VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

UNCLAS MADRID 004708 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 WAKI ADNAN 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 "EL PAIS" OF DEC. 10, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED BY THE SPANISH POLICE ON DEC. 8, 2004, IN THE SPANISH- FRENCH BORDER LOCATION OF IRUN, GUIPUZCOA, SPAIN. POLICE INVESTIGATION OF MOBILE TELEPHONES AND SIM CARDS USED BY THE PERPERTRATORS OF THE MARCH 11TH TERRORIST ATTACKS REVEALED THAT THE ARRESTED ARE CLOSELY RELATED TO AT LEAST FIVE OF THEM. DURING THE ARREST POLICE SEIZED A LARGE VOLUME OF DOCUMENTATION WHICH IS BEING ANALYZED. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE, THE ARRESTED ARE ALSO SUSPECTED OF COLLECTING FUNDS FOR JIHAD AND OF PROVIDING EXTREMISTS WITH FALSE IDENTIFICATION AND OTHER DOCUMENTS. ¶3. NAME: WAKI, ADNAN - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: JUNE 2, 1976, ALEPO, SYRIA - CLASS: POSITIVE ¶4. NAME: KASSEM AHMED, AHMED - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: JUNE 8, 1967, SHARKIA, EGYPT - CLASS: NEGATIVE MANZANARES