UGANDAN WALK-INS CLAIM INFORMATION ABOUT TERRORIST

S E C R E T DURBAN 000032 TERREP STATE FOR DS/IP/AF, DS/TIA/ITA, DS/TIA/PII. PRETORIA FOR RSO E.O. 12958: DECL: 3/26/2019 TAGS: ASEC PTER SUBJECT: UGANDAN WALK-INS CLAIM INFORMATION ABOUT TERRORIST ACTIVITIES IN ZANZIBAR AND SOUTH AFRICA CLASSIFIED BY: Edward L. Allen, Regional Security Officer, Regional Security Office, ConGen Durban. REASON: 1.4 (c) ¶1. (S) Summary: On Wednesday, March 11, 2009, RSO interviewed two Ugandan males and a Ugandan female who claimed to have information relating to terrorist activities in Zanzibar and, potentially, in South Africa. The males provided written statements and sketches concerning the presence of al-Qaeda in Zanzibar.Qhe information was obtained in late 2005/early 2006. End Summary. ¶2. (S) On March 11, 2009, RSO received a call from a man who identified himself as Claiser Musk HAM (Note: Full bio data listed below. End Note.) HAM claimed that he and his friend had information about terrorists in Zanzibar and South Africa. HAM and his friend were in the vicinity of the office building housing ConGen Durban. RSO agreed to meet them in the lobby of the office building. (Note: ConGen Durban has no facilities to handle walk-ins. End Note.) ¶3. (S) Upon meeting, both HAM and his friend, Kasolo Michael SEKINOBE, launched into rambling stories about their work for the external security forces of Uganda, their subsequent departures from Uganda to Tanzania and, eventually, their arrival in South Africa. According to HAM, while working as an English teacher in Zanzibar in 2006-2007, he became aware of a house in the town of Bububu that he claims is widely known to be controlled by al-Qaeda. HAM says that, among other things, it is known as the base of operations for the 1998 Nairobi and Dar es Salaam bombings. HAM also claims to have learned from individuals inside the house that they have plans to disrupt the 2010 World Cup games in South Africa - particularly games in which the U.S. team is playing. They are also training people to sneak into the U.S. on cargo ships departing from South Africa. ¶4. (S) HAM also claims that he ran into one of the residents of this house (Ally MABROUK) in Mozambique on February 9, 2009 and they entered South Africa together. HAM says that MABROUK was carrying a Barclay's ATM card with 58,000 Rand (approximately USD5,800.00) on it. MABROUK reportedly called HAM at the end of February 2009 and said that he (MABROUK) was living in Cape Town, South Africa. ¶5. (S) Biographical Data: NAME: Claizer Musk HAM DPOB: 30JULY1985, Uganda Cell #: 27-73-188-8777 South African Asylum #: DBR/001105/07 NAME: Kasolo Michael SEKINOBE DPOB: 25MAY1965, Uganda Cell #: 27-73-199-6107 South African Asylum #: DBR/005371/06 NAME: Sonia KASJAC KEUHNE (girlfriend/wife) DPOB: 12JAN1988, Uganda South African Asylum #: DBR/001418/07 ¶6. (S) RSO Comment: Both HAM and SEKINOBE were lucid during the interview and appeared to believe what they were saying. It was not clear why they had waited so long to report this information; HAM only said that he did not want to provide "half-baked" information. Both provided written statements, complete with sketches of the house in Zanzibar. (NOTE: These can be pouched to the appropriate office upon request. End NOTE.) They also provided their cell phone numbers and appeared quite eager to be contacted. They have since followed up on this meeting with a telephone call and an e-mail to Embassy Pretoria's web site. Neither asked for any money, asylum or anything else. End Comment. ¶7. (U) Point of contact for this matter is RSO Edward Allen (AllenEL2(at)state.sgov.gov). DERDERIAN