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