Identifier	Created	Classification	Origin
05DAMASCUS6225	2005-11-29 13:03:00	CONFIDENTIAL	Embassy Damascus

Cable title:

TERRORIST FINANCE: SARG FREEZES ACCOUNTS SUSPECTED

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					  C O N F I D E N T I A L DAMASCUS 006225 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR EB/ESC/TFS (LLAMBERT), S/CT (TKUSHNER), 
EUR/PGI (LREASOR), REGIONAL BUREAUS, IO/PSC (BFITZGERALD) 
DEPT ALSO PLEASE PASS TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE 
NSC FOR THINNEN 
TREASURY FOR DGLASER 
OFAC FOR RWERNER 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/29/2015 
TAGS: KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR SY
SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: SARG FREEZES ACCOUNTS SUSPECTED 
OF BELONGING TO DR. ABDUL LATIF SALEH (LIST 72T) 
 
REF: SECSTATE 172703 
 
Classified By: CDA Stephen Seche for reasons 1.5 b/d

1. (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4.

2. (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed Post
by diplomatic note on November 26 that the Central Bank's
Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financial Terrorism
Commission had identified and frozen two accounts that may
belong to Dr. Abdul Latif Saleh, whom the UN 1267 Committee
had added to its list of associates of Usama bin Laden.
According to the MFA, the two accounts contained modest sums
of money and had been opened more than two years ago.

2. (C) While the MFA stated that the accounts are frozen, it
has requested additional information to make sure that the
owner of the accounts is the same person designated by the
1267 Committee and US Executive Order. The MFA provided Post
with the following information on the owner of the accounts:

Name: Abdul Latif Saleh
DOB: 1959
Nationality: Jordanian
Father's Name: Fahed
Mother's Name: Suheila

As the MFA pointed out, the date of birth of the owner of the
accounts differs from that provided in the 1267 Committee's
information on Dr. Saleh.

3. (C) Action Request: Post requests that EB/ESC/TFS review
the information provided by the MFA, and instruct Post on how
to respond to the MFA's request.
SECHE