TERRORIST FINANCE: THE HAGUE PRENOTIFICATION OF

S E C R E T THE HAGUE 002534 SIPDIS STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS (BSTEPHENSON),S/CT (TKUSHNER),EUR/UBI STATE ALSO FOR NEA/ARP (TWILLIAMS),NEA/ELA (DBARON), IO/PHO (APEREZ), NSC FOR MRUPPERT TREASURY FOR JZARATE AND OFAC (RNEWCOMB) E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/04/2015 TAGS: ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN NL LVPR SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: THE HAGUE PRENOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION OF JAMA'AT AL-TAWHID WA'AL-JIHAD (JTJ) REF: A. STATE 208513 ¶B. STATE 213798 ¶C. STATE 200659 ¶D. BAGHDAD 1116 (NOTAL) ¶E. AMMAN 7860 (NOTAL) Classified By: CLASSIFIED BY ECONOMIC COUNSELOR RICHARD HUFF. REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D). (S) As requested, Econoff delivered on September 29 ref A prenotification of the USG's intention to designate Jama'at al-Tawhid Wa'al-Jihad (JTJ) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and to submit JTJ to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to Alle Dorhout, who has the lead on EU designation issues in the Directorate for European Integration within the Dutch MFA's Department of External Policy. Econoff also delivered ref A points the same day to Margreet Wenting, Senior Policy Advisor in the Department of Financial Integrity at the Dutch Ministry of Finance. Dorhout and Wenting noted that they would coordinate in forwarding the information to the Dutch Intelligence Service (AIVD) to determine whether this group had any assets in the Netherlands. Post will forward any substantive responses received. On October 5, Econoff conveyed to Dorhout and Wenting the message in ref B on the anticipated delay in designating JTJ. SOBEL