DJIBOUTI - RESPONSE TO IARA DESIGNATION

S E C R E T DJIBOUTI 001293 SIPDIS STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS, S/CT, AF AND AF/E E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/08/2014 TAGS: KTFN PTER EFIN ECON ETTC DJ SUBJECT: DJIBOUTI - RESPONSE TO IARA DESIGNATION REF: STATE 216187 Classified By: IMO Allen Nicholas for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (S) Agencies at post do not have any information regarding the presence, or activities, of the Islamic African Relief Agency (IARA). Post cannot comment on Government of Djibouti (GOD) reaction to this particular agency, though the GOD has been cooperative in the past on all counter-terrorist finance requests. If IARA is the same organization, or related to the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO),post has information and will respond in kind. RAGSDALE