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Viewing cable 07SANAA1527, TERRORISM FINANCE: MARTYRS FOUNDATION AND AL-QARD

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07SANAA1527 2007-08-06 06:39 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Sanaa 
VZCZCXYZ0002
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHYN #1527 2180639
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 060639Z AUG 07
FM AMEMBASSY SANAA
TO RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0088
RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7775
INFO RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC PRIORITY
 
UNCLAS SANAA 001527 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR NEA/ARP NATASHA FRANCESCHI, 
DEPT FOR EEB/ESC/TFS JJALLORINA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EFIN KTFN PREL PTER YM
SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE:  MARTYRS FOUNDATION AND AL-QARD 
AL-HASSAN ASSOCIATION 
 
REF: SECSTATE 102916 
 
1.  (U) This is an action request; see para 5. 
 
2.  (SBU) On August 1, EconOff delivered reftel demarche to 
Ambassador Abdulrahman Khamees, the ROYG Foreign Minister's 
Office Director. 
 
3.  (SBU) Khamees responded that Iranian foundations neither 
operate nor support humanitarian causes in Yemen.  He added 
that Hizbollah neither operates nor has any offices in Yemen. 
 Khamees emphasized that the ROYG and Yemeni political 
parties do not have links to Hizbollah. 
 
4.  (SBU) Khamees asked if Iran's Martyrs Foundation, Martyrs 
Foundation in Lebanon, Palestinian Martyrs Foundation, 
Goodwill Charitable Organization, Inc., Al-Qard Al-Hassan, 
Qasim Aliq and Ahmad al-Shami have been added to UN terrorist 
lists, including the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee List of 
individuals and entities associated with the Taliban, 
al-Qaida and/or Usama bin Laden. 
 
5.  (SBU) ACTION REQUEST:  As of August 6, the individuals 
and groups mentioned in paragraph 4 are not listed on the UN 
1267 Sanctions Committee List, according to the UNSC website. 
 AMBEMB Sanaa requests US Mission USUN New York advise 
whether the UNSC plans to add these individuals and groups to 
the UN 1267 List in the near future. 
 
BRYAN