." This statutory requirement has been satisfied because classified and/or unclassified information available to the Secretary of State contains findings that the named groups have committed, or have provided material support to further, terrorist acts.
Dated: December 5, 2001.
Mark Wong,
Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State.
Appendix
-Al-Ittihad al-Islami (AIAI)
-Al-Wafa al-Igatha al-Islamia
-Asbat al-Ansar
-Darkazanli Company
-Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC)
-Islamic Army of Aden
-Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
-Makhtab al-Khidmat
-Al-Hamati Sweets Bakeries
-Al-Nur Honey Center
-Al-Rashid Trust
-Al-Shifa Honey Press for Industry and Commerce
-Jaysh-e-Mohammed
-Jamiat al-Ta'awun al-Islamiyya
-Alex Boncayao Brigade (ABB)
-Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (ALIR)-AKA: Interahamwe,Former Armed Forces (EX-FAR)
-First of October Antifascist Resistance Group (GRAPO)-AKA: Grupo de Resistencia Anti-Fascista Premero De Octubre
-Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT)-AKA: Army of the Righteous
-Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA)-AKA: Continuity Army Council
-Orange Volunteers (OV)
-Red Hand Defenders (RHD)
-New People's Army (NPA)
-People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD)
-Revolutionary United Front (RUF)
-Al-Ma'unah
-Jayshullah
-Black Star
-Anarchist Faction for Overthrow
-Red Brigades-Combatant Communist Party (BR-PCC)
-Revolutionary Proletarian Nucleus
-Turkish Hizballah
-Jerusalem Warriors
-Islamic Renewal and Reform Organization
-The Pentagon Gang
-Japanese Red Army (JRA)
-Jamiat ul-Mujahideen (JUM)
-Harakat ul Jihad i Islami (HUJI)
-The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)
-The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)
[FR Doc. 01-30576 Filed 12-6-01; 12:55 pm]
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