UK REQUESTS U.S. INFORMATION ON TERRORIST FINANCE

UNCLAS LONDON 002053

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC UK
SUBJECT: UK REQUESTS U.S. INFORMATION ON TERRORIST FINANCE
DESIGNEES

REF: E-MAIL TO WASHINGTON TERRORIST FINANCE GROUP
7/31/08


1. Action request, see Paragraph 4.


2. (SBU) HM Treasury has passed us names of individuals and
groups for which it is requesting any and all updated
information, identifiers and statements of cases (SOCs) in
order to comply with it's 2007 policy to conduct yearly
reviews of all designated parties. HMT told us that in some
of the early cases (i.e., immediately post-9/11),HMG
essentially designated automatically based on the USG
request. At that time, neither government had developed
detailed SOCs or the more nuanced legal structures that we
have now. Now, under pressure from legal challenges, the UK
will need relatively current information (within the past two
or three years) of terrorist or terrorist finance-related
activity, or strong evidence of involvement in egregious
actions (i.e., masterminds of 9/11 or the 7/7 London
bombings),in order to maintain the designations.


3. (SBU) HMG is also asking its own police and intelligence
services for the same information. If past practice repeats
itself, this request may also be made to the USG through
other channels. HMT has given us two categories of lists.
The first is the highest priority, and involves individuals
that have only been designated within the UK using British
domestic authority. The UK domestic asset freezing regime is
being reviewed by a Court of Appeals, so HMT is trying to
finish these reviews as quickly as possible in case the court
rules against them. In addition to their UK domestic
designation, the second group of names have been designated
by the UN 1267 Committee. This provides the UK with an
alternate legal structure to continue freezing their assets
if the domestic regime is overturned. For that reason,
information on the second group is not as urgent. The
British government does not have a deadline for receiving
this information, but would appreciate it as quickly as
possible. They fully understand and appreciate the burdens
this request places on USG resources.


4. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Please supply any recent information
(unclassified is preferred, but classified would also be
useful) on the individuals and groups below, including:
identifiers, updated SOCs, locations, status of court cases,
and whether entities are still legally funtioning or, if
known, whether an individual is deceased. HMT officials
would particularly appreciate an update on the Holy Land
Foundation for Relief and Development. If the group has been
wound up within the UK, as their information indicates, the
UK would no longer be able to maintain an asset freeze on the
group. According to HMG records, none of the individuals
have funds or accounts within the UK. Embassy London thanks
Washington agencies and players for their support of this
request.

Highest priority: UK Domestic Designations only (sent by
e-mail, Reftel)

AL-ALMI, Iamd Khalil
BARAKAT, Assad Ahmad
HAMDAN, Usama
MARZOUK, Musa Abu
MISHAAL, Khalid
AL-MUGHASSIL, Ahmad Ibrahim
AL-NASSER, Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed
AL-YACOUB, Ibrahim Salih Mohammed
ATWA, Ali
EL-HOORIE, Ali Saed Bin Ali
IZZ-AL-DIN, Hasan
MOHAMMED, Khalid SHAIKH
Aum Shinrikyo
Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development
Kahane Chai
National Liberation Army
Palestine Liberation Front
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General
Command
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Shining Path
United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia
Elehssan

Secondary priority: UK and UN 1267 Designations (not
previously forwarded to Washington)

ABDUL CHAUDHRY, Majeed

ABDURRAHMAN, Mohamad Iqbal
AL-AOUADI, Mohamed Ben Belgacem Ben Abdallah
AL-CHARAABI, Tarek Ben Al-Bechir Ben Amara
AL-GHOZI, Fathur Rohman
AL-JAZIRI, Abu Bakr
AL-ZINDANI, Abd-al-majid Aziz
BASHIR-UD-DIN, Mahmood Sultan
BEN HANI, Al As'ad
BIN ABDUL HAQ, Huda
BOUCHOUCHA, AL-Mokhtar Ben Mohamed Ben Al-Mokhtar
DARWISH, Sulayman Khalid

DWIKARNA, Agus
EL-SAYED, Abd El Kader Mahmoud Mohamed
ELSSEID, Sami Ben Khamis Ben Saleh
ISAMUDDIN, Nurjaman Riduan
MUNANDAR, Aris
MURAD, Abdul Hakim
SAMUDRA, Imam
SIREGAR, Parlindungan
SYAWAL, Yassin
TANTOUSH, Ibrahim Ali Abu Bakr
TUFAIL, Mohammed
YUNOS, Mukhlis

Waldenberg AG
Afghan Support Committee
Aid Organization of the Ulema
Ansar Al-Islam
Benevolence International Foundation
Benevolence International Fund
Bosanska Idealna Futura
Global Relief Foundation
Islamic International Brigade
Jama'at Al-Tawhid Wa'al-Jihad
Jemaah Islamiyah
Lashkar E Tayyaba
Lashkar I Jhangvi
Revival of Islamic Heritage Society
Riyadus-Salikhin Reconnaissance and Sabotage Battalion of
Chechen Martyrs
Special Purpose Islamic Regiment
Emmah Tameer E-Nau

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