Executive Order 13438
Executive Order 13438, titled Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq, was an executive order signed by President George W. Bush on July 17, 2007. Its stated attempt is to reduce the flow of material support for insurgents and terrorists in the Iraq war.
The Order provides a means by which to disrupt support for terrorists and insurgent groups in Iraq or groups or individuals "determined to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, an act or acts of violence that have the purpose or effect of threatening the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq or undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq or to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people."
This executive order is presented as an extension of Executive Order 13303 and Executive Order 13315 supporting the pacification, stabilization, and rebuilding of Iraq. It is similar to Executive Order 13224, which dealt with financing and support of terrorist groups and networks worldwide.[1][2]
This "Executive Order" has vague language and could be interpreted as an attempt to punish those who protest the War in Iraq.[3][4]
In May 2009, President Barack Obama continued for 1 year the national emergency under which Executive Order 13438 was issued.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Message to the Congress of the United States Regarding International Emergency Economic Powers Act, White House, 2007-07-17, http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/07/print/20070717-4.html
- ^ Executive Order 13224
- ^ Chossudovsky, Michel (July 20, 2007), Bush Executive Order: Criminalizing the Antiwar Movement, Global Research, http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6377, retrieved 2009-06-19
- ^ Brauchli, Christopher (August 3, 2007), Making Putin Look Like James Madison; Bush's Way or the Highway (Chain Gang), CounterPunch, http://www.counterpunch.org/brauchli08032007.html, retrieved 2009-06-19
- ^ White House Press Release on Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to the Stabilization of Iraq, White House, http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Message-from-the-President-and-Notice-of-Continuation-regarding-Iraq/, retrieved 2009-06-19
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