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Designation of HUJI-B as a Foreign Terrorist Organization


Washington, DC
February 15, 2008

Federal Register: March 5, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 44)

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Public Notice 6118

In the Matter of the Designation of HARAKAT UL-JIHAD-I-ISLAMI/BANGLADESH (HUJI-B) aka Islami Dawat-e-Kafela (IDEK), aka Harakat ul-Jihad e Islami Bangladesh, aka Harkatul Jihad al Islam, aka Harkatul Jihad, aka Harakat ul Jihad al Islami, aka Harkat ul Jihad al Islami, aka Harkat-ul-Jehad-al-Islami, aka Harakat ul Jihad Islami Bangladesh as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended

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 conclude that there is a sufficient factual basis to find that the relevant circumstances described in section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended (hereinafter ``INA'') (8 U.S.C. 1189), exist with respect to Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami/Bangladesh (HUJI-B), aka Islami Dawat-e-Kafela (IDEK), aka Harakat ul-Jihad e Islami Bangladesh, aka Harkatul Jihad alIslam, aka Harkatul Jihad, aka Harakat ul Jihad al Islami, aka Harkat ul Jihad al Islami, aka Harkat-ul-Jehad-al-Islami, aka Harakat ul Jihad Islami Bangladesh.

Therefore, I hereby designate that organization and its aliases as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the INA.

This designation shall be published in the Federal Register.

Dated: February 15, 2008.
Condoleezza Rice,
Secretary of State, Department of State.


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