US embassy cable - 05DAMASCUS6225

C O N F I D E N T I A L DAMASCUS 006225 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR EB/ESC/TFS (LLAMBERT), S/CT (TKUSHNER), 
EUR/PGI (LREASOR), REGIONAL BUREAUS, IO/PSC (BFITZGERALD) 
DEPT ALSO PLEASE PASS TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE 
NSC FOR THINNEN 
TREASURY FOR DGLASER 
OFAC FOR RWERNER 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/29/2015 
TAGS: KTFN, ETTC, EFIN, PTER, PREL, CVIS, KVPR, SY 
SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: SARG FREEZES ACCOUNTS SUSPECTED 
OF BELONGING TO DR. ABDUL LATIF SALEH (LIST 72T) 
 
REF: SECSTATE 172703 
 
Classified By: CDA Stephen Seche for reasons 1.5 b/d 
 
1. (C) This is an action request.  Please see paragraph 4. 
 
 2. (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed Post 
by diplomatic note on November 26 that the Central Bank's 
Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financial Terrorism 
Commission had identified and frozen two accounts that may 
belong to Dr. Abdul Latif Saleh, whom the UN 1267 Committee 
had added to its list of associates of Usama bin Laden. 
According to the MFA, the two accounts contained modest sums 
of money and had been opened more than two years ago. 
 
2. (C) While the MFA stated that the accounts are frozen, it 
has requested additional information to make sure that the 
owner of the accounts is the same person designated by the 
1267 Committee and US Executive Order.  The MFA provided Post 
with the following information on the owner of the accounts: 
 
Name: Abdul Latif Saleh 
DOB: 1959 
Nationality: Jordanian 
Father's Name: Fahed 
Mother's Name: Suheila 
 
As the MFA pointed out, the date of birth of the owner of the 
accounts differs from that provided in the 1267 Committee's 
information on Dr. Saleh. 
 
3. (C) Action Request: Post requests that EB/ESC/TFS review 
the information provided by the MFA, and instruct Post on how 
to respond to the MFA's request. 
SECHE