VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

UNCLAS MADRID 000468

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
(ACHRAF, MOHAMED)
SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION



1. POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING
NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER
PROCEDURES:


2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF JAN. 29, 2005 REPORTED THAT
THE SWISS OFFICE OF FEDERAL JUSTICE AGREED TO THE
REQUEST FOR EXTRADITION TO SPAIN OF MOHAMED ACHRAF, A
RADICAL ISLAMIST ARRESTED IN SWITZERLAND IN OCT. 2004.
HE WAS ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN A PLOT TO ATTACK THE
SPANISH NATIONAL COURT PREMISES AND OTHER BUILDINGS IN
MADRID USING TRUCK-BOMBS, AS WELL AS RECRUITING FOR THE
JIHAD RADICAL ISLAMIST WHO WERE SERVING IN SPANISH
JAILS.


3. NAME: ACHRAF, MOHAMED

- ALTERNATE LAST NAME SPELLING: ASHRAF
- AKA: MIKAEL ETIENNE CHRISTIAN LEFEVRE
- AKA: KAMEL SAADI
- AKA: MUSTAFA HAWARI
- DPOB: FEB 19, 1974, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- NATIONALITY: ALGERIAN
- CLASS: POSITIVE

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