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04AMMAN2069
2004-03-18 09:23:00
SECRET//NOFORN
Embassy Amman
Cable title:
(S) IRAQ, HAMAS ASSETS -- JORDAN
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S E C R E T AMMAN 002069
SIPDIS
NOFORN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/18/2014
TAGS: PREL PINR EFIN PTER JO IZ
SUBJECT: (S) IRAQ, HAMAS ASSETS -- JORDAN
REF: A. STATE 52681
B. AMMAN 1970
C. STATE 55050
Classified By: AMBASSADOR EDWARD W. GNEHM. REASONS 1.4(B,D)
IRAQI ASSETS, COUNTER-TERRORIST FINANCING ISSUES
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S E C R E T AMMAN 002069
SIPDIS
NOFORN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/18/2014
TAGS: PREL PINR EFIN PTER JO IZ
SUBJECT: (S) IRAQ, HAMAS ASSETS -- JORDAN
REF: A. STATE 52681
B. AMMAN 1970
C. STATE 55050
Classified By: AMBASSADOR EDWARD W. GNEHM. REASONS 1.4(B,D)
IRAQI ASSETS, COUNTER-TERRORIST FINANCING ISSUES
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1. (S/NF) Ambassador met with Government of Jordan GID
chief Saad Khayr March 16, joined by DCM and ORCA chief, to
review Department demarche (Ref A). Saad offered full
cooperation and promised to get back to us on the February 16
request related to Iraqi assets. He offered similar
cooperation on Hamas accounts; the ORCA chief said that
shortly ORCA would be passing the list of accounts with Hamas
associations. Saad noted that some of these Hamas accounts
involved small sums of money moving through remoter Arab Bank
branches, such as in Shtaura, Lebanon, making them hard to
detect, but he would pursue each lead provided by us. He
said Arab Bank has been cooperative with GID. He emphasized
the importance of the Arab Bank to Jordan -- a dominant
player in the economy. Saad said Jordan had a strong
interest in doing what was necessary to make possible a
positive decision on licensing the Arab Bank branch in Iraq,
and clearly saw a link between full, transparent cooperation
on these two sets of problems and the licensing issue.
NEW UNSCR 1483 ENTITIES - SADDAM'S DAUGHTERS
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2. (C) AMB also reviewed Reftel (C) demarche with Saad,
which post had earlier delivered to the MFA (Ref B),and
passed the list of new entities we will be presenting to the
1518 committee, which included Saddam's daughters. Saad went
down the list but had no specific reaction.
GNEHM
SIPDIS
NOFORN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/18/2014
TAGS: PREL PINR EFIN PTER JO IZ
SUBJECT: (S) IRAQ, HAMAS ASSETS -- JORDAN
REF: A. STATE 52681
B. AMMAN 1970
C. STATE 55050
Classified By: AMBASSADOR EDWARD W. GNEHM. REASONS 1.4(B,D)
IRAQI ASSETS, COUNTER-TERRORIST FINANCING ISSUES
-------------- --------------
1. (S/NF) Ambassador met with Government of Jordan GID
chief Saad Khayr March 16, joined by DCM and ORCA chief, to
review Department demarche (Ref A). Saad offered full
cooperation and promised to get back to us on the February 16
request related to Iraqi assets. He offered similar
cooperation on Hamas accounts; the ORCA chief said that
shortly ORCA would be passing the list of accounts with Hamas
associations. Saad noted that some of these Hamas accounts
involved small sums of money moving through remoter Arab Bank
branches, such as in Shtaura, Lebanon, making them hard to
detect, but he would pursue each lead provided by us. He
said Arab Bank has been cooperative with GID. He emphasized
the importance of the Arab Bank to Jordan -- a dominant
player in the economy. Saad said Jordan had a strong
interest in doing what was necessary to make possible a
positive decision on licensing the Arab Bank branch in Iraq,
and clearly saw a link between full, transparent cooperation
on these two sets of problems and the licensing issue.
NEW UNSCR 1483 ENTITIES - SADDAM'S DAUGHTERS
--------------
2. (C) AMB also reviewed Reftel (C) demarche with Saad,
which post had earlier delivered to the MFA (Ref B),and
passed the list of new entities we will be presenting to the
1518 committee, which included Saddam's daughters. Saad went
down the list but had no specific reaction.
GNEHM