US embassy cable - 05MADRID471

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Identifier:	05MADRID471
Wikileaks:	View 05MADRID471 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Madrid
Created:	2005-02-07 16:37:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED
Tags:	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS MADRID 000471 
 
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, 
(BELHADJ, YOUSSEF) 
SUBJECT:  VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION 
 
 
1.   POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING 
  NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER 
  PROCEDURES: 
 
2.   RELIABLE PRESS OF FEB. 2, 2005 REPORTED BELGIUM 
  POLICE ARRESTED THE ALLEGED AL QAEDA "SPOKESMAN" 
  YOUSSEF BELHADJ IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM ON FEB. 1, 2005. 
  THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT JUDGE JUAN DEL OLMO HAD 
  ISSUED AN INTERNATIONAL WARRANT OF ARREST FOR BELHADJ. 
  SPANISH POLICE BELIEVE YOUSSEF BELHADJ, UNDER THE ALIAS 
  OF ABU DUHANA AL AFGANI, WAS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO CLAIMED 
  RESPONSIBILITY IN THE NAME OF THE TERRORIST 
  ORGANIZATION FOR THE MADRID MARCH 11TH TERRORIST 
  ATTACKS, IN A VIDEO-TAPE RECOVERED BY POLICE SHORTLY 
  AFTER THE EVENTS.  YOUSSEF BELHADJ, PERMANENT RESIDENT 
  OF BRUSSELS, WAS PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED IN BELGIUM ON 
  MARCH 19, 2004 FOR TERRORIST ASSOCIATION, ALONG WITH 
  MIMOUNE BELHADJ AND MUSTAFA LOUNANI, ALL ASSOCIATED TO 
  THE MOROCCAN ISLAMIC COMBATANT GROUP.  HE WAS LATER 
  RELEASED CONDITIONALLY.  YOUSSEF BELHADJ ALSO ALLEGEDLY 
  HELPED AND PROVIDED TEMPORARY SAFE-HOUSING IN BELGIUM 
  TO MOHAMED BELHADJ AND MOHAMED AFALAH, TWO OF THE 
  MADRID'S TERRORIST EVENTS PARTICIPANTS, PRESENTLY AT 
  LARGE. 
 
3.   NAME: BELHADJ, YOUSSEF 
 
  -    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: MAY 27, 1976, TOUZINE, MOROCCO 
-    CLASS: POSITIVE 
 
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