INSTRUCTION FOR USUN TO NOMINATE 3 PAKISTAN-BASED

UNCLAS STATE 059714 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PT KTFN UNSC SUBJECT: INSTRUCTION FOR USUN TO NOMINATE 3 PAKISTAN-BASED INDIVIDUALS FOR LISTING UNDER UNSCR 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN SANCTIONS) REF: A. STATE 055282 ¶B. STATE 4342 ¶C. STATE 20400 ¶D. ISLAMABAD 497 ¶E. ISLAMABAD 200 ¶F. BEIJING 142 ¶G. BEIJING 299 ¶1. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. ¶2. (SBU). Summary: The U.S. prenotified (Ref A) its intention to request on June 9, 2009, that the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee add the names of three individuals, Arif Qasmani, Muhammad Yahya Mujahid, and Fazeel-a-Tul Shaykh Abu Muhammad Ameen al-Peshawari (Ameen al-Peshawari),to the Committee's list of individuals and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Taliban or al-Qaida. Listed individuals/entities are subject to UN Security Council mandated sanctions, including a travel ban, arms embargo, and asset freeze. End summary. ¶3. (SBU) Action request: USUN is requested to submit on June 9, 2009, the following names for listing under UNSCR 1267: Names of proposed individuals: 1) ARIF QASMANI AKAs: Muhammad Arif Qasmani Muhammad 'Arif Qasmani Mohammad Arif Qasmani Qasmani Baba Arif Umer Memon Baba Baba Ji 2) MOHAMMED YAHYA MUJAHID AKA: Mohammad Yahya Aziz 3) AMEEN AL-PESHAWARI Name: FAZEEL-A-TUL SHAYKH ABU MOHAMMED AMEEN AL-PESHAWARI AKAs: Shaykh Aminullah Sheik Aminullah Abu Mohammad Aminullah Peshawari Shaykh Aminullah al-Peshawari Abu Mohammad Amin Bishawri Abu Mohammad Shaykh Aminullah al-Bishauri Shaykh Abu Mohammed Ameen al-Peshawari ¶4. USUN is further requested to share the attached Statements of Case (SOC) with UN 1267 Committee Members and request their support for this listing. -------------- Statements Of Case -------------- Begin Text: (U) ARIF QASMANI AKAs: Muhammad Arif Qasmani Muhammad 'Arif Qasmani Mohammad Arif Qasmani Qasmani Baba Arif Umer Memon Baba Baba Ji DOB: Circa 1944 Address: House Number 136, KDA Scheme No. 1, Tipu Sultan Road, Karachi, Pakistan Nationality: Pakistani Arif Qasmani is the chief coordinator for 1267-listed entity (QE.L.118.05) Lashkar-e-Tayyiba,s (LeT) dealings with outside organizations and has provided significant support for LeT terrorist operations. Qasmani has worked with LeT to facilitate terrorist attacks, to include the July 2006 train bombing in Mumbai, India, and the February 2007 Samjota Express bombing in Panipat, India. Qasmani utilized money that he received from Dawood Ibrahim, an Indian crime figure and terrorist supporter, to facilitate the July 2006 train bombing in Mumbai, India. Qasmani also conducted fundraising activities on behalf of LeT in late ¶2005. Arif Qasmani has also provided financial and other support to al Qaida. As of late 2006, Qasmani provided funding to al Qaida members and facilitated the return of foreign fighters to their respective countries. Between 2004 and 2005, Qasmani provided al Qaida with supplies and weapons and facilitated the movement of al Qaida leaders in and out of Afghanistan. In return for Qasmani,s support, al Qaida provided Qasmani with operatives to support the July 2006 train bombing in Mumbai, India, and the February 2007 Samjota Express bombing in Panipat, India. Qasmani also facilitated the movement of al-Qaida personnel out of Afghanistan in 2001. In 2005, Qasmani provided Taliban leaders with safe haven and a means to smuggle personnel, equipment, and weapons into Afghanistan. (U) MOHAMMED YAHYA MUJAHID AKA: Mohammad Yahya Aziz DOB: March 12, 1961 POB: Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan National ID Card No.: Pakistan, 35404-1577309-9 Mohammed Yahya Mujahid is the head of the 1267-listed entity (QE.L.118.05) Lashkar-e-Tayyiba,s (LeT) media department and has served as an LeT media spokesman since at least mid-2001. In that capacity, Mujahid has issued statements to the press on behalf of LeT on numerous occasions, including after the December 2001 LeT attacks on the Indian Parliament, and following the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai, India. Mujahid,s statements on behalf of LeT have been reported by international news sources such as BBC News, the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, and Asia Times Online. As of late 2007, Mujahid was influential among the LeT central leadership. (U) FAZEEL-A-TUL SHAYKH ABU MOHAMMED AMEEN AL-PESHAWARI AKAs: Shaykh Aminullah Sheik Aminullah Abu Mohammad Aminullah Peshawari Shaykh Aminullah al-Peshawari Abu Mohammad Amin Bishawri Abu Mohammad Shaykh Aminullah al-Bishauri Shaykh Abu Mohammed Ameen al-Peshawari DOB: Circa 1967 Alt. DOB: Circa 1961 Alt. DOB: Circa 1973 POB: Konar Province, Afghanistan Address: Ganj District, Peshawar, Pakistan As of early 2008, Fazeel-A-Tul Shaykh Abu Mohammed Ameen al-Peshawari (Ameen al-Peshawari),the leader of the Ganj Madrassah in Peshawar, Pakistan, was providing assistance, including funding and recruits, to the al Qaida network. He also provided funding, explosive suicide vests and other resources to the Taliban. Ameen al-Peshawari has actively facilitated the activities of anti-Coalition militants operating in Afghanistan by raising money in support of terrorist activities and began a campaign to support militants in Pakistan. As of 2006, Ameen al-Peshawari was providing monetary compensation to families of fighters killed in Afghanistan and was involved in anti-Coalition recruiting activities. END TEXT ¶5. Point of Contact: Questions may be directed to IO/PSC (Erin Crowe, 202-736-7847). End text CLINTON