VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 - DECEMBER

UNCLAS MADRID 000033

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 SP
SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 - DECEMBER

REF: STATE 055649


1. THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JAN. 5, 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 DECEMBER 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED
FIVE VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING TWENTY-ONE SUSPECTED
MEMBERS OF ISLAMIST TERRORIST GROUPS LINKED TO AL-QAEDA.


3. CABLE REFERENCE NUMBERS: MADRID 04649, 04708, 04748,
04749 AND 04776.


4. IN ADDITION, POST HAS SUBMITTED ONE TIPPIX MEMORANDUM
CONTAINING SIX PHOTOGRAPHS OF SUSPECTS.

MANZANARES