US embassy cable - 03ABUDHABI2944

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TERRORIST FINANCE -- DESIGNATION OF ONE INDIVIDUAL PROPOSED BY GERMANY FOR ASSET FREEZE (LIST 35)

Identifier: 03ABUDHABI2944
Wikileaks: View 03ABUDHABI2944 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Abu Dhabi
Created: 2003-06-18 11:39:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: ETTC EFIN PTER PREL EUN KSEP CVIS KVPR TC
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
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CONFIDENTIAL

SIPDIS
TELEGRAM                                            June 18, 2003


To:       No Action Addressee                                    

Action:   Unknown                                                

From:     AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 2944 - UNKNOWN)         

TAGS:     ETTC, EFIN, PTER, PREL, CVIS, KSEP                     

Captions: None                                                   

Subject:  TERRORIST FINANCE -- DESIGNATION OF ONE INDIVIDUAL     
          PROPOSED BY GERMANY FOR ASSET FREEZE (LIST 35)         

Ref:      None                                                   
_________________________________________________________________
C O N F I D E N T I A L        ABU DHABI 02944

SIPDIS
CXABU:
    ACTION: ECON 
    INFO:   P/M AMB DCM POL 
Laser1:
    INFO:   FCS 

DISSEMINATION: ECON
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: A/DCM: TWILLIAMS
DRAFTED: ECON:CCRUMPLER
CLEARED: NONE

VZCZCADI952
OO RUEHC RUEATRS RUCNDT RUEHZM RUEHDE
DE RUEHAD #2944 1691139
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
O 181139Z JUN 03
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0515
INFO RUEATRS/TREASURY DEPT WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 1150
RUEHZM/GCC COLLECTIVE
RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI 3218
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 002944 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ARP  EFFERNAN, NEA/RA  UTPHIN, 
EB/ESC/ESP - GLASS, IO/PHO - PEREZ, INL/C  ASSARA, AND 
S/CT  FOX, EUR/ERA  PARKER 
 
TREASURY FOR OGC - AUFHAUSER 
TREASURY PASS OFAC FOR NEWCOMB 
TREASURY  ZARATE 
TREASURY ALSO FOR TASK FORCE ON TERRORIST FINANCING 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/17/08 
TAGS: ETTC, EFIN, PTER, PREL, EUN, KSEP, CVIS, KVPR, TC 
SUBJECT:  TERRORIST FINANCE -- DESIGNATION OF ONE 
INDIVIDUAL PROPOSED BY GERMANY FOR ASSET FREEZE (LIST 35) 
 
REFS: A) STATE 163018  B) 118179 
 
1.  (U) Classified by Acting DCM Thomas E. Williams for 
reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 
 
2.  (U) This message contains an action request.  Please 
see paragraph 4. 
 
3.  (C) Post delivered 6/15 ref A talking points and 
background paper to the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 
and faxed a courtesy copy to Central Bank FIU Chief 
Abdulrahim Al-Awadi.  Post received 6/17 a diplomatic note 
from the MFA requesting official copies in Arabic of all 
designation lists, from ref B designation of "Batasuna And 
The Basque Fatherland And Liberty" onward. 
 
4.  (C) Action request: As a matter of protocol, the 
Central Bank in recent months has encouraged us to submit 
terrorist financing designations directly to the MFA. 
Consequently, it not unusual that the MFA would require an 
official translation of the designation list, as the 
majority of our written communication with the MFA is in 
Arabic.  Although Post has limited translation 
capabilities, we will endeavor to provide a translation of 
these demarches and plan to note to the MFA that Post's 
transliterations of the names of designated individuals and 
entities should not be viewed as authoritative.  We will 
defer to the MFA and the UAE Central Bank to determine the 
alternate spelling of these names consistent with the 
UAEG's computerized lists of bank accounts.  Department 
please advise.  End action request. 
 
Wahba 

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