US embassy cable - 04MADRID4109

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Identifier:	04MADRID4109
Wikileaks:	View 04MADRID4109 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Madrid
Created:	2004-10-22 12:06:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED
Tags:	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS MADRID 004109 
 
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, 
(DARKANZANLI, MAMOUN) 
SUBJECT:  VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION 
 
1.   POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING 
  NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER 
  PROCEDURES: 
 
2.   DAILY "EL PAIS" OF OCT. 16, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE 
  GERMAN POLICE ARRESTED ON OCT. 15, 2004 IN HAMBURG, THE 
  ALLEGED AL QAEDA MEMBER IN EUROPE MAMOUN DARKAZANLI, 
  ALIAS: ABU ILYAS AND ABU ALLOH.  THE ARREST TOOK PLACE 
  IN CONSEQUENCE OF AN INTERNATIONAL WARRANT OF ARREST 
  ISSUED BY THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT JUDGE BALTASAR 
  GARZON, IN CHARGE OF THE INVESTIGATION ON AL QAEDA 
  NETWORK IN SPAIN.  DARKAZANLI WAS ACCUSED OF MEMBERSHIP 
  IN A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION AND INCLUDED IN THE 
  INDICTMENT ON AL QAEDA NETWORK IN SPAIN ON SEPTEMBER 
  2003.  ACCORDING TO THE INDICTMENT'S SUMMARY, 
  DARKAZANLI WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF IMAD EDDIN BARAKAT 
  YARKAS, ALIAS "ABU DAHDAH" LEADER OF THE AL QAEDA CELL 
  IN SPAIN, AND PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE 
  ORGANIZATION'S LOGISTICS AND FINANCING NETWORK IN 
  EUROPE.  HE ALSO MAINTAINED A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH 
  SOME OF THE SEPT. 11TH PERPETRATORS.  HE APPEARS WITH 
  SOME OF THEM IN A VIDEO TAPE OF THE WEDDING OF SAID 
  BAHAJI, WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE ATTACKS.  IN 1993 
  DARKAZANLI PARTICIPATED IN THE PURCHASE OF A DEUTSCHE 
  MARK 760,000 SHIPPING BOAT FOR THE ORGANIZATION.  THE 
  BOAT SANK IN THE OMAN SEA IN 2001. 
 
3.   NAME: DARKAZANLI, MAMOUN 
 
  -    ALIAS: "ABU ILYAS" AND "ABU ALLOH" 
-    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: AUG. 4, 1958, DAMASCUS, SYRIA 
-    NATURALIZED GERMAN CITIZEN 
-    RESIDENT OF HAMBURG, GERMANY 
-    CLASS: POSITIVE 
 
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