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Taken Questions
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
October 5, 2001
QUESTION TAKEN AT OCTOBER 5, 2001 DAILY PRESS BRIEFING

Terrorism: Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations

Question: How many countries besides the United States and the United Kingdom maintain such a list of terrorist groups?

Answer: We are not aware of any other country that has passed broad legislation similar to the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act or the British Terrorism Act that actually identifies a list of officially-designated foreign terrorist groups.


Released on October 5, 2001

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