VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

UNCLAS MADRID 003034 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 GABY EID, SEMAAN) 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. SPANISH DAILY "EL PAIS" OF JUNE 30, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED SEMAAN GABY EID ON JULY 28, 2004, FOR HIS ALLEGED PARTICIPATION IN THE MADRID'S MARCH 11TH TERRORIST ATTACKS. POLICE INVESTIGATION ON COMMUNICATIONS MADE TO AND FROM MOBILE PHONES RELATED TO THE PERPETRATORS LED TO THE ARREST OF SEMAAN GABY EID. ON MARCH 11, AFTER THE ATTACKS HE WAS IN THE AREA OF THE HOUSE WHERE THEY PREPARED THE BOMBS, AND LATER ON APRIL IN THE PROXIMITY OF THE APARTMENT IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF MADRID WHERE SOME TERRORIST BLEW UP THEMSELVES. AT THE TIME OF ARREST, HE WAS IN POSSESSION OF FALSE IDENTIFICATION, A PORTUGUESE ID CARD NUMBER 10127664 ISSUED LISBON AUG. 20, 1998 AND A DRIVERS LICENSE, ALL UNDER THE NAME OF GABRIEL SELIM AOUN, DPOB: MARCH 1, 1960, MOZAMBIQUE. POLICE LATER SEARCHED HIS APARTMENT AND SEIZED SEVERAL MOBILE PHONES, PHOTOCOPIES OF MOROCCAN IDENTITY DOCUMENTS, SEVERAL PERSONAL CALENDARS AND DIVERSE DOCUMENTATION, WHICH IS BEING ANALYZED. THE ARRESTED MAN HAS AN EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL RECORD FOR DRUG TRAFFIC AND PRESENTLY HAS A PENDING INDICTMENT FOR DRUG CHARGES. INVESTIGATION SOURCES LINK THE ARRESTED WITH JAMAL AHMIDAN, ABDENBI KOUNJAA, AND THE BROTHERS MOHAMED AND RACHID AKCHA WHO DIED IN MADRID'S APARTMENT BLAST. HE ALSO MAINTAINED CONTACTS WITH OTHERS IMPLICATED IN THE TERRORIST ATTACKS, ABDELILLAH FAOUAL EL AKIL, PRESENTLY IN DETENTION IN SPAIN, AND HICHAN AHMIDAN, WHO WAS ARRESTED IN MOROCCO FOR TRAFFIC OF DRUGS AND STOLEN LUXURY VEHICLES TO FINANCE THE PURCHASE OF THE EXPLOSIVES USED IN THE ATTACKS. ¶3. NAME: GABY EID, SEMAAN - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: UNKNOWN, LEBANON - CLASS: NEGATIVE - SUSPECTED TO POSSIBLY BE MOROCCAN ALIASES: AOUN, GABRIEL SALIM - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: MARCH 1, 1960, MOZAMBIQUE - NATIONALITIES: PORTUGUESE, MOROCCAN AND PALESTINE - CLASS: POSITIVE - Portuguese ID CARD NUMBER: 10127664 ISSUED LISBON AUG. 20, 1998 MANZANARES