Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ASMARA375
2008-07-28 14:16:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Embassy Asmara
Cable title:
BIO INFORMATION OF SIX SOMALI HARDLINERS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ASMARA 000375
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SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/E
LONDON AND PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHERS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/27/2018
TAGS: PINR PREL SO ER
SUBJECT: BIO INFORMATION OF SIX SOMALI HARDLINERS
Classified By: Ambassador Ronald K. McMullen for reason 1.4(d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L ASMARA 000375
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/E
LONDON AND PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHERS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/27/2018
TAGS: PINR PREL SO ER
SUBJECT: BIO INFORMATION OF SIX SOMALI HARDLINERS
Classified By: Ambassador Ronald K. McMullen for reason 1.4(d).
1. (C) The Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS)
hardline faction in Asmara, now led by Sheikh Hassan Dahir
Aweys, sent a six-person delegation to Yemen from July 3 to
July 18 to purportedly foster dialogue and reconciliation
between the Sheikh Ahmed Sheikh Sharif faction and the Aweys
faction. Although news outlets initially reported the Yemen
talks to be a success, the end result was a definitive split
between followers of Sheikh Sharif and those of Sheikh Aweys.
2. (C) Below are the names and partial biographical data of
the six-person delegation to Yemen. The names were provided
in Arabic by the Yemeni Embassy in Asmara and transliterated
by the Yemeni CDA. (Note: The Yemeni CDA stated that the
applicants did not fill out proper visa applications;
instead, the Yemeni Embassy was given a list of names from
Sana'a and instructed to issue the six visas. End Note).
The passport information, where applicable, is from a set of
November 2007 Schengen Visa applications filed at the Royal
Netherlands Embassy. All other information is compiled from
internet and local sources. Post will attempt to collect
more bio data on these individuals.
THE SIX
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3. (C)
- Umar Iman Abu Bakr
Claims his nationality as "Djiboutienne." Djibouti PPT
Number: 108120061B, Date of Issue: December 14, 2006. Valid
Until: December 13, 2009. Date of Birth: January 1, 1964.
Place of Birth: Mogadishu. Former Deputy Chairman of Islamic
Courts Consultative Committee. One of 70 signators to the
April 14, 2007 "Statement from Somali Scientists Around the
Ethiopian Crusade Invasion."
- Abdullah Ali Hashi
One of 70 signators to the April 14, 2007 "Statement from
Somali Scientists Around the Ethiopian Crusade Invasion."
Allegedly an extreme Islamic hardliner. During the July ARS
Central Committee meeting in Asmara, Hashi reportedly
proposed a new set of 180 by-laws that would incorporate
shariah law into ARS governance.
- Abdu Fatah Mohammed Ali
Somali PPT Number: 1372667. Date of Issue: March 15, 2007.
Valid Until: March 14, 2009. Date of birth: October 12,
1974. Place of birth: Adi Quala (then Ethiopia, now
Eritrea). Currently the ARS Finance and Resources Chairman.
Additionally holds an Eritrean passport (0318147).
- Hassan Ousman Ahmed (Mahdi)
ARS Justice and Religious Affairs Co-Deputy Chairman.
- Osmar-il Hajj Adu
- Hussein Mohamed Warsame
MCMULLEN
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/E
LONDON AND PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHERS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/27/2018
TAGS: PINR PREL SO ER
SUBJECT: BIO INFORMATION OF SIX SOMALI HARDLINERS
Classified By: Ambassador Ronald K. McMullen for reason 1.4(d).
1. (C) The Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS)
hardline faction in Asmara, now led by Sheikh Hassan Dahir
Aweys, sent a six-person delegation to Yemen from July 3 to
July 18 to purportedly foster dialogue and reconciliation
between the Sheikh Ahmed Sheikh Sharif faction and the Aweys
faction. Although news outlets initially reported the Yemen
talks to be a success, the end result was a definitive split
between followers of Sheikh Sharif and those of Sheikh Aweys.
2. (C) Below are the names and partial biographical data of
the six-person delegation to Yemen. The names were provided
in Arabic by the Yemeni Embassy in Asmara and transliterated
by the Yemeni CDA. (Note: The Yemeni CDA stated that the
applicants did not fill out proper visa applications;
instead, the Yemeni Embassy was given a list of names from
Sana'a and instructed to issue the six visas. End Note).
The passport information, where applicable, is from a set of
November 2007 Schengen Visa applications filed at the Royal
Netherlands Embassy. All other information is compiled from
internet and local sources. Post will attempt to collect
more bio data on these individuals.
THE SIX
--------------
3. (C)
- Umar Iman Abu Bakr
Claims his nationality as "Djiboutienne." Djibouti PPT
Number: 108120061B, Date of Issue: December 14, 2006. Valid
Until: December 13, 2009. Date of Birth: January 1, 1964.
Place of Birth: Mogadishu. Former Deputy Chairman of Islamic
Courts Consultative Committee. One of 70 signators to the
April 14, 2007 "Statement from Somali Scientists Around the
Ethiopian Crusade Invasion."
- Abdullah Ali Hashi
One of 70 signators to the April 14, 2007 "Statement from
Somali Scientists Around the Ethiopian Crusade Invasion."
Allegedly an extreme Islamic hardliner. During the July ARS
Central Committee meeting in Asmara, Hashi reportedly
proposed a new set of 180 by-laws that would incorporate
shariah law into ARS governance.
- Abdu Fatah Mohammed Ali
Somali PPT Number: 1372667. Date of Issue: March 15, 2007.
Valid Until: March 14, 2009. Date of birth: October 12,
1974. Place of birth: Adi Quala (then Ethiopia, now
Eritrea). Currently the ARS Finance and Resources Chairman.
Additionally holds an Eritrean passport (0318147).
- Hassan Ousman Ahmed (Mahdi)
ARS Justice and Religious Affairs Co-Deputy Chairman.
- Osmar-il Hajj Adu
- Hussein Mohamed Warsame
MCMULLEN