R 251018Z OCT 02
FM AMEMBASSY ACCRA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 2451

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ACCRA 002693 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER PREL GH
SUBJECT: GHANA: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT 
 
REF: STATE 201772 
 
THE FOLLOWING RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO REFTEL PARAGRAPH TWO: 
 
¶A.  SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TO SUPPORT COALITION AGAINST 
TERRORISM: 
 
THE GOG CONDEMNED, PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY, THE SEPTEMBER 11, 
2001 ATTACKS AGAINST THE U.S., AND EXPRESSED ITS SYMPATHY, 
AGAIN PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY, FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE ATTACKS. 
IN THE YEAR SINCE THE ATTACKS THE GOG HAS ON SEVERAL 
OCCASIONS RENEWED ITS CONDEMNATIONS AND EXPRESSIONS OF 
SYMPATHY.  FOR EXAMPLE, HIGH LEVEL DELEGATIONS, LED BY MUSLIM 
VICE PRESIDENT ALIU MOHAMMED, ATTENDED THE MISSION'S 
THREE-MONTH AND ONE-YEAR COMMEMORATIVE CEREMONIES, AND MADE 
VERY SUPPORTIVE REMARKS.  THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO BEEN VERY 
SUPPORTIVE IN CONCRETE TERMS AS WELL, FROM INCREASED SECURITY 
AT MISSION COMPOUNDS, TO HEIGHTENED SHARING OF INFORMATION 
FROM POLICE, IMMIGRATION, MILITARY AND OTHER CONTACTS.  THE 
GOVERNMENT WELCOMED ASSISTANCE IN THE SUPPRESSION OF 
TERRORIST FINANCING, AND HELD USEFUL MEETINGS WITH US 
TREASURY OFFICIALS ON MONITORING FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS.  THE 
GOG ADOPTED FIVE ANTI-TERRORIST CONVENTIONS TO WHICH IT WAS 
NOT YET A MEMBER IN JULY, INCLUDING THE CONVENTION TO 
SUPPRESS TERRORIST FINANCING, AND NOW SUBSCRIBES TO ALL 12 
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS ON TERRORISM.  AT THE SAME TIME, IT 
ALSO ADOPTED THE OAU CONVENTION AGAINST TERRORISM.  IT IS IN 
THE PROCESS OF DRAFTING LOCAL LEGISLATION TO PUT ITS CRIMINAL 
CODE AND FINANCIAL MONITORING REGIMES IN HARMONY WITH THESE 
VARIOUS CONVENTIONS.  KEY SECURITY OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO 
INDICATE THEIR WILLINGNESS TO ALLOW U.S. AIR AND NAVAL ASSETS 
TO TRANSIT GHANA, OR MAKE USE OF LOCAL FACILITIES, IF NEEDED 
(AS DEMONSTRATED BY THEIR GREAT COOPERATION IN THE USE OF 
KOTOKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN ACCRA FOR THE RECENT 
EVACUATION OF U.S. CITIZENS FROM COTE D'IVOIRE). 
 
¶B.  RESPONSE OF JUDICIAL SYSTEM TO ACTS OF 
INTERNATIONAL/DOMESTIC TERROR: 
 
THE GHANAIAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM DID NOT HAVE OCCASION TO RESPOND 
TO ANY ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL OR DOMESTIC TERROR IN 2002. 
 
¶C.  EXTRADITION OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS: 
 
THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY REQUESTS TO EXTRADITE, NOR 
REQUEST THE EXTRADITION OF, ANY SUSPECTED TERRORISTS IN 2002. 
 
¶D.  SIGNIFICANT IMPEDIMENTS TO EXTRADITION: 
 
THERE ARE NO IMPEDIMENTS TO EXTRADITION OR PROSECUTION OF 
SUSPECTED TERRORISTS.  THE U.S. AND GHANA HAVE AN EXTRADITION 
TREATY. 
 
¶E.  HOST RESPONSES OTHER THAN PROSECUTION: 
 
SEE ANSWER TO ITEM A. 
 
¶F.  MAJOR COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORTS BY HOST GOVERNMENT: 
 
SEE RESPONSE TO ITEM A. 
 
¶G.  HOST GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM: 
 
NONE. 
 
¶H.  HOST GOVERNMENT PUBLIC STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF A 
TERRORIST-SUPPORTING COUNTRY ON A TERRORISM ISSUE: 
 
NONE. 
 
¶I. CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, IN HOST GOVERNMENT'S 
ATTITUDE TOWARD TERRORISM SINCE PREVIOUS YEAR: 
 
THE GOVERNMENT ATTITUDE TOWARD TERRORISM HAS, POST 9/11, 
CONTINUED TO BE FOCUSED AND RESULTS-ORIENTED, WITH CLOSE 
COOPERATION WITH THE MISSION ON LOCAL SECURITY AND TRANSIT OF 
SUSPICIOUS THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS. 
 
¶J.  U.S. COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORTS WITH THE HOST GOVERNMENT. 
 
THE U.S. HAS ASKED FOR, AND HAS RECEIVED, CONTINUED CLOSE 
COOPERATION FROM GHANAIAN SECURITY FORCES POST SEPTEMBER 11, 
¶2001.  GHANA HAS AGREED ON THE NECESSITY TO CONTINUE TO 
STRENGTHEN ITS OVERSIGHT OF SUSPICIOUS FINANCIAL 
TRANSACTIONS.  A TREASURY DELEGATION CONDUCTED USEFUL 
MEETINGS WITH CENTRAL BANK AND MINISTRY OF FINANCE OFFICIALS 
ON THE TIGHTENING OF LOCAL FINANCIAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS, 
AND THE GOVERNMENT IS DRAFTING LEGISLATION TO EFFECT THIS. 
THE MISSION SUCCESSFULLY LOBBIED THE GOVERNMENT ON ADOPTION 
OF THE FIVE REMAINING ANTI-TERRORIST CONVENTIONS TO WHICH IT 
HAD NOT YET SUBSCRIBED, AND HAS ALSO ENCOURAGED THE 
GOVERNMENT TO REVISE THE LOCAL CRIMINAL CODE, WHICH IT IS NOW 
UNDERTAKING. 
 
¶K.  COOPERATION DURING THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS IN 
INVESTIGATION/PROSECUTION OF TERRORIST ACTS AGAINST AMERICAN 
CITIZENS/INTERESTS: 
 
ASIDE FROM THE COOPERATION DETAILED ABOVE REGARDING SEPTEMBER 
11, 2001 AND THE ENSUING MONTHS, THE GOVERNMENT MADE STRONGLY 
SUPPORTIVE STATEMENTS FOLLOWING THE EMBASSY BOMBINGS IN EAST 
AFRICA IN 1998, AND ASSISTED WITH ENHANCED SECURITY FOR 
MISSION FACILITIES. 
 
¶L.  COOPERATION DURING PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS IN PREVENTION OF 
TERRORIST ACTS AGAINST AMERICAN CITIZENS/INTERESTS: 
 
SAME AS PREVIOUS ANSWER. 
 
RASPOLIC