OFAC update
March 26, 2002
OFAC has added AL-AQSA MARTYRS BRIGADE (a.k.a. AL-AQSA MARTYRS BATTALION) [SDT][FTO] [SDGT] to its list of Specially Designated Nationals andBlocked Persons as a Specially Designated Terrorist, a ForeignTerrorist Organization, and a Specially Designated GlobalTerrorist.
OFAC's printed material also clarifies that, inaddition to Somalia, the last known address of BARAKAATTELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY LIMITED (a.k.a. BTELCO) was in theNetherlands.
The following SDGTs have now also been designated as ForeignTerrorist Organizations:
ASBAT AL-ANSAR [SDGT] [FTO]
SALAFIST GROUP FOR CALL AND COMBAT (a.k.a. GSPC; a.k.a. LE GROUPESALAFISTE POUR LA PREDICATION ET LE COMBAT; a.k.a. SALAFIST GROUPFOR PREACHING AND COMBAT; a.k.a. GSPC) [SDGT] [FTO]
All of OFAC's informational material has been updated accordingly,including OFAC's Terrorism brochure and fixed-field and delimitedversions of OFAC's SDN list.