VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

UNCLAS MADRID 002342 SIPDIS VISAS VIPER DEPT FOR CA/VO/L/C AND INR/IC/TIPOFF E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP (ABIDI, KHALAD AKA ABBAS ET AL) SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION ¶1. POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: ¶2. FOLLOWING IS THE STATUS OF SPANISH INVESTIGATION OF SUSPECT BARCELONA-BASED TERRORIST CELL. AS OF EARLY JUNE 2004, POST HAS RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES INDICATING AS THE POSSIBLE IDENTIFICATION OF FORMER BARCELONA-BASED EXTREMIST ABDORRAHMAN AS MOROCCAN NATIONAL FILALI OUALI. SPANISH AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THAT KHALAD ABIDI, AKA "ABBAS", ASSOCIATE ABDORRAHMAN WHO FLED SPAIN FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM (UK) CIRCA MAY 1, 2004, MAY BE IDENTIFIABLE WITH MOROCCAN NATIONAL OUALI, FILALI, DPOB: FEB. 15, 1976, TANGIERS, MOROCCO, HOLDER OF SPANISH FOREIGNERS IDENTIFICATION CARD NUMBER X04583773. OUALI'S LAST KNOWN RESIDENCE WAS CALLE MARQUES DE SANT MORI, 106, FLOOR 4, APARTMENT 4A, BADALONA, BARCELONA, SPAIN. THE SPANISH POLICE CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATION OF THE BARCELONA-BASED CELL ASSOCIATED WITH ABIDI AND ABDORRAHMAN. ¶3. NAME: ABIDI, KHALAD - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: UNKNOWN - CLASS: POSITIVE ¶4. NAME: OUALI, FILALI - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: FEB. 15, 1976, TANGIERS, MOROCCO - SPANISH FOREIGNER IDENTIFICATION CARD NUMBER: X04583773. - CLASS: POSITIVE (NO DOB) ARGYROS