Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08LUXEMBOURG213
2008-08-08 15:08:00
SECRET
Embassy Luxembourg
Cable title:  

VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT AND

Tags:  CMGT CVIS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU 
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DE RUEHLE #0213 2211508
ZNY SSSSS ZZH
R 081508Z AUG 08
FM AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG
TO RHMCSUU/FBI WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC
RHMFISS/US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WASHINGTON DC
RUEAHLC/HOMELAND SECURITY CENTER WASHDC
RUETIAA/DIRNSA FT GEORGE G MEADE MD
RUEKJCS/DIA WASHDC
RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 6374
INFO RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 8961
S E C R E T LUXEMBOURG 000213 

SIPDIS

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

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/07/2018
TAGS: CMGT CVIS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU
SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT AND
SUBMISSION FOR JULY 2008

Classified By: CDA Steven H. Kraft, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).

S E C R E T LUXEMBOURG 000213

SIPDIS

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

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/07/2018
TAGS: CMGT CVIS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU
SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT AND
SUBMISSION FOR JULY 2008

Classified By: CDA Steven H. Kraft, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).


1. (U) Post convened its monthly Visas Viper Committee on
16 July 2008. One submission was presented to and approved
by the committee.


2. (S) Name: ABO KHALIL, Adam
DOB: 20 July 1980
POB: Rafah, Palestine
Nationality: Israeli
Father: ABO KHALIL, Taher
Mother: NEGA, Shady

Possible Alias:

Name: TRABOULSI, Ezzoubeir
DOB: 19 July 1977
Nationality: Libyan


3. (S) Individual was found observing U.S. Embassy in
Luxembourg on 15 June 2008. Local checks identified
subject's elder brother and father as members of Hamas.


4. (S) According to local sources, Abo Khalil arrived in
Luxembourg in February 2006. A request for asylum was denied
in June 2006. The subject has three arrests in Luxembourg,
including two arrests for use, possession and sale of
narcotics.


5. (S) Further research identified the name Adam Abu-Khalil
as an alias for Ali Ahmad Ammar, identified as Carlos's
primary chief of "military operations," involved in terrorist
activity in various European countries.


6. (S) A namecheck on the subject's alias, TRABOULSI,
revealed a match for an alias to Mustab Sha'ban, who in 2000
was a member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG).

KRAFT