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FTO & SDGT Designations

Release Date
03/27/2002
Recent Actions Body

AL-AQSA MARTYRS BRIGADE (a.k.a. AL-AQSA MARTYRS BATTALION) [SDT] [FTO] [SDGT] has been added to OFAC's list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons as a Specially Designated Terrorist, a Foreign Terrorist Organization, and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.

The following SDGTs have now also been designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations:
ASBAT AL-ANSAR [SDGT] [FTO]

SALAFIST GROUP FOR CALL AND COMBAT (a.k.a. GSPC; a.k.a. LE GROUPE SALAFISTE POUR LA PREDICATION ET LE COMBAT; a.k.a. SALAFIST GROUP FOR 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 delimited versions of OFAC's SDN list. For details on all of the changes, please see OFAC's SDNEW02 file or click on the SDN changes button on OFAC's website. OFAC's printed material also clarifies that, in addition to Somalia, the last known address of BARAKAAT TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY LIMITED (a.k.a. BTELCO) was in the Netherlands.