Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08OSLO156
2008-03-18 15:03:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Oslo
Cable title:  

NORWAY WELCOMES DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB AS FTO

Tags:  PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO BG NO 
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VZCZCXRO8309
PP RUEHFL RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHROV RUEHSR
DE RUEHNY #0156 0781503
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
P 181503Z MAR 08
FM AMEMBASSY OSLO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6701
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
C O N F I D E N T I A L OSLO 000156

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/11/2017
TAGS: PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO BG NO
SUBJECT: NORWAY WELCOMES DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB AS FTO

REF: SECSTATE 27258

Classified By: Charge Kevin M. Johnson for reasons 1.4 b and d

(C) Norway welcomes the designation of Al-Shabaab as an FTO
as noted in reftel. Post delivered points on 17 March to
Torfinn Rislaa Arntsen, Deputy Head of the International
Criminal Law Section. The early March raid and arrest of
Somali immigrants in Norway was related to concerns over the
financing of Al-Shabaab through the Hawala system.
JOHNSON