Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism; Designation of Foreign Terrorist Organizations

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of State [Public Notice 3952] AGENCY: Department of State. ACTION: Designation of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. Pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), as added by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-132, § 302, 110 Stat. 1214, 1248 (1996), and amended by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009 (1996), the Secretary of State hereby designates, effective March 27, 2002, the following organizations as foreign terrorist organizations: Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade also known as the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Battalion Asbat al-Ansar Salafist Group for Call and Combat also known as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat also known as GSPC also known as Groupe Salafiste pour la Pre dication et le Combat Dated: March 19, 2002. Francis X. Taylor, Ambassador, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State. [ FR Doc. 02-7212 Filed 3-26-02; 5:00 pm] BILLING CODE 4710-10-P