US embassy cable - 04MADRID3034

UNCLAS MADRID 003034 
 
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, (GABY 
EID, SEMAAN) 
SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION 
 
 
1.   POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING 
  NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER 
  PROCEDURES: 
 
2.   SPANISH DAILY "EL PAIS" OF JUNE 30, 2004 REPORTED 
  THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED SEMAAN GABY 
  EID ON JULY 28, 2004, FOR HIS ALLEGED PARTICIPATION IN 
  THE MADRID'S MARCH 11TH TERRORIST ATTACKS.  POLICE 
  INVESTIGATION ON COMMUNICATIONS MADE TO AND FROM MOBILE 
  PHONES RELATED TO THE PERPETRATORS LED TO THE ARREST OF 
  SEMAAN GABY EID. ON MARCH 11, AFTER THE ATTACKS HE WAS 
  IN THE AREA OF THE HOUSE WHERE THEY PREPARED THE BOMBS, 
  AND LATER ON APRIL IN THE PROXIMITY OF THE APARTMENT IN 
  THE OUTSKIRTS OF MADRID WHERE SOME TERRORIST BLEW UP 
  THEMSELVES.  AT THE TIME OF ARREST, HE WAS IN 
  POSSESSION OF FALSE IDENTIFICATION, A PORTUGUESE ID 
  CARD NUMBER 10127664 ISSUED LISBON AUG. 20, 1998 AND A 
  DRIVERS LICENSE, ALL UNDER THE NAME OF GABRIEL SELIM 
  AOUN, DPOB: MARCH 1, 1960, MOZAMBIQUE.  POLICE LATER 
  SEARCHED HIS APARTMENT AND SEIZED SEVERAL MOBILE 
  PHONES, PHOTOCOPIES OF MOROCCAN IDENTITY DOCUMENTS, 
  SEVERAL PERSONAL CALENDARS AND DIVERSE DOCUMENTATION, 
  WHICH IS BEING ANALYZED.  THE ARRESTED MAN HAS AN 
  EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL RECORD FOR DRUG TRAFFIC AND 
  PRESENTLY HAS A PENDING INDICTMENT FOR DRUG CHARGES. 
  INVESTIGATION SOURCES LINK THE ARRESTED WITH JAMAL 
  AHMIDAN, ABDENBI KOUNJAA, AND THE BROTHERS MOHAMED AND 
  RACHID AKCHA WHO DIED IN MADRID'S APARTMENT BLAST.  HE 
  ALSO MAINTAINED CONTACTS WITH OTHERS IMPLICATED IN THE 
  TERRORIST ATTACKS, ABDELILLAH FAOUAL EL AKIL, PRESENTLY 
  IN DETENTION IN SPAIN, AND HICHAN AHMIDAN, WHO WAS 
  ARRESTED IN MOROCCO FOR TRAFFIC OF DRUGS AND STOLEN 
  LUXURY VEHICLES TO FINANCE THE PURCHASE OF THE 
  EXPLOSIVES USED IN THE ATTACKS. 
 
3.   NAME: GABY EID, SEMAAN 
 
  -    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: UNKNOWN, LEBANON 
-    CLASS: NEGATIVE 
-    SUSPECTED TO POSSIBLY BE MOROCCAN 
 
ALIASES: AOUN, GABRIEL SALIM 
 
  -    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: MARCH 1, 1960, MOZAMBIQUE 
-    NATIONALITIES: PORTUGUESE, MOROCCAN AND PALESTINE 
-    CLASS: POSITIVE 
-    Portuguese ID CARD NUMBER: 10127664 ISSUED LISBON 
AUG. 20, 1998 
 
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