VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 - NOVEMBER

UNCLAS MADRID 004552 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 - NOVEMBER REF: STATE 255122 ¶1. THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON NOV. 8 AND ON NOV. 29, 2004, AS PART OF 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 NOVEMBER 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED EIGHT VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING SEVENTY-ONE INDIVIDUALS, TWENTY-FOUR SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND FOURTY- SEVEN SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ISLAMIST TERRORIST GROUPS LINKED TO AL-QAEDA. ¶3. CABLES REFERENCE NUMBER: MADRID 04322, 04386, 04387, 04388, 04389, 04474, 04523, 04524. ¶4. IN ADDITION, POST HAS SUBMITTED THREE TIPPIX MEMORANDUM CONTAINING TEWNTY-SIX PHOTOGRAPHS OF SUSPECTS. MANZANARES