Identifier
Created
Classification
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07BERLIN1238
2007-06-21 09:17:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Berlin
Cable title:
TERRORISM FINANCE: GERMANY PROVIDES ADDITIONAL
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BERLIN 001238
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STATE FOR IO/PSC ERIN CROW, EEB/TFS RACHEL FEDEWA, L/EEB
TOM HEINEMANN, AND EUR/AGS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/21/2017
TAGS: PTER KTFS EFIN ETTC EUN GM
SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE: GERMANY PROVIDES ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION CONCERNING OULD SLAHI (C)
REF: A. BERLIN 1127
B. STATE 75096
Classified By: Counselor for Global Affairs Donald R. Shemanski for Rea
sons 1.4 (b),(d) and (e)
C O N F I D E N T I A L BERLIN 001238
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO/PSC ERIN CROW, EEB/TFS RACHEL FEDEWA, L/EEB
TOM HEINEMANN, AND EUR/AGS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/21/2017
TAGS: PTER KTFS EFIN ETTC EUN GM
SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE: GERMANY PROVIDES ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION CONCERNING OULD SLAHI (C)
REF: A. BERLIN 1127
B. STATE 75096
Classified By: Counselor for Global Affairs Donald R. Shemanski for Rea
sons 1.4 (b),(d) and (e)
1. (C) Pursuant to reftels, MFA Desk Officer for
International Counterterrorism Cooperation Holger Kraemer
provided Global Affairs Officer with additional information
June 19.
2. (C) Begin Text of informal Embassy translation of German
non-paper.
The Mauritanian national and former resident of Duisburg
(note: a city near Dusseldorf, end note) Mohamedou OULD SLAHI
(M.O.S.),born 31 December 1970 in Rosso, Mauritania,
completed terrorist training courses in Afghanistan/Pakistan
in the early 1990s.
According to Karim MEHDI, he was recruited by M.O.S. for
terrorist activities. Moroccan citizen MEHDI was convicted
and sentenced to nine years on October 26, 2006 in France
because of the planned attack on the island of La Reunion and
his connection to the attacks of 9/11/2001 or of 4/11/2002 in
Djerba, Tunisia.
According to information provided by Christian GANCZARSKI, a
friendship developed between him and M.O.S. On the occasion
of Ganczarski's first trip to Afghanistan (Aug./Sept. 1999),
which he undertook because his objective, stemming from his
religious convictions, was to help the Taliban with Jihad,
among other things he listed M.O.S. as a "Reference." On
November 10, 2006 German citizen GANCZARSKI was charged in
France with membership in al-Qaida, operational activities,
and direct contacts with its leadership/functionaries.
End Text of informal Embassy translation of German non-paper.
KOENIG
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO/PSC ERIN CROW, EEB/TFS RACHEL FEDEWA, L/EEB
TOM HEINEMANN, AND EUR/AGS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/21/2017
TAGS: PTER KTFS EFIN ETTC EUN GM
SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE: GERMANY PROVIDES ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION CONCERNING OULD SLAHI (C)
REF: A. BERLIN 1127
B. STATE 75096
Classified By: Counselor for Global Affairs Donald R. Shemanski for Rea
sons 1.4 (b),(d) and (e)
1. (C) Pursuant to reftels, MFA Desk Officer for
International Counterterrorism Cooperation Holger Kraemer
provided Global Affairs Officer with additional information
June 19.
2. (C) Begin Text of informal Embassy translation of German
non-paper.
The Mauritanian national and former resident of Duisburg
(note: a city near Dusseldorf, end note) Mohamedou OULD SLAHI
(M.O.S.),born 31 December 1970 in Rosso, Mauritania,
completed terrorist training courses in Afghanistan/Pakistan
in the early 1990s.
According to Karim MEHDI, he was recruited by M.O.S. for
terrorist activities. Moroccan citizen MEHDI was convicted
and sentenced to nine years on October 26, 2006 in France
because of the planned attack on the island of La Reunion and
his connection to the attacks of 9/11/2001 or of 4/11/2002 in
Djerba, Tunisia.
According to information provided by Christian GANCZARSKI, a
friendship developed between him and M.O.S. On the occasion
of Ganczarski's first trip to Afghanistan (Aug./Sept. 1999),
which he undertook because his objective, stemming from his
religious convictions, was to help the Taliban with Jihad,
among other things he listed M.O.S. as a "Reference." On
November 10, 2006 German citizen GANCZARSKI was charged in
France with membership in al-Qaida, operational activities,
and direct contacts with its leadership/functionaries.
End Text of informal Embassy translation of German non-paper.
KOENIG