VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

UNCLAS MADRID 000471

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
(BELHADJ, YOUSSEF)
SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION



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


2. RELIABLE PRESS OF FEB. 2, 2005 REPORTED BELGIUM
POLICE ARRESTED THE ALLEGED AL QAEDA "SPOKESMAN"
YOUSSEF BELHADJ IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM ON FEB. 1, 2005.
THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT JUDGE JUAN DEL OLMO HAD
ISSUED AN INTERNATIONAL WARRANT OF ARREST FOR BELHADJ.
SPANISH POLICE BELIEVE YOUSSEF BELHADJ, UNDER THE ALIAS
OF ABU DUHANA AL AFGANI, WAS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO CLAIMED
RESPONSIBILITY IN THE NAME OF THE TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION FOR THE MADRID MARCH 11TH TERRORIST
ATTACKS, IN A VIDEO-TAPE RECOVERED BY POLICE SHORTLY
AFTER THE EVENTS. YOUSSEF BELHADJ, PERMANENT RESIDENT
OF BRUSSELS, WAS PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED IN BELGIUM ON
MARCH 19, 2004 FOR TERRORIST ASSOCIATION, ALONG WITH
MIMOUNE BELHADJ AND MUSTAFA LOUNANI, ALL ASSOCIATED TO
THE MOROCCAN ISLAMIC COMBATANT GROUP. HE WAS LATER
RELEASED CONDITIONALLY. YOUSSEF BELHADJ ALSO ALLEGEDLY
HELPED AND PROVIDED TEMPORARY SAFE-HOUSING IN BELGIUM
TO MOHAMED BELHADJ AND MOHAMED AFALAH, TWO OF THE
MADRID'S TERRORIST EVENTS PARTICIPANTS, PRESENTLY AT
LARGE.


3. NAME: BELHADJ, YOUSSEF

- GENDER: MALE
- DPOB: MAY 27, 1976, TOUZINE, MOROCCO
- CLASS: POSITIVE

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