VOL. XL

No. 04

27-January-1997

SUDAN/SYRIA

US Exempts Sudan And Syria From 1996 Anti-Terrorism Act

The US administration confirmed on 23 January thatboth Sudan and Syria had been exempted from the US Anti-Terrorism and Effective DeathPenalty Act, enacted in April 1996, which bans US corporations from doing business incountries that support terrorism. Under the act, the governments of seven countries,namely Cuba, North Korea, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Libya and the Sudan were named as supportersof...