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DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 5, 1993                   TAG: 9305050173
SECTION: NATL/INTL                    PAGE: A7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

TREASURY REPORT: $2.1 BILLION FROZEN FROM `TERRORIST' COUNTRIES

The government has frozen $2.1 billion in assets in the United States belonging to five countries accused of sponsoring international terrorism, says a Treasury Department report.

It's the first time the Treasury has detailed the assets of governments blocked in U.S. accounts. The listing is part of an effort to do more than just embarrass terrorists with a court judgment.

The Treasury breakdown:

Iraq, $1.1 billion.

Libya, $903 million.

Cuba, $111 million.

Iran, $22 million.

North Korea, $2.8 million.

Syria also bears the state terrorism designation, but its $249 million in assets aren't blocked.

by CNB