US embassy cable - 04MADRID2343

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Identifier:	04MADRID2343
Wikileaks:	View 04MADRID2343 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Madrid
Created:	2004-06-21 15:08:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED
Tags:	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MADRID 002343 
 
SIPDIS 
 
VISAS VIPER 
 
DEPT FOR CA/VO/L/C AND INR/IC/TIPOFF 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: CVIS, KVPR, PTER, ASEC, CMGT, PINR, PREL, SP 
(ZEIN, RAMI GHAZI ET AL) 
SUBJECT:  VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION 
 
REF: MADRID 01233 
 
1.   POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING 
  NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER 
  PROCEDURES: 
 
2.   THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIEVED TO BE 
  ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECENTLY ARRESTED IN MILAN, ISLAMIC 
  EXTREMIST RABEI OSMAN EL SAYED AHMED, ALIAS: "MOHAMED 
  EL EGIPCIO" - "MOHAMED THE EGYPTIAN" (IN REFTEL). 
 
3.   NAME: ZEIN, RAMI GHAZI 
 
  -    ALIAS: "RAMI" 
-    ALIAS: "ABU KAMEL" 
-    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: NOV. 15, 1980, KAFARTOUN, LEBANON 
-    USED LEBANESE PASSPORTS NUMBER: 1753479 AND 
1554174. 
-    CLASS: POSITIVE 
 
4.   NAME: MOHAMED, RAY 
 
  -    AKA: "MURAD" 
-    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: MAY 9, 1982, PALESTINE 
-    RESIDED IN MADRID AND LATER IN BELGIUM 
-    COMMENT: PROBABLY IDENTIFIABLE WITH MOROCCAN 
NATIONAL MOURAD HAMOUYA, VAR MURAD HAMOUYA, AKA MALKI, 
TRUE DOB SEP.5, 1982, WHO WAS ARRESTED BY THE BELGIAN 
AUTHORITIES IN EARLY JUNE 2004. 
-    CLASS: POSITIVE 
 
5.   NAME: RAS, ASHRAF KHAIRAT ABDULAZIZ MOHAMAD 
 
  -    AKA: ASHRAF MOHAMAD RADHY 
-    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: SEP. 24, 1961, KALUBIA, EGYPT 
-    USED EGYPTIAN PASSPORT NUMBER: 414076 
-    DEPARTED SPAIN.  LOCATION UNKNOWN 
-    CLASS: POSITIVE 
 
6.   NAME: KAFARNA, MOHAMED A.M. 
 
  -    AKA: "EL CALVO" 
-    DPOB: APR. 15, 1975, BEIT HANONA, PALESTINE 
-    CURRENTLY LIVING IN MADRID 
-    CLASS: POSITIVE 
 
7.   NAME: ABDELRAHMAN, AHMED IBRAHIM 
 
  -    AKA: AHMAD EL SUDANESE 
-    AKA: JOHN 
-    GENDER; MALE 
-    DPOB: OCT. 14, 1963, ZILINGE, SUDAN 
-    LIVED IN ZARAGOZA, SPAIN 
-    USED SUDANESE PASSPORT NUMBER: A949508 
-    CLASS: POSITIVE 
 
8.   NAME: HAMDI, FAISAL BEN SADOK 
 
  -    AKA: FAISAL 
-    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: APR. 1, 1975, BOUSALEM, TUNISIA 
-    USED TUNISIAN PASSPORT NUMBER L805840 
-    RESIDED IN MADRID 
-    SAYED'S BROTHER-IN-LAW 
-    CLASS: POSITIVE 
 
9. NAME: SELLAM, MOHAMED LARBI BEN 
 
  -    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: JUNE 10, 1977, TANGIERS, MOROCCO 
-    USED MOROCCAN PASSPORT NUMBER H794564 
-    LIVED IN MADRID 
-    CLASS: POSITIVE 
 
9.   NAME: AHMED, SALEM 
 
  -    AKA: "EL ALTO" 
-    AKA: "EL MAURITANO" 
-    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: 1970, NOUAKCHOTT, MAURITANIA 
-    CLASS: NEGATIVE 
10.  NAME: BELATTAR, BOACHAIB 
 
  -    AKA: "EL COJO" 
-    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: 1977, UNKNOWN 
-    USED CRUTCHES DUE TO DISABILITY 
-    CLASS: NEGATIVE 
 
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