RE: TERRORIST FINANCE: POSTS' VIEWS ON POTENTIAL

S E C R E T AMMAN 000911 SIPDIS NOFORN E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/23/2015 TAGS: KTFN ETTC EFIN PREL PTER JO SUBJECT: RE: TERRORIST FINANCE: POSTS' VIEWS ON POTENTIAL DESIGNATIONS REF: A. SECSTATE 11786 ¶B. AMMAN 671 Classified By: Charge d'Affaires David Hale for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (S/NF) A record search on al-Sahaba Bookstore produced the following Ministry of Industry and Trade company registry information: Al-Sahaba Publishing and Distribution House Proprietor: Ala Subhi Mahmoud Fleifil Establishment Trade Registration Number 96179 Registered on April 10, 2002 Registry Location: Amman (there are only three registry offices nationwide; none are in Zarqa) Further expansion and clarification of this information is possible, but would likely alert the GOJ to post's interest. ¶2. (S/NF) RMAS states that the individuals listed for potential designation are currently under investigation by the GOJ, and that the most effective way to assure seizure of assets is for post to approach Jordan's security services directly. If USG chooses to proceed with the public designation and/or submission to the 1267 Sanctions Committee, it is imperative that post be given the opportunity to notify the GOJ in advance. ¶3. (S/NF) The Jordanian cabinet is unlikely to react negatively to the designation of its nationals given their involvement in support of Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi. We would expect the Jordanian security services to agree to designation as well. However, the GOJ is still engaged in working out a formal mechanism for dealing in a timely manner with requests to freeze assets based on U.S. domestic designations (reftel B). Even in cases of individuals and entities designated by the 1267 Committee, we have seen orders to freeze assets sometimes take as much as 30 days to be transferred from the Jordanian mission to the UN to the Central Bank of Jordan. ¶4. (U) Baghdad minimize considered. HALE