TERRORIST FINANCE: AL-FAQIH AND BATTERJEE

S E C R E T THE HAGUE 003292 SIPDIS STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS (DNELSON),S/CT (TKUSHNER),EUR/UBI STATE ALSO FOR IO/PHO (JSCHWEITZER),NEA/ARPI (TWILLIAMS) NSC FOR (MRUPPERT) TREASURY FOR (JZARATE) AND OFAC DIRECTOR (RWERNER) E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/17/2015 TAGS: ETTC EFIN PTER KTFN PREL NL SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: AL-FAQIH AND BATTERJEE PRENOTICATION OF DESIGNATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED REF: STATE 266709 Classified By: CLASSIFIED BY ECON COUNSELOR RICHARD HUFF. REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D). ¶1. (S) As requested, post delivered on December 17 reftel points and background papers concerning the USG intention to designate Saad Rashed Mohammad Al-Faqih and Adel Abdul Jalil Batterjee under E.O. 13224 and to seek UN designation through the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to Jules Gerzon, Senior Policy Officer in the Political Affairs Department of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post conveyed the points the same day to Margreet Wenting, Senior Policy Advisor in the Department of Financial Integrity at the Dutch Ministry of Finance. Both noted that the GONL would follow the EU lead concerning any designation decision. ¶2. (S) Post will follow up and report on any substantive actions taken. SOBEL