VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

UNCLAS MADRID 004523 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 (AKOUDAD, ABDELADIM ET AL) SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION ¶1. POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: ¶2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF NOV. 17, 2004, REPORTED THAT SPANISH NATIONAL COURT JUDGE BALTASAR GARZON, INDICTED ISLAMIC EXTREMIST ABDELADIM AKOUDAD, ALIAS "NADUFEL" AS THE SUSPECTED COORDINATOR OF THE ISLAMIST TERRORIST CELL REPONSIBLE FOR THE ASSASINATION ON NOV. 2, 2004 OF DEUTCH MOVIE DIRECTOR THEO VAN GOGH IN THE NETHERLANDS. AKOUDAD WAS CLOSELY LINKED TO THE PERPETRATORS SAMIR AZZOUZ, 18 YEARS OLD, FROM MOROCCO AND MOHAMED BOUYERI, (DPOB UNKNOWN). ACCORDING TO POLICE INVESTIGATIONS, AKOUAD WAS ALSO CLOSELY RELATED TO SALAH EDDINE BENIA, ALIAS "MURAD", AN ALLEGED HIGH- RANKING AL-QAEDA MEMBER, ALSO INVOLVED IN THE CASABLANCA TERRORIST ATTACKS, WHO WAS ARRESTED IN AMSTERDAM AIRPORT COMING FROM MALAYSIA AND HOLDING A FALSE SPANISH PASSPORT. ABDELADIM AKOUAD WAS ARRESTED IN SPAIN ON OCT. 14,2003, AS THE RESULT OF A MOROCCAN HIGH COURT INTERNATIONAL WARRANT OF ARREST FOR HIS ALLEGED ASSOCIATION WITH THE RADICAL ISLAMIST GROUP "AL HARAKA SALFIA JIHADIA", RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CASABLANCA TERRORISTS EVENTS. ¶3. NAME: AKOUAD, ABDELADIM - ALIAS: "NADUFEL" - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: JUNE 8, 1968, NADOR, MOROCCO - CLASS: POSITIVE MANZANARES