VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

UNCLAS MADRID 004109 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 (DARKANZANLI, MAMOUN) 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 OCT. 16, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE GERMAN POLICE ARRESTED ON OCT. 15, 2004 IN HAMBURG, THE ALLEGED AL QAEDA MEMBER IN EUROPE MAMOUN DARKAZANLI, ALIAS: ABU ILYAS AND ABU ALLOH. THE ARREST TOOK PLACE IN CONSEQUENCE OF AN INTERNATIONAL WARRANT OF ARREST ISSUED BY THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT JUDGE BALTASAR GARZON, IN CHARGE OF THE INVESTIGATION ON AL QAEDA NETWORK IN SPAIN. DARKAZANLI WAS ACCUSED OF MEMBERSHIP IN A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION AND INCLUDED IN THE INDICTMENT ON AL QAEDA NETWORK IN SPAIN ON SEPTEMBER ¶2003. ACCORDING TO THE INDICTMENT'S SUMMARY, DARKAZANLI WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF IMAD EDDIN BARAKAT YARKAS, ALIAS "ABU DAHDAH" LEADER OF THE AL QAEDA CELL IN SPAIN, AND PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION'S LOGISTICS AND FINANCING NETWORK IN EUROPE. HE ALSO MAINTAINED A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH SOME OF THE SEPT. 11TH PERPETRATORS. HE APPEARS WITH SOME OF THEM IN A VIDEO TAPE OF THE WEDDING OF SAID BAHAJI, WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE ATTACKS. IN 1993 DARKAZANLI PARTICIPATED IN THE PURCHASE OF A DEUTSCHE MARK 760,000 SHIPPING BOAT FOR THE ORGANIZATION. THE BOAT SANK IN THE OMAN SEA IN 2001. ¶3. NAME: DARKAZANLI, MAMOUN - ALIAS: "ABU ILYAS" AND "ABU ALLOH" - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: AUG. 4, 1958, DAMASCUS, SYRIA - NATURALIZED GERMAN CITIZEN - RESIDENT OF HAMBURG, GERMANY - CLASS: POSITIVE ARGYROS