US embassy cable - 04MAPUTO1480

UNCLAS MAPUTO 001480 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS (BSTEPHENSON), S/CT (TKUSHNER), 
AF/E (MZIMMER), NEA/ARP (TWILLIAMS), IO/PHO (APEREZ), 
PASS NSC (MRUPPERT), TREASURY (JZARATE), AND OFAC 
(RWERNER) 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC, KTFN, EFIN, PTER, PREL, CVIS, ECON, MZ, LVPR 
SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE/MOZAMBIQUE: LIST 62 - 
DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC AFRICAN RELIEF AGENCY 
(IARA), ALL OFFICES WORLDWIDE, AND FIVE SENIOR 
OFFICIALS 
 
REF: STATE 222164 
 
1. (U) This is an Action Request. See para 3. 
 
2. (SBU) On November 8, Econ/Pol Officer delivered 
reftel List 62, talking points, and background paper to 
the Director of Legal Issues and Chief of the Accounts 
Monitoring department for the Banco de Mocambique. The 
Bank is the financial regulatory body for the Republic 
of Mozambique. Bank officials were receptive to taking 
the steps requested, as they have been with previous 
requests of this nature. Before moving forward, 
however, they wanted to know if specific information was 
available tying the Islamic African Relief Agency to 
Mozambique, or Southern Africa in general. 
 
3. (SBU) Action request for EB/ESC: Please provide any 
additional information available that post can share 
with Banco de Mocambique officials. 
LA LIME