US embassy cable - 05SANAA1222

C O N F I D E N T I A L SANAA 001222 
 
SIPDIS 
 
PLEASE PASS TO IO\UNP 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/08/2015 
TAGS: ETTC, EFIN, PTER, CVIS, KSEP, KVPR, YM, DEMARCHE, COUNTER TERRORISM, TERFIN 
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ELEHSSAN TERRORIST FINANCE 
DESIGNATION:  FM REQUESTS ZINDANI EVIDENCE 
 
REF: A. SECSTATE 81750 
     B. SANAA 916 
 
Classified By: 
Ambassador Thomas C. Krajeski for reasons 1.4 b and d. 
 
1. (U) Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Minister of 
Foreign Affairs Qirbi on May 8.  Qirbi said that he had not 
heard of the organization and that Palestinian Islamic Jihad 
were not active in Yemen. 
 
2.  (C) The FM took the opportunity to comment on the State 
Department's Report on International Terrorism, which states 
that Yemen took no action to seize the assets of Abdelmajid 
Zindani.  (Note:  Zindani is the rector of al-Iman University 
and listed by both the U.S. and UN as a financier of 
terrorism.  End note.)  Qirbi reiterated the ROYG's 
longstanding position that in order for the ROYG to take 
action against Zindani it must receive evidence of his 
crimes, and he expressed regret that this position was not 
included in the report (ref B).  Ambassador said he would 
relay ROYG request for information to Department. 
Krajeski