VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 - OCTOBER

UNCLAS MADRID 004324

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: FY05 - OCTOBER

REF: STATE 231655


1. THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON OCT. 25, 2004, AS
PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING
GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE DCM, 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 OCTOBER 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED
FOUR VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING ONE HUNDRED AND
THREE INDIVIDUALS, SEVENTEEN SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA
AND EIGHTY-SIX SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ISLAMIST TERRORIST
GROUPS LINKED TO AL-QAEDA.


3. CABLES REFERENCE NUMBER: MADRID 03889, 04109,
04110, 04119.

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