[Executive Orders]

The White House Briefing Room

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August 22, 1998

EXECUTIVE ORDER

                               THE WHITE HOUSE

                        Office of the Press Secretary
                     (Martha?s Vineyard, Massachusetts)
  ___________________________________________________________
  For Immediate Release                        August 22, 1998


                               EXECUTIVE ORDER

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    PROHIBITING TRANSACTIONS WITH TERRORISTS WHO THREATEN TO DISRUPT THE
                          MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS


     By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
  laws of the United States of America, including the International
  Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National
  Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3,
  United States Code,

     I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United States of America, in
  order to take additional steps with respect to grave acts of violence
  committed by foreign terrorists that disrupt the Middle East peace
  process and the national emergency described and declared in Executive
  Order 12947 of January 23, 1995, hereby order:

     Section 1. The title of the Annex to Executive Order 12947 of January
  23, 1995, is revised to read "TERRORISTS WHO THREATEN TO DISRUPT THE
  MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS."

     Sec. 2. The Annex to Executive Order 12947 of January 23, 1995, is
  amended by adding thereto the following persons in appropriate
  alphabetical order:

     Usama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Ladin (a.k.a. Usama bin Ladin)

     Islamic Army (a.k.a. Al-Qaida, Islamic Salvation Foundation, The
  Islamic Army for the Liberation of the Holy Places, The World Islamic
  Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders, and The Group for the
  Preservation of the Holy Sites)
     Abu Hafs al-Masri

     Rifa'i Ahmad Taha Musa

     Sec. 3. Nothing contained in this order shall create any right or
  benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable by any party against the
  United States, its agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or
  employees, or any other person.

     Sec. 4. (a) This order is effective at 12:01 a.m., eastern daylight
  time on August 21, 1998.

     (b)  This order shall be transmitted to the Congress and published in
  the Federal Register.


                              WILLIAM J. CLINTON


  THE WHITE HOUSE,
  August 20, 1998.


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