'Yihadismo' en Espa?a
Cable sobre el objetivo de controlar a Abu Dahdak
La embajada de EE UU reconoce que incluir a Barakat en las listas negras tendr¨ªa un resultado limitado porque est¨¢ en prisi¨®n
| ID: | 79384 |
| Date: | 2006-09-22 12:12:00 |
| Origin: | 06MADRID2380 |
| Source: | Embassy Madrid |
| Classification: | SECRET |
| Dunno: | 06STATE145269 |
| Destination: | VZCZCXYZ0004 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHMD #2380/01 2651212 ZNY SSSSS ZZH R 221212Z SEP 06 FM AMEMBASSY MADRID TO SECSTATE WASHDC 0814 |
S E C R E T MADRID 002380 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE PASS S/CT DEPUTY COORDINATOR VIRGINIA E. PALMER E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/22/2016 TAGS: PTER, KTFN, EFIN, KPAO, ASEC, SP SUBJECT: DISRUPTING EXTERNAL FINANCING TO THE TALIBAN - OPERATIONAL COOPERATION WITH SPAIN BEST REF: STATE 145269 Classified By: DCM Hugo LLorens - Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d) 1. (S/NF) Although an info addressee, per reftel invitation Embassy offers the following comments. The initiative on disrupting external financing to the Taliban could help induce the GOS to reenergize the fight against Taliban financing, among other reasons because Spain has some 600 soldiers deployed in Afghanistan. But, as a September 2 El Pais article (also appeared in the September 5 English language version of El Pais) made clear, there are doubts, including among senior GOS officials, regarding the efficacy of the fight against terrorism finance, especially designations. See Septel for a summary of the article. We remain confident that the GOS checks for funds based on the prenotifications we deliver. And anecdotal evidence suggests that the formal financial sector takes the terrorism finance regulation/oversight role by the Bank of Spain and Ministry of Economy seriously and considers the terrorism related compliance regulations to be extensive. Our sense is that a renewed focus on operational cooperation would provide the greatest impetus in intensifying the fight against terrorism finance in Spain. There is already a joint U.S.-Spain Counterterrorism Working Group. While not a perfectly functioning entity, perhaps this group could do more in the terrorism finance prevention area. Embassy offers the following suggestions with respect to reftel. A) We should continue to expend energy on getting al-Qa'ida financier Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas designated. This should be relatively easy as he has already been convicted of membership in a terrorist organization. The practical effect of designating him may be limited as he is in jail, but it would certainly have some symbolic value. We can certainly continue to press on Barakat Yarkas cohort Driss Chebli. He has been tried, but his conviction was overturned on appeal. Although a conviction is not required for designation in Spain, we suspect his release will continue to make the GOS balk at designating him. B) We should continue to press the GOS to adopt implementing regulations for its 2003 terrorism law. Once implementing regulations are adopted, the GOS would have preventative freezing mechanisms. We understand that a turf battle between the Ministry of Interior (which stands to gain authorities) and the Bank of Spain (which stands to lose authorities) is partly to blame for the continued non-adoption of the implementing regulations. We also understand that the regulations have gotten entangled with jurisidictional battles between the central and regional governments. C) Consider intensifying terrorism finance cooperation in the context of the U.S.-Spain Counterterrorism Working Group. Information from the Afghanistan Threat Finance Cell (ATFC) in Kabul could perhaps form the basis for investigations in Spain - there are a number of hawalas with Pakistan links (and therefore almost certainly with Afghanistan as well) operating in Spain. Spanish authorities would probably be willing to, upon request, intensify intelligence operations against these entities. Interior Ministry Secretary of State for Security, Antonio Camacho. (a regular U.S. Embassy interlocutor) noted during his intervention at the November 2005 U.S. Embassy-Ortega y Gasset terrorism finance conference that dealing with hawalas was big challenge for Spanish law enforcement. D) Reftel says that the U.S. is working to establish an information-sharing mechanism to be used against the Afghan narcotics trade with U.K. and Russian counterpart agencies. As a NATO ally, Spain has deployed 600 troops in Afghanistan and is a major drug importer for transshipment and domestic consumption purposes. We believe we should consider cooperating in the same way with Spain. E) As part of the Treasury-led effort to bring the hawala sector in Afghanistan under formal regulation, perhaps an international workshop on this topic could be arranged. Spanish authorities have the same issues with respect hawalas operating in Spain. F) Assuming Spanish participation would be welcome, Embassy would be willing to encourage Spanish participation in the envisioned December workshop on charities. The workshop may want to bill itself as dealing with a broader range of organizations than "charities". The Spaniards tell us that there are few, if any, Islamic charities per- se operating in Spain. There are, however, mosques that engage in charitable activities. The press has reported that the Spanish National Policy (SNP) has completed a survey of the approximately 600 mosques in Spain. It might be worthwhile having a Spaniard discuss the results of this work. LLORENS |
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