Executive Order Prohibits Transactions With 27 Persons, EntitiesWashington, DC, September 24, 2001 - President Bush signed an executive order yesterday adding a number of persons and entities to the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) list of Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs). OFAC regulations require U.S. persons, including investment companies, to block all accounts and assets of SDNs. Effective 12:01 a.m. September 24, 2001, any transaction or dealing in property or interests in property in the United States with any of these persons or entities is prohibited. The persons or entities covered by the executive order are: - Al Qaida/Islamic Army
- Abu Sayyaf Group
- Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
- Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM)
- Al-Jihad (Egyptian Islamic Jihad)
- Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
- Asbat al-Ansar
- Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC)
- Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
- Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (AIAI)
- Islamic Army of Aden
- Usama bin Laden
- Muhammad Atif (a/k/a Subhi Abu Sitta, Abu Hafs Al Masri)
- Sayf al-Adl
- Shaykh Sai'id (a/k/a Mustafa Muhammad Ahmad)
- Abu Hafs the Mauritanian (a/k/a Mahfouz Ould al-Walid, Khalid Al-Shanqiti)
- Ibn Al-Shaykh al-Libi
- Abu Zubaydah (a/k/a Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, Tariq)
- Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi (a/k/a Abu Abdallah)
- Ayman al-Zawahiri
- Thirwat Salah Shihata
- Tariq Anwar al-Sayyid Ahmad (a/k/a Fathi, Amr al-Fatih)
- Muhammad Salah (a/k/a Nasr Fahmi Nasr Hasanayn)
- Makhtab Al-Khidamat/Al Kifah
- Wafa Humanitarian Organization
- Al Rashid Trust
- Mamoun Darkazanli Import-Export Company
The order also allows the Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of State and Attorney General to extend this action to other persons or entities related to those listed above or that otherwise pose a significant risk of committing acts of terrorism. The order is effective today, September 24, 2001, for immediate implementation. OFAC Compliance can be contacted directly at 202/622-2490.
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