US embassy cable - 05AMMAN2858

S E C R E T AMMAN 002858 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/07/2015 
TAGS: PTER, PREL, KTFN, EFIN, ETTC, CVIS, JO 
SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: JORDAN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE 
ON DESIGNATION OF BILAL AL-HIYARI 
 
REF: STATE 62087 
 
Classified By: CDA David Hale for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 
 
1.  (S)  Emboffs on April 6 delivered reftel demarche to 
Walid Obeidat of the Foreign Minister's Private Office and 
Siwar Massadeh of the MFA's Legal Affairs Department. 
Obeidat commented that because Hiyari, a Jordanian citizen, 
was convicted in the State Security Court of financing 
Zarqawi's network, it is possible that the GOJ has already 
seized Hiyari's assets; at the very least Hiyari probably 
remains under close GOJ scrutiny.  They promised to 
immediately convey the points to relevant Jordanian agencies, 
as well as Jordan's UN mission in New York.  Obeidat said he 
would also brief the Foreign Ministry's Secretary General, 
who, in the aftermath of the King's decision a day earlier to 
dismiss the cabinet, was de facto head of the ministry. 
Anticipating that a new government (and new foreign minister) 
would be named within days, Obeidat was hopeful that a 
decision on co-designation of Hiyari could be made before 
April 13.  He said he would be in touch with us as soon as 
possible on the matter. 
 
2.  (U)  Minimize considered. 
 
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HALE