VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MADRID 003728 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 ALI SHAFAAT 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. ON SEP. 15, 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS IN BARCELONA, SPAIN. THEY ARE ACCUSED OF FORGERY AND DRUG TRAFFICKING. SPANISH POLICE ARE ALSO TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THEY ARE PART OF AN ISLAMIC TERRORIST CELL OR INVOLVED IN THE ISLAMIC TERRORISM FINANCIAL NETWORK. DURING THE ARREST, POLICE SEIZED A LARGE AMOUNT OF FORGED DOCUMENTS, PASSPORTS, SPANISH I.D. CARDS, SPANISH RESIDENCE I.D.CARDS FOR FOREIGNERS, CREDIT CARDS, DIVERSE DOCUMENTATION, VIDEO TAPES AND COMMERCIAL BOOKS ON BIN LADEN, SEVERAL COPIES OF THE KORAN AND 100 GRAMS OF HEROIN. NO ARMS OR EXPLOSIVES WERE FOUND. POLICE SUSPECT THE ARRESTED MIGHT HAVE USED THE PROCEEDS OF THEIR ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES TO FINANCE RADICAL ISLAMIST TERRORIST CELLS. ¶3. NAME: ALI, SHAFAAT - AKA: IQBAL, SHAHZAD (IN GERMANY) - GENDER: MALE - DEC. 1, 1970, GUJRAT, PAKISTAN - PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED IN MAY 1999 - CLASS: NEGATIVE ¶4. NAME: KHAN, NASSER AHMAD - ALIASES: KANH, NASSER AHMAD - DPOB: FEB. 6, 1955, RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN - CLASS: POSITIVE UNDER NASIR AHMED KHAN, POB JUL 16, 1958. - KNOWN TO INTERPOL LYON, FRANCE AS KANH, NASSER AHMAD. HE WAS ARRESTED IN FRANCE ON DEC. 11, 2000 FOR DRUG TRAFFICK. RESIDES AT 25/6 GASSERGASSE, VIENNA, AUSTRIA. ¶5. NAME: AFZAAD, MOHAMMAD - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: JAN. 1, 1965, PAKISTAN - CLASS: NEGATIVE ¶6. NAME: IQBAL, FARHAT - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: AUG. 14, 1970, GUJRANWALA, PAKISTAN - ALSO KNOWN IN GERMANY AS: FARHAT, IQBAL, DPOB: AUG. 14, 1975, PAKISTAN - ARRESTED IN GERMANY ON FEB. 9, 1998 FOR TRAFFICKING WITH STOLEN ITEMS AND ILLEGAL INMIGRANTS. HE WAS ALSO ARRESTED IN SWITZERLAND ON FEB. 5, 2003 FOR POSSESION OF HEROIN. - CLASS: NEGATIVE ¶7. NAME: AKHTAR, MUSOOD - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: AUG. 9, 1970, PAKISTAN - CLASS: POSITIVE UNDER AKHTAR, MASOOD, DOB: JUL 13, ¶1967. ¶8. NAME: ASLAM, ADNAM - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: 1980 - CLASS: POSITIVE UNDER 214(B) "R" DUB ¶9. NAME: KHAN, IRFAN - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: DEC. 12, 1970, PAKISTAN - ALSO KNOWN IN GERMANY AS BUTT, ARFAN HUSSAIN, DPOB: JUNE 17, 1968, GUJRANWALA, PAKISTAN. - INDIAN AUTHORITIES HAD ISSUED A WARRANT OF ARREST ON IRFAN MOHAMMED KHAN, A SUSPECTED TERRORIST. HOWEVER, SPANISH POLICE HAVE NOT YET CONFIRMED IF THE DETAINEE IDENTITY IS THE SAME. - CLASS: POSITIVE UNDER DIFFERENT DOB ¶10. NAME: GAMAR UZ, ZAMAN - AKA: UZ ZAMAN, QAMAR - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: FEB. 12, 1966, TOPY, PAKISTAN - CLASS: POSITIVE UNDER DIFFERENT DOB ¶11. NAME: ANWAR, MAHMOOD - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: 1969, PAKISTAN - CLASS: NEGATIVE ¶12. THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT EXAMINING JUDGE ORDERED THE IMPRISONMENT OF THE ABOVE INDIVIDUALS ON CRIMINAL CHARGES, PENDING THE RESULTS OF INVESTIGATIONS ON POSSIBLE TERRORIST ASSOCIATION OR COLLABORATION. MANZANARES