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C O N F I D E N T I A L BERLIN 001238 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
STATE FOR IO/PSC ERIN CROW, EEB/TFS RACHEL FEDEWA, L/EEB 
TOM HEINEMANN, AND EUR/AGS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/21/2017 
TAGS: PTER KTFS EFIN ETTC EUN GM
SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE: GERMANY PROVIDES ADDITIONAL 
INFORMATION CONCERNING OULD SLAHI (C) 
 
REF: A. BERLIN 1127 
     ¶B. STATE 75096 
 
Classified By: Counselor for Global Affairs Donald R. Shemanski for Rea 
sons 1.4 (b), (d) and (e) 
 
¶1. (C) Pursuant to reftels, MFA Desk Officer for 
International Counterterrorism Cooperation Holger Kraemer 
provided Global Affairs Officer with additional information 
June 19. 
 
¶2. (C) Begin Text of informal Embassy translation of German 
non-paper. 
 
The Mauritanian national and former resident of Duisburg 
(note: a city near Dusseldorf, end note) Mohamedou OULD SLAHI 
(M.O.S.), born 31 December 1970 in Rosso, Mauritania, 
completed terrorist training courses in Afghanistan/Pakistan 
in the early 1990s. 
 
According to Karim MEHDI, he was recruited by M.O.S. for 
terrorist activities.  Moroccan citizen MEHDI was convicted 
and sentenced to nine years on October 26, 2006 in France 
because of the planned attack on the island of La Reunion and 
his connection to the attacks of 9/11/2001 or of 4/11/2002 in 
Djerba, Tunisia. 
 
According to information provided by Christian GANCZARSKI, a 
friendship developed between him and M.O.S.  On the occasion 
of Ganczarski's first trip to Afghanistan (Aug./Sept. 1999), 
which he undertook because his objective, stemming from his 
religious convictions, was to help the Taliban with Jihad, 
among other things he listed M.O.S. as a "Reference."  On 
November 10, 2006 German citizen GANCZARSKI was charged in 
France with membership in al-Qaida, operational activities, 
and direct contacts with its leadership/functionaries. 
 
End Text of informal Embassy translation of German non-paper. 
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