VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

UNCLAS MADRID 003212 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 (BOULOUDO, KHALID) SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION ¶1. POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: ¶2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF AUG. 21, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE DUTCH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AUTHORIZED THE HANDOVER OF THE SUSPECTED TERRORIST, KHALID BOULOUDO, A 29 YEAR OLD, MOROCCAN-BORN, BELGIAN CITIZEN, TO BELGIAN AUTHORITIES IN COMPLIANCE WITH A FORMAL REQUEST. BOULOUDO WAS ARRESTED IN A ROAD POLICE CONTROL IN THE SOUTH OF THE NETHERLANDS IN JANUARY 2004. THE INDIVIDUAL IS WANTED IN BELGIUM FOR HIS MEMBERSHIP IN THE "MOROCCAN ISLAMIC COMBATANT GROUP" (GICM) WHOSE TERRORIST MEMBERS ARE ALLEGEDLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CASABLANCA AND MADRID ATTACKS. ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS, A REQUEST FOR HIS EXTRADITION, PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED BY MOROCCAN AUTHORITIES, WAS DENIED ON JULY 9, 2004, AS DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE SUBMITTED WAS INCOMPLETE. MOROCCAN COURT ISSUED AN INTERNATIONAL WARRANT OF ARREST FOR BOULOUDO FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE CASABLANCA TERRORIST ATTACKS. HE IS ACCUSED OF COLLECTING FUNDS FOR THE TERRORIST ATTACK AND OF ATTEMPTING TO REORGANIZE THE TERRORIST GROUP IN BELGIUM. ¶3. NAME: BOULOUDO, KHALID - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: 29 YEARS OLD, MOROCCO - ALSO HAS BELGIAN NATIONALITY - CLASS: POSITIVE MANZANARES