TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON

UNCLAS MADRID 000086 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS EEB/ESC/TFS (JJALLORINA) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC KU SP SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON KUWAIT-BASED TERRORIST FACILITATORS (LIST 83) REF: SECSTATE 07443 ¶1. (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on January 28 to Ivo Pascual Herrera at MFA's Directorate of Counter-Terrorism. Econoff informed Pascual that the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee had approved the designation of the three reftel Kuwait-based terrorist facilitators, and that the U.S. had similarly designated these three under E.O. 13224 along with two other individuals. Econoff requested that the GOS take action to freeze the assets of and block any transaction by these individuals. ¶2. (SBU) Pascual expressed appreciation for the background information and said that he would pass it on to the relevant law enforcement authorities. He noted that the GOS generally implements 1267 designations immediately. LLORENS