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39 outfits in visa blacklist
- AFP
WASHINGTON, DEC. 7. The U.S. has placed 39 alleged terrorist groups - including the Jaish-e-Mohammad and the Lashkar-e-Taiba - and affiliated businesses on a new visa blacklist aimed at plugging loopholes in previous regulations that allowed members of the organisations to legally enter the country.
The groups, many of which have links to the suspected terrorist mastermind, Osama bin Laden, were placed yesterday on what is being called the ``terrorist exclusion list'' mandated by the USA Patriot Act, adopted in the wake of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington.
``By designating these groups, (the Secretary of State, Gen. Colin Powell) has strengthened the United States' ability to exclude supporters of terrorism from the country or to deport them if they are found within our borders,'' the State Department said in a statement.
- AFP
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