VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - SEPTEMBER

UNCLAS MADRID 003760 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 SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - SEPTEMBER REF: STATE 207855 ¶1. THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON SEP. 27, 2004, AS PART OF THE MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE CHARGE, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY ALL AGENCIES AT POST. ¶2. DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED FIVE VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING SEVENTEEN INDIVIDUALS, TWO SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND FIFTEEN SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ISLAMIST TERRORIST GROUPS LINKED TO AL-QAEDA. ¶3. CABLES REFERENCE NUMBER: MADRID 03489, 03490, 03491, 03639, 03728. ¶4. IN ADDITION, MADRID HAS SUBMITTED ONE TIPPIX MEMORANDUM CONTAINING ONE PHOTOGRAPH OF A TERRORIST SUSPECT. MANZANARES