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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
07CASABLANCA200	2007-10-17 08:47	2011-08-30 01:44	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	Consulate Casablanca

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UNCLAS CASABLANCA 000200 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
VISAS VIPER 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR INR/TIPOFF AND CA/VO/L/C 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
SUBJECT:  VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2007 REPORTING PERIOD 
 
REF: CASABLANCA 000186 
 
¶1. (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca 
joint Visas Viper Committee met October 1st, 2007.  The meeting was 
chaired by the DCM and was attended by representatives from CONS, 
RAO, DAO, POL, ECON, PAS, RSO.  The Committee submits twenty-one 
(21) new names as follows 
 
¶2. (SBU) The committee submits the name of the following Moroccan 
national who was arrested 12 September 2007 by Canadian authorities 
as a Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF) operative.  He is a resident 
of Canada. 
 
Namouh, Said 
AKA Ashraf 
Male 
DPOB: 21 December 1972; Kenitra, Morocco 
Passport Number: N426364 
 
¶3. (SBU) The committee submits the names of the following two (2) 
persons who were reported in local media as having their sentences 
upheld by the appellate court of Sal.  Both were charged under the 
anti-terrorism act and were accused of "conspiracy to prepare and 
carry out terrorist acts aimed to harm the public order," 
"activities in an unrecognized association," and "holding 
non-authorized public meetings" for involvement in the 16 May 2003 
terrorist attacks that killed 45. 
 
Skakri, Brahim 
Male 
DOB: 1977 
POB: unknown 
Sentenced to a three-year prison term. 
 
Belkhayat, Khalid 
AKA Abu Hanifa 
Male 
DOB: 1986 
POB: unknown 
Sentenced to a two-year prison term. 
 
¶4. (SBU) The committee submits the names of the following seventeen 
(17) persons who have been reported in local media as being 
sentenced to between one and ten years in prison, while four other 
suspects were released.  Those in the group, including two 
Moroccan-born Belgian nationals, were found guilty of committing 
terrorist acts, and were part of a cell that was dismantled in 
November with links to foreign terrorist organizations. 
 
The court issued a ten-year term against the following three (3) 
defendants after they were found guilty of "forming a criminal gang 
to plan and commit terrorist acts as part of a collective plan aimed 
at seriously harming public order and collecting and procuring money 
with the purpose of using it for terrorist acts": 
 
Reha, Mohamed 
Male 
Belgian citizen of Moroccan origin 
 
Zemmouri, Mohamed 
Male 
Belgian citizen of Moroccan origin 
Uncle of above-mentioned Reha, Mohamed 
 
Azig, Khalid 
Male 
 
The court sentenced two (2) defendants to ten years in prison after 
being found guilty of charges of "forming a criminal gang to plan 
and commit terrorist acts as a part of a collective plan aimed at 
harming public order": 
 
Alouan, Hassan 
Male 
 
Benchekroun, Brahim 
Male 
former Guantanamo prisoner 
 
The court sentenced six (6) defendants to a four-year sentence after 
being found guilty of charges of "forming a criminal gang to plan 
and commit terrorist acts as a part of a collective plan aimed at 
harming public order": 
Boujemaa, Bouchta 
Male 
 
Benzouhair, Mohamed 
Male 
 
Mahdi Takhtaoui, Omar 
Male 
 
Alioua, Yassine 
Male 
 
Alilouch, Ahmed 
Male 
 
El Jabri, Anouar 
Male 
 
The court sentenced three (3) defendants to a three-year sentence: 
 
Zajli, Abderrahim 
Male 
 
Boukir, Ahmed 
Male 
 
Al Otmani, Yasser 
Male 
 
The court sentenced two (2) defendants to a two-year sentence: 
 
Mazouz, Mohamed 
Male 
former Guantanamo prisoner 
 
Benlaakoul, Driss 
Male 
 
The following defendant was sentences to a one-year sentence for 
being guilty of not informing authorities: 
 
Chlieh, Abdelkabir 
Male 
 
¶5. (SBU) The committee submits the following name, reported in local 
media as being an Islamist terrorist suspect who will be extradited 
from Spain to Morocco.  He is accused of being involved in a cell 
that recruits Islamists. 
 
Zehraoui, Abdellatif 
Male 
 
¶6. (SBU) The Committee submits updates on eight (8) names originally 
reported in reftel. 
 
¶7. (SBU) Per reftel paragraph #3, the following updates information 
regarding four (4) individuals arrested by Moroccan authorities in 
relation to the 13 August 2007 attempted suicide bombing against a 
tour bus in Meknes. 
 
Bouhammada, Mohamed 
AKA (and listed in reftel as): Bouhmada, Mohammed 
DPOB: 29 June 1973; el-Kbab, Morocco 
National Identity Card (CIN) number: V115125 
Passport Number: G988681 
 
Azouggagh, Hassan 
AKA (and listed in reftel as): Azougagh, Hassan 
DPOB: 07 August 1973; Taouririt, Morocco 
CIN number: AD64121 
 
Milmi, Hamid 
AKA (and listed in reftel as): Hamid, Nilmi 
DPOB: 10 April 1977; Rich, Morocco 
CIN number: UB28231 
Passport Number: R861538 
 
Zoubair, Rachid 
AKA (and listed in reftel as): Zoubir, Bachir 
DPOB: 13 August 1976; Tinejdad, Morocco 
CIN number: UA31524 
Passport Number: K128228 
 
¶8. (SBU) Per reftel paragraph #6, the following updates information 
regarding the media report of four (4) Moroccan citizens arrested by 
the Moroccan border police (DGST) on 14 July 2007 in connection with 
a terrorist cell in Oujda near the Algerian border. 
 
El-Ani, Aziz 
AKA: Abou Jaber 
Male, unmarried 
DPOB: 1977; Douar Labhahda, Morocco 
Occupation: tailor 
Last known residence: Fes 
Does not possess a passport 
 
Attar, Amine 
AKA: Abou al-Hayjae 
Male, unmarried 
DPOB: 27 April 1987; Berrechid, Morocco 
Occupation: high school student 
Last known residence: Nador 
Does not possess a passport 
 
Bouhrani, Youssef 
AKA: Abou Zoubeir 
Male, married 
DOB: 01 January 1983 
POB: unknown 
Occupation: carpenter 
Last known residence: Fes 
Does not possess a passport 
 
El-Boussadi 
AKA: Abou Saad 
Male, unmarried 
DPOB: 20 September 1981; Kariat Ba Mohamed, Morocco 
Occupation: tailor 
Last known residence: Taonat 
Passport Number: R275678 
 
¶9. (U) Updates will be sent as details become available. 
 
¶10. (U) The Mission's Visas Viper Coordinator is Pamela Hack.  No 
additional Visas Viper telegrams were transmitted for September 
¶2007. 
 
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