YEMEN: IRAQI EDUCATORS IN MOSCOW REQUEST RESIDENCE

S E C R E T SANAA 001674

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/09/2013
TAGS: PREL ASEC IZ RS YM
SUBJECT: YEMEN: IRAQI EDUCATORS IN MOSCOW REQUEST RESIDENCE
PERMITS

REF: A. SANAA 1546


B. SANAA 1414

C. STATE 163627

D. SANAA 1351

E. SANAA 1260

F. SANAA 1259

G. SANAA 1139

H. SANAA 898

I. STATE 102827

Classified By: Ambassador Edmund J. Hull, for Reasons 1.5 (b,c,d)


1. (S/NF) Abdul Hakim al-Iryani, Advisor to Foreign
Minister Qirbi, faxed the Embassy on July 8 (text para 3) to
request assistance in determining the intelligence
affiliation, if any, of Mr. Musalam Mohamed Lahmood and Mr.
Jasim Mohamed Ibrahim. Iryani identified Lahmood as the
Director of the Iraqi school in Moscow, and Ibrahim as a
teacher at the same school. Both have requested Yemeni
residency on financial grounds.


2. (S/NF) Post has shared the 7/8 fax with ORCA and DAO for
action.


3. (U) Text of July 8 fax from the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.

(Begin text)

Following are the names of two Iraqi nationals who request
residence visa to Yemen. 1) Musalam Mohamed Lahmood, the
director of the Iraqi School in Moscow; 2) Jasim Mohamed
Ibrahim, English teacher in the same school. Both men are in
Moscow now. Please note that the two persons are not
diplomats, and they did not request asylum. They indicated
their desire to come and work in Yemen because they did not
have any income in Moscow, and they are not allowed to work
there. Any information on the above mentioned persons will
be appreciated, especially information related to possible
links to Iraqi Intelligence.

Thank you.

(End text)

HULL