OFAC update

Present Bush announced that the U.S. Treasury is designating five Hamas related charities and six senior Hamas leaders as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs), freezing any assets in the U.S. and prohibiting transactions with U.S. nationals.

The following have been added to OFAC's listing of Specially Designated Global Terrorists:

AL-ALAMI, Imad Khalil; DOB 1956; POB Gaza (individual) [SDGT]

ASSOCIATION DE SECOURS PALESTINIENS (a.k.a. ASP; a.k.a. ASSOCIATION SECOUR PALESTINIEN; a.k.a. ASSOCIATION FOR PALESTINIAN AID; a.k.a. HUMANITARE HILFSORGANISATION FUR PALASTINA; a.k.a. LAJNA AL-IGHATHA AL-FILISTINI; a.k.a. PALESTINE RELIEF COMMITTEE; a.k.a. PALESTINIAN AID COUNCIL; a.k.a. PALESTINIAN AID ORGANIZATION; a.k.a. PALESTINIAN RELIEF SOCIETY; a.k.a. RELIEF ASSOCIATION FOR PALESTINE), c/o Faical Yaakoubi, 7 rue de l'Ancien Port, CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland; Gartnerstrasse 55, CH-4019 Basel, Switzerland; Postfach 406, CH-4019 Basel, Switzerland [SDGT]

COMITE' DE BIENFAISANCE ET DE SECOURS AUX PALESTINIENS (a.k.a. AL AQSA ASSISTANCE CHARITABLE COUNCIL; a.k.a. AL-LAJNA AL-KHAYRIYYA LIL MUNASARA AL-AQSA; a.k.a. BENEVOLENCE COMMITTEE FOR SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE; a.k.a. BENEVOLENT COMMITTEE FOR SUPPORT OF PALESTINE; a.k.a. CBSP; a.k.a. CHARITABLE COMMITTEE FOR PALESTINE; a.k.a. CHARITABLE COMMITTEE FOR SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE; a.k.a. CHARITABLE COMMITTEE FOR SUPPORTING PALESTINE; a.k.a. CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINE; f.k.a. COMITE' DE BIENFAISANCE POUR LA SOLIDARITE' AVEC LA PALESTINE; a.k.a. COMMITTEE FOR AID AND SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE; a.k.a. COMMITTEE FOR ASSISTANCE AND SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE; a.k.a. COMMITTEE FOR CHARITY AND SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE; a.k.a. COMPANIE BENIFICENT DE SOLIDARITE AVEC PALESTINE; a.k.a. COUNCIL OF CHARITY AND SOLIDARITY; a.k.a. DE BIENFAISANCE ET DE COMMITE LE SOLIDARITE AVEC LA PALESTINE; a.k.a. RELIEF COMMITTEE FOR SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE), 68 Rue Jules Guesde, 59000 Lille, France; 10 Rue Notre Dame, 69006 Lyon, France; 37 Rue de la Chapelle, 75018 Paris, France [SDGT]

HAMDAN, Usama, Haret Hreik, Lebanon; DOB 1964 (individual) [SDGT]

INTERPAL (a.k.a. AL-SANDUQ AL-FILISTINI LIL-IGHATHA; a.k.a. AL-SANDUQ AL-FILISTINI LIL-IGHATHA WA AL-TANMIYA; a.k.a. PALESTINE DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF FUND; a.k.a. PALESTINE RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT FUND; a.k.a. PALESTINE RELIEF FUND; a.k.a. PALESTINIAN AID AND SUPPORT FUND; a.k.a. PALESTINIAN RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT FUND; a.k.a. PALESTINIAN RELIEF FUND; a.k.a. PALESTINE AND LEBANON RELIEF FUND; a.k.a. PRDF; a.k.a. RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR PALESTINE; a.k.a. WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR PALESTINE; a.k.a. WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND OF PALESTINE), P.O. Box 3333, London, NW6 1RW, England; Registered Charity No: 1040094 [SDGT]

MISHAAL, Khalid, Damascus, Syria; DOB 1956; POB Silwad, Ramallah, West Bank (Palestinian Authority) (individual) [SDGT]

