VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 - MARCH

UNCLAS MADRID 001278 SIPDIS VISAS VIPER DEPT FOR CA/VO/L/C AND INR/IC/TIPOFF E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 - MARCH REF: STATE 058520 ¶1. THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON 04 APRIL 2005, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE CHARGE, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY ALL AGENCIES AT POST. ¶2. DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH 2005, MADRID SUBMITTED THIRTEEN VISAS VIPER CABLE IDENTIFYING TWENTY-SEVEN INDIVIDUALS, TWENTY-TWO SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND FIVE SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ISLAMIST TERRORIST GROUPS LINKED TO AL- QAEDA. ¶3. CABLES REFERENCE NUMBER: MADRID 0858, 0925, 0979, 0981, 01011, 01025, 01179, 01181, 01182, 01183, 01187, 01203, ¶01204. ¶4. IN ADDITION, POST HAS SUBMITTED FIVE TIPPIX MEMORANDUMS CONTAINING TWENTY-FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS OF SUSPECTS. MANZANARES