TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA: GOC READY TO PROCEED

S E C R E T OTTAWA 001057

SIPDIS

STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS (MBRUNO),S/CT (TKUSHNER),IO/PHO
(BFITZGERALD),AND WHA/CAN
TREASURY (JZARATE),AND OFAC (RWERNER)
NSC (KEMERSON)

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/30/2015
TAGS: EFIN PREL PTER CVIS KVPR KTFN CA
SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA: GOC READY TO PROCEED
WITH LET NOTIFICATION

REF: A. STATE 62489


B. STATE 61447 (REPLACING 59614)

C. STATE 49537

Classified By: Wendy Moore, Economics Counselor, Ottawa. Reason: 1.4(
e).


1. (U) This is an action request: see para 3.


2. (S) The GOC confirmed late on April 7 that, having
reviewed the supplementary information in Ref A, they are
prepared to proceed with designation of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and
all aliases provided in Ref B. They could proceed as early
as Monday, April 11. On an administrative note, the GOC
proposes that the notifications for next week be sent to the
UN 1267 committee on the same day, to reduce the burden on
financial institutions instituting the freeze. Note: in
addition to LeT, we have proposed designating Ibrahim Buisir
on April 11 and Bilal al-Hiyari on April 13. GOC views on
those designations will follow septel. End note.)


3. (S) Action request: On LET, they request clarification
of the last paragraph in para 4 of Ref A (text below). Which
government banned LeT in 1992? They stress that this query
is for their records only, should the desgination be
challenged in Canada, and has no impact on their decision to
support the notification to the UN 1267 Committee as soon as
possible.

Text for Clarification:

(S//REL to CAN,GBR) The U.S. embassy in India was informed by
a very reliable source in 1992 that LeT terrorists in
Skardu were advised by their mentors to carry out their
activities under the name of a new outfit "Pasban-e-
Kashmir" as part of an attempt to conceal the identitiy of
LeT which had been banned.

End text for clarification.

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