VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

UNCLAS MADRID 004776 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 EL HASKI, HASSAN 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. SPANISH DALY PRESS OF DEC. 18, 2004 REPORTED THAT TWO OF THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT JUDGES ORDERED THE ARREST OF THE FOLLOWING FOUR EXTREMISTS BASED IN LANZAROTE, CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN. THE ARRESTED ARE MEMBERS OF THE MOROCCAN ISLAMIC COMBATANT GROUP LINKED TO THE SALAFIST JIHADIA MOVEMENT, ALSO LINKED TO AL QAEDA. ONE OF THE SUSPECTS IS ALSO WANTED FOR HIS SUSPECTED PARTICIPATION IN THE MADRID TRAIN ATTACKS OF 11 MARCH 2004. SPANISH POLICE BELIEVE THEY WERE ESTABLISHING A LOGISTICS BASE IN LANZAROTE. SOME OF THE ARRESTED HAD TRAVELLED EXTENSIVELY IN EUROPE AND HAD AVOIDED RECENT DETENTIONS IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM. ¶3. NAME: EL HASKI, HASSAN - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: 41 YEARS OLD, GUELMIN, MOROCCO - CLASS: POSITIVE - CONSIDERED THE LEADER OF THE CELL. EL HASKI WAS ALSO BEING INVESTIGATED FOR HIS SUSPECTED PARTICIPATION IN THE MARCH 11TH TRAIN ATTACKS IN MADRID. ¶4. NAME: MOURIB, ABDALLAH - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: 36 YEARS OLD, AGADIR, MOROCCO - CLASS: NEGATIVE - IMAM OF A MOSQUE IN PUERTO DE EL CARMEN, LANZAROTE, CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN ¶5. NAME: FAHIMI, ALI - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: 31 YEARS OLD, TAN TAN, SAHARA - NATIONALITY: MOROCCAN - CLASS: NEGATIVE (SAME NAME POSITIVE UNDER DPOB UNKNOWN, LIBYA) ¶6. NAME: EL HAMMOUCHI, BRAHIM ATIA - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: 40 YEARS OLD, MOROCCO - CLASS: NEGATIVE MANZANARES