US embassy cable - 03KUWAIT3762

S E C R E T KUWAIT 003762 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EB/ESC/ESP (EGOFF) 
STATE FOR S/CT (FOX) 
REGIONAL BUREAUS 
STATE FOR IO/PHO (PEREZ) 
NSC (PETERS) 
STATE FOR NEA/ARP AND NEA/RA 
TREASURY FOR GENERAL COUNSEL AUFHAUSER 
TREASURY FOR OFAC DIRECTOR NEWCOMB 
TREASURY FOR DASS FOR TERRORISM AND VIOLENT CRIMES (ZARATE) 
TREASURY TASK FORCE ON TERRORIST FINANCING 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/01/2003 
TAGS: ETTC, EFIN, PTER, PREL, KVPR, CVIS, KU, YE 
SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: KUWAIT: AL ZINDANI/WALDENBERG, 
ET AL 
 
REF: A. STATE 238111 
 
     B. STATE 230255 
 
Classified By: CDA FRANK URBANCIC BASED UPON REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D) 
 
1.  (S) CDA conveyed to GOK MFA on 17 August talking points 
and background papers regarding, and shared on a close hold, 
confidential basis, the names of the individual and the 
 
SIPDIS 
entity proposed Ref A for designation on 25 August 2003 under 
Executive Order 13224. 
 
2.  (U) Econ Chief conveyed to GOK MFA on 9 August talking 
points and background paper regarding Ref B's notice that USG 
had on 8 August requested the addition of a stipulated 
individual's name to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee's 
consolidated asset-freeze list. 
 
3.  (U) Americas Department Director Amb Khaled Al-Babtain 
assured CDA on 17 August that the GOK would take immediate 
action to discover and freeze assets of the designatees.  Amb 
Al-Babtain reiterated Kuwait's support for actions of the UN 
1267 Sanctions Committee and volunteered to follow up on 
Post's standing request for a review of GOK's actions to date 
under relevant UNSCRs. 
URBANCIC