TERRORIST FINANCE: TURKEY UPDATE

UNCLAS ANKARA 000816 SIPDIS SENSITIVE STATE FOR EB/ESC/ESP (GLASS),S/CT, IO/PHO, EUR/SE TREASURY FOR GENERAL COUNSEL (AUFHAUSER),TASK FORCE ON TERRORIST FINANCING, TREASURY/OFAC (NEWCOMB) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC EFIN CVIS PTER TU SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: TURKEY UPDATE REF: A. A. STATE 20085 ¶B. B. STATE 22341 ¶C. C. STATE 20908 ¶D. D. STATE 20807 Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. ¶1. (SBU) On January 30, we met with Turkish MFA coordinator for anti-terrorist financing Hakan Okcal to brief him on the following recent UN and U.S. designations: Stichting Benevolence International Nederland (a.k.a. Benevolence International Nederland); Nabil Abdul Salam Sayadi and Patricia Vinck, from the Belgian branch of the Global Relief Foundation/Foundation Secours Mondial (GRF/FSM); Nurjaman Riduan Isamuddin (a.k.a. Hambali) and Mohammad Iqbal Abdurrahman (a.k.a. Abu Jibril),from the terrorist organization Jemaah Islamiyah. ¶2. (SBU) Okcal stated that he would disseminate these notifications to the appropriate Turkish agencies. GOT authorities would investigate and act to seize any assets related to these individuals and groups. The MFA would include these names in a future Council of Ministers decree on terrorist finance organizations. The last decree was passed in late 2002. Okcal did not foresee any problems having these names included in the next decree. ¶3. (SBU) We also discussed the text of UNSCR 1452, which allows for certain exceptions to the asset freeze provisions of Security Council resolutions 1267 and 1390. Okcal said he was aware of the recent resolution and has already communicated this with the appropriate agencies. He said that he would notify us if the GOT makes any changes under the new resolution. PEARSON