EMBASSY MUSCAT WRITE-IN

S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 02 MUSCAT 002081 SIPDIS NOFORN TERREP DEPT. FOR DS/IP/NEA, DS/DSS/ITA, DS/DSS/CC, DS/ICI/PII, DS/ICI/CI E.O. 12958: DECL: 1.6X1 TAGS: ASEC PTER MU EAC SUBJECT: EMBASSY MUSCAT WRITE-IN REF: MUSCAT 1884 Classified By: Ambassador Richard L. Baltimore III. Reason: 1.5(c) ¶1. (SBU) On 11/30/2004, Embassy Muscat's mailroom received, via air mail, a letter postmarked from Marysville, California 9591, 11/12/2004. Affixed to the standard white letter-sized envelope is a pre-printed return address label with the name and address of "Ms. Edna Roberts ("WRITE-IN"),P.O. Box 217, Artois, CA 95913." Inside the envelope, addressed in English to "Communications Director c/o, U.S. Embassy Muscat, P.O. Box 202, P.C. 115, Madinat al-Sultan Qaboos, Sultanate of Oman," is a one-page personalized facsimile cover-sheet handwritten in English. A printout of an email is attached. The cover-sheet bares the name and address "Edna Roberts, P.O. Box 217, Artois, CA. 95913, USA, Ph/Fax: 866-formul8, peanuts@itilink.com (ATTEMPTED REDACTION), roberts@box217artois.com" printed in the upper left corner. The cover-sheet is handwritten in green pen. Verbatim text, including errors, follows: BEGIN TEXT: Fax No: 011-968-699-189 Number of Pages: 1 Fax To: administration Date: 10-24-04 Dear Embassy in Oman, I have been attempting to send an e-mail with no success. I have been using two addresses I obtained from the USA government website. They are: aemctira@omantel.net.om daomuscat@hotmail.com Due to time zone differences this is the most direct avenue to contact you. A fax would be a secondary method. Please notify us of a correct e-mail address. Thank you. best regards, Edna (SIGNATURE) END TEXT ¶2. (SBU) The fax cover-sheet is accompanied by a printout of an email, the verbatim text of which, including errors, follows: BEGIN TEXT: From: "edna" To: , Cc: "san francisco" Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 2:33 PM Subject: Fw: ref# 518301, re: Bin Ladin I am still attempting to e-mail this to the consulate at Oman. I have notified the Secretary of State as well, but they have not corrected the internet situation. The phone and facsimile seem to be working fine, even though you cannot leave a message on the phone line. I must have internet capability with all Embassies and Consulates in order to do my work. Thank You, edna -- Original Message -- From: edna To: doamuscat@hotmail.com Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 11:51 AM Subject: ref#518301 Dear Sir(s), I may have useful information on Usma Bin Mohammad Bin Ladin. He is in the area of K5 or K6 of your map, he has not moved very far in the past few months. He is currently intending to be there through the next few months. He is in a light green colored house with shutters. It is one of many in the neighborhood. All are connected by gardens, alley type walkways and driveways, almost a compound of sorts. It is at the base of a small mountain. This mountain is a tunnel to freedom for him. It is also part of a historical site and ruins that is above his underground city that he has in many places. He has provisions for months for himself. ALL PERSON'S in the area are trained, not necessarily with weapons but protection of their leader-Usa Bin Mohammad Bin Ladin. It is suggested that entering from the opposite side of the mountain would be best. A direct approach will not work, blending in will be timely and very difficult, no one is trusted. The person surrounding him are loyal family, even the smallest. thank you, edna END TEXT ¶3. (SBU) This correspondence appears to be a hard copy follow-up to an earlier email received by the Embassy's Defense Attache Office in 10/2004 (reftel). ¶4. (SBU) Pursuant to reftel, DAO reported no/no record for the identified name. ¶5. (S/NF) Pursuant to reftel, the above information was shared with RMAS, who advised that local name traces for Edna ROBERTS were negative. ¶6. (SBU) Addressees will be notified immediately should additional details become available. RSO considers this case closed. BALTIMORE