PALESTINIAN ASSOCIATION IN AUSTRIA (a.k.a. PALAESTINAENSER VEREIN; a.k.a. PALAESTINAENSERVEREIN OESTERREICH; a.k.a. PALAESTINENSISCH VERBAND OESTERREICH; a.k.a. PALAESTINENSISCHE VEREINIGUNG; a.k.a. PALAESTININIENSISCHE BEREINIGUNG; a.k.a. PALESTINE LEAGUE; a.k.a. PALESTINE UNION; a.k.a. PALESTINENSISCHE VER IN STERREICH; a.k.a. PALESTINIAN ASSOCIATION; f.k.a. PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION IN AUSTRIA; f.k.a. PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC LEAGUE IN AUSTRIA; a.k.a. PALESTINIAN LEAGUE IN AUSTRIA; a.k.a. PALESTINIAN ORGANIZATION; a.k.a. PALESTINIAN UNION; a.k.a. PALESTINIAN UNION IN AUSTRIA; a.k.a. PALESTINISCHE VEREINIGUNG; a.k.a. PVOE), Novara g 36a/11, 1020 Wien, Austria [SDGT]

RANTISI, Abdel Aziz, Gaza (Palestinian Authority); DOB 23 Oct 1947; POB Yubna, Gaza (Palestinian Authority) (individual) [SDGT]

SANABIL ASSOCIATION FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT (a.k.a. AL SANABIL; a.k.a. AL-SANBAL; a.k.a. ASANABIL; a.k.a. JA'MIA SANBLE LLAGHATHA WA ALTINMIA; a.k.a. JAMI'A SANABIL; a.k.a. JAMI'A SANABIL LIL IGATHA WA AL-TANMIYZ; a.k.a. SANABAL; a.k.a. SANABEL; a.k.a. SANABIL; a.k.a. SANABIL AL-AQSA; a.k.a. SANABIL FOR AID AND DEVELOPMENT; a.k.a. SANABIL FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT; a.k.a. SANABIL GROUP FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT; a.k.a. SANIBAL; a.k.a. SANNABIL; a.k.a. SANNIBIL; a.k.a. SINABUL), Sidon, Lebanon [SDGT]

The following [SDT] entry has been changed and has also been designated as an [SDGT]:

YASIN, Shaykh Ahmad; Founder and Chief Ideological Figure of HAMAS; DOB 1931 (individual) [SDT] -to- YASSIN, Sheik Ahmed Ismail, Gaza (Palestinian Authority); DOB 1938; POB al-Jawrah, al-Majdal District, Gaza (individual) [SDT][SDGT]

The following [SDT] entry had a new "a.k.a." added and has also been designated as an [SDGT]:

ABU MARZOOK, Mousa Mohammed (a.k.a. ABU-MARZUQ, Dr. Musa; a.k.a. ABU-MARZUQ, Sa'id; a.k.a. ABU-'UMAR; a.k.a. MARZOOK, Mousa Mohamed Abou; a.k.a. MARZUK, Musa Abu), Political Leader in Amman, Jordan and Damascus, Syria for HAMAS; DOB 09 Feb 1951; POB Gaza, Egypt; SSN 523-33-8386 (U.S.A.); Passport No. 92/664 (Egypt) (individual) [SDT] -to- ABU MARZOOK, Mousa Mohammed (a.k.a. ABU-MARZUQ, Dr. Musa; a.k.a. ABU-MARZUQ, Sa'id; a.k.a. ABU-'UMAR; a.k.a. MARZOOK, Mousa Mohamed Abou; a.k.a. MARZOUK, Musa Abu; a.k.a. MARZUK, Musa Abu), Leader in Amman, Jordan and Damascus, Syria for HAMAS; DOB 09 Feb 1951; POB Gaza, Egypt; SSN 523-33-8386 (U.S.A.); Passport No. 92/664 (Egypt) (individual) [SDT][SDGT]

Resulting in the following additional new entry:

MARZOUK, Musa Abu (a.k.a. ABU MARZOOK, Mousa Mohammed; a.k.a. ABU-MARZUQ, Dr. Musa; a.k.a. ABU-MARZUQ, Sa'id; a.k.a. ABU-'UMAR; a.k.a. MARZOOK, Mousa Mohamed Abou; a.k.a. MARZUK, Musa Abu), Leader in Amman, Jordan and Damascus, Syria for HAMAS; DOB 09 Feb 1951; POB Gaza, Egypt; SSN 523-33-8386 (U.S.A.); Passport No. 92/664 (Egypt) (individual) [SDT][SDGT]