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07CASABLANCA21
2007-01-31 11:25:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Consulate Casablanca
Cable title:  

VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2007 REPORTING PERIOD

Tags:  KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO 
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FM AMCONSUL CASABLANCA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7577
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RHMCSUU/FBI WASHINGTON DC//INTD/CTD/CT WATCH//
RUEAHLC/HOMELAND SECURITY CENTER WASHINGTON DC
RUEILB/NCTC WASH DC//TIG//
INFO RUEHRB/AMEMBASSY RABAT 7838
UNCLAS CASABLANCA 000021 

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

VISAS VIPER
SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR INR/TIPOFF AND CA/VO/L/C

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2007 REPORTING PERIOD

REF: 06 CASABLANCA 167

UNCLAS CASABLANCA 000021

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

VISAS VIPER
SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR INR/TIPOFF AND CA/VO/L/C

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2007 REPORTING PERIOD

REF: 06 CASABLANCA 167


1. (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca
joint Visas Viper Committee met January 29, 2007. The meeting was
chaired by the DCM and attended by representatives from CONS, POL,
RAO, RSO, ECON, PAS, FCS, and DAO.


2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following 34 names. The first
fifteen (15) are individuals confirmed by the GOM as having been
arrested in November 2006 when Moroccan authorities disrupted "Unity
and Jihad in the Maghreb," an active terrorist network. The next
eight (8) names are of five individuals believed to have traveled to
Iraq to undertake terrorist activity and three active in a jihadist
recruiting network. The final eleven (11) names were reported in
Reftel as having been arrested in December 2005 on terrorist-related
charges and the Committee submits updated information on the outcome
of the judicial proceedings against them.


3. (SBU) The GOM reported the following fifteen (15) individuals
were arrested in November 2006 when Moroccan authorities disrupted
"Unity and Jihad in the Maghreb," an active terrorist network.

Merzoug, Hamid
AKA Al Maghribi, Abu Zoubeir
Male, DPOB: 1972, Morocco
National Identity Card (CIN) Number: AB105566

Amghane, Yassine
Male, DPOB: 23 October 1984, Morocco

El Maataoui, Bouchta
Male, DPOB: 04 November 1967, Morocco

Ariki, Youssef
Male, DPOB: 05 August 1983, Morocco

Achi, Said
Male, DPOB: 10 March 1981, Morocco

Sbiaa, Ahmed
Male, DPOB: 11 December 1978, Morocco

El Khattabi, Kacem
Male, DPOB: 10 June 1969, Morocco
CIN Number: BJ104705

Adarab, Said
Male, DPOB: 20 November 1962, Morocco
CIN Number: BE653981

Abdal, Rachd
Male, DPOB: 1980, Morocco
CIN Number: Q220246

Naimi, Mohamed
Male, DPOB: 06 September 1973, Morocco
CIN Number: BH527678

Naimi, Omar
Male, DPOB: 03 March 1977, Morocco
CIN Number: H444262

Znidiga, Hicham
Male, DPOB: 11 October 1971, Morocco
CIN Number: BE582368


Jmili, Redouane
Male, DPOB: 08 June 1970, Morocco
CIN Number: BJ174894

El Asmari, Mohamed
Male, POB: Morocco
CIN Number: BJ222730

Bourouda, Azzeddine
Male, DPOB: 24 December 1986, Morocco

The following 5 names are of individuals who are believed to have
departed Morocco to volunteer for jihad in Iraq via Turkey, except
where noted.

El Jaafari, Mbarek
AKA Al Ja'fari, Mubarak
Male, DPOB: 06 May 1974; Tlaglou, Morocco

Last known residence: 16 CR Santa Helena, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
Father: Mouh Bin Hammou Al Ja'fari
Mother: Fatima bent Mohamed
Passport: M001407
Occupation: Laborer

El Youbi, Noureddine
Male, DPOB: November 1980, Morocco
Passport: 808610
NOTE: departed December 2006 for Mauritania to join the
Algerian-based GSPC terrorist group

Ait Bella, Tahar
Male, DPOB: 30 June 1976; Mouassaoud, Morocco
Father: Saleh Ait Bella
Mother: Zahra
Passport: R222236
Occupation: Baker

Kounima, Abderrazak
AKA Kunima,'Abd Al Razzaq
Male, DPOB: 20 July 1980; Casablanca, Morocco
Father: Abdellah Kounima
Mother: Miriem
Passport: P210010
Occupation: Barber

Iallouchen, Mohammed
AKA Al Washin
AKA Abou Saouane
Male, DPOB: 1973; Tangier, Morocco
Last known residence: No. 19, Street 2, El-Ouda, Casablanca,
Morocco
Father: Mohammed Amar Iallouchen
Mother: Amina 'Abd Al Salam Achab
Passport: N591932
Occupation: Laborerr

The following 3 names are of individuals believed to be active in a
jihadist recruiting network.

Tribek, Othman
AKA Tribak, 'Uthman
Male, POB: Morocco
CIN Number: L260447

Boulia, Mohamed
AKA Bulia, Muhammad
Male, POB: Morocco
CIN Number: K130714

Fares, Mimoune
AKA Faris, Maymun
Male, POB: Morocco

The final 11 names were reported in Reftel as having been arrested
in December 2005 on terrorist-related charges and the Committee
hereby submits updated information on the judicial proceedings based
on media reports.

Adghiri, Mohammed Said
Male, DPOB: 03 October 1977, Morocco
Sentence: 10 years

Dazdaz, Brahim
Male, DPOB: 13 September 1980, Morocco
Sentence: 4 years

El Mokaddem, Khalid
Male, DPOB: 20 June 1982, Morocco
Sentence: 4 years

Ghribi Laroussi, Redouane
Male, DPOB: 19 May 1974, Morocco
Sentence: 4 years

Behja, Yassine
Male, DPOB: 27 February 1980, Morocco
Sentence: 2 years

Karkouri, Abdelilah
Male, DPOB: 10 November 1986, Morocco
Sentence: 4 years
Bettioui, Abdelmalek
Male, DPOB: 19 September 1970, Morocco
Sentence: 2 years

Ihouzeine, Said
Male, DPOB: 1980, Morocco
Sentence: 4 years

Charif El Harrak, Adil
Male, DPOB: 1978, Morocco
Sentence: 4 Years

Berrada, Mohamed
Male, POB: Morocco
Sentence: 4 years

Bouzerda, 'Abd Al Latif
Male, POB: Morocco
Sentence: 6 years


4. (U) The Mission's Visas Viper Coordinator is Cody Taylor. No
additional Visas Viper telegrams were transmitted for January 2007.
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