08 November 2002

Fact Sheet: State Dept. Adds Nine to Terrorist Exclusion List, November 6, 2002

(Designations aid in excluding aliens associated with groups)

Following is the text of a Department of State fact sheet on additions to the Terrorist Exclusion List. The State Department added nine entities to its list November 6.
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Fact Sheet U.S. Department of State Office of Counterterrorism
Washington, D.C.
November 8, 2002

Terrorist Exclusion List

President Bush on 26 October 2001, signed into law a comprehensive counterterrorism bill (Public Law 107-56, also known as USA PATRIOT). The new law strengthened enforcement tools and made improvements to the last major terrorism bill, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. The USA Patriot Act also provided the Secretary of State with authority to designate terrorist organizations for immigration purposes through the Terrorist Exclusion List (TEL). TEL designations enable the exclusion of aliens associated with such entities from entering the United States and are a critical tool for bolstering homeland security.

Original Designations: December 5, 2001

-- Al-Ittihad al-Islami (AIAI) -- Al-Wafa al-Igatha al-Islamia -- Asbat al-Ansar -- Darkazanli Company -- Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC) -- Islamic Army of Aden -- Libyan Islamic Fighting Group -- Makhtab al-Khidmat -- Al-Hamati Sweets Bakeries -- Al-Nur Honey Center -- Al-Rashid Trust -- Al-Shifa Honey Press for Industry and Commerce -- Jaysh-e-Mohammed -- Jamiat al-Ta awun al-Islamiyya -- Alex Boncayao Brigade (ABB) -- Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (ALIR) -- AKA: Interahamwe, Former Armed Forces (EX-FAR) -- First of October Antifascist Resistance Group (GRAPO) -- AKA: Grupo de Resistencia Anti-Fascista Premero De Octubre -- Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT) -- AKA: Army of the Righteous -- Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) -- AKA: Continuity Army Council -- Orange Volunteers (OV) -- Red Hand Defenders (RHD) -- New People s Army (NPA) -- People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD) -- Revolutionary United Front (RUF) -- Al-Ma unah -- Jayshullah -- Black Star -- Anarchist Faction for Overthrow -- Red Brigades-Combatant Communist Party (BR-PCC) -- Revolutionary Proletarian Nucleus -- Turkish Hizballah -- Jerusalem Warriors -- Islamic Renewal and Reform Organization -- The Pentagon Gang -- Japanese Red Army (JRA) -- Jamiat ul-Mujahideen (JUM) -- Harakat ul Jihad i Islami (HUJI) -- The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) -- The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)

Designated on November 6, 2002

-- Al Taqwa Trade, Property and Industry Company Ltd. -- Bank Al Taqwa Ltd. -- Nada Management Organization -- Youssef M. Nada & Co. Gesellschaft M.B.H. -- Ummah Tameer E-Nau (UTN) -- Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) -- Ulster Defense Association -- Afghan Support Committee -- Revival of Islamic Heritage Society

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