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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 94 (Thursday, May 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27972-27973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11219]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8733]

In the Matter of the Amendment of the Designation of al-Qa'ida in 
Iraq: aka Jam'at al Tawhid wa'al-Jihad, aka The Monotheism and Jihad 
Group, aka The al-Zarqawi Network, aka al-Tawhid, aka Tanzim Qa`idat 
al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn, aka The Organization of al-Jihad's Base 
of Operations in Iraq, aka al-Qaida of Jihad in Iraq, aka al-Qaida in 
Iraq, aka al-Qaida in Mesopotamia, aka al-Qaida in the Land of the Two 
Rivers, aka al-Qaida of the Jihad in the Land of the Two Rivers, aka 
al-Qaida of Jihad Organization in the Land of the Two Rivers, aka al-
Qaida Group of Jihad in Iraq, aka al-Qaida Group of Jihad in the Land 
of the Two Rivers, aka The Organization of Jihad's Base in the Country 
of the Two Rivers, aka The Organization Base of Jihad/Country of the 
Two Rivers, aka The Organization of al-Jihad's Base in the Land of the 
Two Rivers, aka The Organization Base of Jihad/Mesopotamia, aka The 
Organization of al-Jihad's Base of Operations in the Land of the Two 
Rivers, aka Tanzeem qa'idat al Jihad/Bildad al Raafidaini, aka Islamic 
State of Iraq, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist Pursuant 
Section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224

    Based upon a review of the administrative record assembled in this 
matter, and in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary 
of the Treasury, I have concluded that there is a sufficient factual 
basis to find that al-Qa'ida in Iraq, also known by the aliases listed 
above, uses the additional alias Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, 
also known as Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, also known as Islamic 
State of Iraq and Syria, also known as ad-Dawla al-Islamiyya fi al-
'Iraq wa-sh-Sham, also known as Daesh, also known as Dawla al Islamiya, 
also known as Al-Furqan Establishment for Media Production as its 
primary name. I have

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further concluded that there is a sufficient factual basis to find that 
Al-Nusrah Front, also known as Jabhat al-Nusrah, also known as Jabhet 
al-Nusra, also known as The Victory Front, also known as Al Nusrah 
Front for the People of the Levant is, also known as Jamaat Al-Nusrah 
Front in Lebanon, also known as Support Front for the People of the 
Levant, also known as Jabaht al-Nusra li-Ahl al-Sham min Mujahedi al-
Sham fi Sahat al-Jihad is no longer part of al-Qa'ida in Iraq.
    Therefore, pursuant to Section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, I 
hereby amend the designation of al-Qa'ida in Iraq as a Specially 
Designated Global Terrorist to include the following new aliases: the 
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as Islamic State of 
Iraq and al-Sham, also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, also 
known as ad-Dawla al-Islamiyya fi al-'Iraq wa-sh-Sham, also known as 
Daesh, also known as Dawla al Islamiya, also known as Al-Furqan 
Establishment for Media Production; and remove the following aliases: 
Al-Nusrah Front, also known as Jabhat al-Nusrah, also known as Jabhet 
al-Nusra, also known as The Victory Front, also known as Al Nusrah 
Front for the People of the Levant.
    This determination shall be published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: May 7, 2014.
John F. Kerry,
Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2014-11219 Filed 5-14-14; 8:45 am]
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