TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE CHECHEN

UNCLAS SANAA 000432 SIPDIS EB/ESC/ESP GLASS, S/CT, EUR/PGI, EUR/RUS, IO/PHO PEREZ AND TREASURY TASK FORCE ON TERRORIST FINANCE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KSEP KVPR YM DEMARCHE TERFIN SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE CHECHEN GROUPS (LIST 33),LAJMAT AL-DAAWA AL ISLAMIYYA, AND LASHKAR I JHANGVI REF: A. SECSTATE 52259 ¶B. SECSTATE 51355 ¶C. SECSTATE 26891 On March 3, Pol/EconOff demarched Dr. Ahmed Mulhi, Director of the Legal Affairs Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the terrorist financing designations of the Three Chechen Groups (Reftel A),Lajmat al-Daawa al-Islamiyya (Reftel B),and Lashkar I Jhangvi (Reftel C). Dr. Muhli, who also heads the ROYG counterterrorism working group, said he would pass on the information to the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank. Dr. Muhli asked for as much information in Arabic as possible in order to ease the dissemination of information to concerned parties. HULL