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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
07CASABLANCA186	2007-09-12 15:47	2011-08-30 01:44	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	Consulate Casablanca

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FM AMCONSUL CASABLANCA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7837
RUEAIIA/CIA WASH DC//CTC//
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RUEAHLC/HOMELAND SECURITY CENTER WASHINGTON DC
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INFO RUEHRB/AMEMBASSY RABAT 8087

UNCLAS CASABLANCA 000186 
 
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 AUGUST 2007 REPORTING PERIOD 
 
 
¶1. (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca 
joint Visas Viper Committee met September 4, 2007.  The meeting was 
chaired by the Casablanca Acting Principal Officer and was attended 
by representatives from CONS, RAO, DAO, POL, ECON, PAS, RSO, and 
LEGATT.  The Committee submits twenty-four (24) names as follows: 
 
¶2. (SBU) The Committee submits the names of the following two (2) 
Moroccan nationals as Salafi Jihadists who departed Morocco via 
Mohammed V Airport on 25 August 2007 for Istanbul, Turkey for 
possible onward travel to Iraq. 
 
Boucetta, Ahmed 
Male, DPOB: 1975; Tangier, Morocco 
Passport Number: R955848 
 
El Boukhara, Yassin 
Male, DPOB: 28 March 1985 
Passport Number: U184855 
 
¶3. (SBU) The following have been reported in the local media as 
being arrested, sought, or sentenced by Moroccan authorities for 
involvement in terrorist activities and have been submitted through 
separate channels. 
 
(SBU) Five (5) individuals were reported in the local or 
international media as having been arrested by Moroccan authorities 
in relation to the 13 August 2007 attempted suicide bombing against 
a tour bus in Meknes. The first person listed below is the bomber, 
who lost an arm but survived the attack. 
 
Doukkali, Hisham 
Male, DPOB: 13 August 1977; Morocco 
Occupation: Civil Engineer, Tax Office, Meknes Ministry of Finance 
Parents live in Khemisset, Morocco 
 
Mohammed, Bouhmada 
Male 
Occupation: Engineer, Tax Office, Meknes Ministry of Finance 
 
Azougagh, Hassan 
Male 
Occupation: Engineer, Tax Office, Meknes Ministry of Finance 
 
Hamid, Nilmi 
Male 
Occupation: Engineer, Tax Office, Meknes Ministry of Finance 
 
Zoubir, Bachir 
Male 
Occupation: Engineer, Tax Office, Meknes Ministry of Finance 
 
(SBU) Three (3) individuals were reported in the local media as 
being arrested by Moroccan security services as members of Al Qaeda 
in the Islamic Magreb who appeared on a video on the internet. 
 
Aghbalou, Mohamed 
Male 
 
Belhachmi, Mohamed Reda 
Male 
 
Bilal, Hamam 
Male 
 
(SBU) Two (2) individuals were reported in the local media as being 
sentenced for terrorist-related activities. 
 
Krissi, Mohamed 
Male, DPOB: 1972(e); Morocco 
Reported June 8th as being sentenced to two years in jail on charges 
of terrorist activities (constituting a gang in order to prepare and 
carry out terrorist acts, part of a collective project to undermine 
public security, holding unauthorized public meetings and belonging 
to an unrecognized association). 
 
Fouad, Rais 
Male, DPOB: 1967(e); Morocco 
Reported June 8th as being sentenced to a USD$600 fine for holding 
unauthorized public meetings. 
 
¶4. (SBU) The following names were received via two anonymous phone 
calls to the Consulate received by separate people on different 
dates (possibly the same caller and/or persons). 
(SBU) On 20 July 2007 at 16h20, security received a call from a 
woman stating that the following two (2) people would be applying 
for a visa with the intent to perform terrorist acts in the United 
States: 
 
Hafid, Idrissi 
Male, DPOB: unknown 
 
Massoud 
Male, DPOB: unknown 
 
(SBU) On 23 July 2007 at approximately 12h00, the Political Officer 
received a call from a woman thought to be Moroccan stating that the 
following two (2) people had plans to bomb an airport and were 
trying to go to the United States: 
 
Hafid, El Idrissi 
Male, DPOB: unknown 
 
Rahimi, Younes (spelling uncertain) 
Male, DPOB: unknown. 
 
¶5. (SBU) The following eight (8) names were previously reported by 
the media as being convicted in Morocco on terrorist-related 
charges.  Post provides this update as follows: 
 
Oussayeh, Khalid 
Male, DPOB: 10 September 1973; Maaseik, Morocco 
CIN Number: BZ801958 
 
Bouizakarne, Abdelmalek 
Male, DPOB: 29 June 1977; Mediouna, Morocco 
CIN Number: BJ201229 
Sentenced for a terrorism offense 
 
Ait Bensaid, Mohamed 
Male, DPOB: 29 August 1976; Casablanca, Morocco 
CIN Number: BJ205123 
Sentenced to 30 years for a terrorism offense 
 
Ait Chibani, Mustapha 
Male, DPOB: 1961; Marrakech, Morocco 
CIN Number: E105227 
Sentenced to 8 years for a terrorism offense 
 
Lamghizi, Saleh 
Male 
Sentenced to life for terrorism offense 
 
El Bachri, Nourredine 
Male 
Sentenced to 10 years for terrorism offense 
 
Benchrif, Abdelaziz 
Male 
Sentenced to 5 years for a terrorism offense 
 
Belkacem, Jamal 
Male 
Sentenced to 5 years for a terrorism offense 
 
¶6. (SBU) Post is researching two separate media reports, one 02 
August 2007 stating that nine (9) suspects from the Oriental region 
of Morocco were arrested in Oujda near the Algerian border, 
intending to join a training camp of the Al-Qaida in the Islamic 
Maghreb; the other 26 July 2007 stating that eleven (11) Islamists 
accused of being members of the terrorist cell "Ansar Al Mehdi" were 
given prison sentences in a Sale court. 
 
7.(U) Updates will be sent as details become available. 
 
¶8. (U) The Mission's Visas Viper Coordinator is Pamela Hack.  No 
additional Visas Viper telegrams were transmitted for August 2007. 
 
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