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------------------863903 061445Z 38 0 R 061438Z JUL 10 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO USMISSION USUN NEW YORK I'MMEDIATE INFO TREASURY DEPT WASHINGTON DC 0000 WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON DC UNCLAS STATE 070339 SIPDIS E O 13526 NiA TAGS EFIN KTFN PINR PK PREL PTER YM UNSC SUBJECT INSTRUCTION TO NOMINATE FOUR TERRORIST LEADERS UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY ARC EllE M BOLSTER DATE CASE ID 08 JUN 2011 201006525 UNCLASSIFIED COME-00 PDI-00 FAAE-00 H -00 MOF-00 OIG-00 ISNE-00 T-00 DSCC-00 GSWA-00 OR L STING 'BY THE UN 1267 SANCTION AfflIFIED REF A STATE 063242 B STATE 063988 1 This is an action request Please see paragraph 3 2 Summary The United States prenotified reftels in June to UNSC Members and other key UN Member States its intention to add the names of a Yemen-based U S person and al-Qa'ida in the Arab Peninsula AQAP leader Anwar al-Aulaqi and three Pakistan-based terrorist leaders Nasiruddin Haqqani Gul Agha Ishakzai and Amir Abdullah to the Committee's list of individuals and entities associated with Usama bin Laden the Taliban or al-Qaida Listed individua1s entities are subject to UN Security Council mandated sanctions including a travel ban arms embargo and assets freeze AQAP was listed by the UN 1267 Committ ee earlier this year under reference number QE A 129 10 End Summary 3 Action request USUN is requested on or about July 1 to nominate for listing by the UN 1267 Committee Anwar al-Aulaqi USUN is furth r -requested on or about Jul y 6 nominate for listing Nasir Haqqani Gul Agha ·rshakzai and Amir Abdullah USUN should provide the following id ntifier and background information to support these nominations Identifiers information Identifiers information 1 Anwar al-Aulaqi AKA Anwar al-Awlaki AKA Anwar al-Awlaqi AKA Anwar Nasser Aulaqi AKA Anwar Nasser Abdullah Aulaqi Citizenship United States Citizenship Yemen DOB April 21 1971 Alternate DOB April 22 1971 POB Las Cruces New Mexico Anwar al-Aulaqi a dual U S -Yemeni citizen is a leader of al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula AQAP ' a Yemen-based terrorist group that has claimed responsibility for numerous terrorist acts against Saudi Korean Yemeni and U S targets since its inception in January 2009 Aulaqi has pledged an oath of loyalty to AQAP emir Nasi r al-Wahishi listed by the UN 1267 Committee earlier this year under reference number QI A 274 10 and is playing a key role in UNCLASSIFIED s tting the strategic direction for AQAP Aulaqi has also recruited individuals to join AQAP facilitated training at camps in Yemen in support of acts of terrorism and helped focus QAP's attention on planning attacks on U S interests Since late 2009 Aulaqi has taken on an increasingly operational role in the group including preparing Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab who attempted to detonate an incendiary device aboard a Northwest airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day 2009 for his operation In November 2009 while in Yemen Abdulmutallab swore allegiance to the emir of AQAP and shortly thereafter received instructions from Aulaqi to detonate an explosive device aboard a U S airplane over U S airspace After providing this direction Aulaqi told Abdulmutal1ab to travel to Ma'rib Governorate Yemen where Abdulmuta1lab obtained the explosive device he used in the attempted Christmas Day attack Aulaqi was imprisoned in Yemen in 2006 on charges of kidnapping · for ransom and being involved in an al-Qa'ida plot to kidnap a U S official but was released from jail in December 2007 and subsequently went into hiding in Yemen 2 Name Gul Agha Ishakzai AKA Mullah Gul Agha AKA Mullah Gul Agha Akhund AKA Hidayatullah AKA Haji Hidayatullah AKA Hayadatullah DOB circa 1972 POB Band Timor Qandahar Afghanistan Gul Agha is the head of the Taliban's financial commission and is part of a recently-created Taliban council that coordinates the collection of zakat Islamic tax from Baluchistan Province Pakistan Gul Agha has been involved in the payment of medical care for Taliban fighters and their families Gul Agha has also collected money for suicide attacks in Qandahar Afghanistan · A childhood friend of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar listed by the UN 1267 Committee on January 31 2001 Gul Agha has served as Omar's principal finance officer and one of his closest advisors At one time no one was allowed to meet with Mullah Omar unless approved by Gul Agha He lived in the presidential palace with Omar during Taliban rule served as his personal financial secretary and was one of Omar's closest advisors UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED ul Agha traveled to China in late 2006 to obtain weapon parts and in December 2005 Gul Agha facilitated the movement of people and goods to Taliban training camps in Iran UNCLASSIFIED 3 Name Amir Abdullah AKA Amir Abdullah Sahib DOB circa 1972 POB Paktika Province Afghanistan Amir Abdullah has served as the personal treasurer to senior Taliban leader Mullah Berader listed on February 23 2001 under UN 1267 and was the forme deputy to the Taliban governor of Kandahar Province Amir Abdullah has traveled to Kuwaitr Saudi Arabia Libya and UAE to fundraise and collect money for the Taliban Amir Abdullah also facilitates communications for Taliban leadership and coordinates high-level meetings at the guesthouse of his Karachi residence Abdullah also helped many senior Taliban members who fled Afghanistan settle in Pakistan in 2001 4 Name AKA AKA AKA AKA AKA AKA DOB Alt DOB POB Nasiruddin Haqqani Nasaar Haqqani Dr Naseer Haqqani Nassir Haqqani Nashir Haqqan·i Naseruddin Dr Alim Ghair 1970-1973 Circa 1972 Afghanistan The Haqqani Network is a Taliban-affiliated group of militants that operates out of North Waziristan Agency Federal ly Administered Tribal Areas Pakistan and ha s been spearheading insurgent activity in Afghanistan The Haqqani Network leadership consists of the three oldest sons of Jalaluddin Haqqani including Nasiruddin Haqqani The UN 1267 Committee added J 'a laluddin Haqqani to its Consolidated List of terrorists and terrorist supporters on January 31 2001 Nasiruddin Haqqani functions as an emissary for the Haqqani Network and spends much of his time pursuing family business From at least 2005 to 2009 Nasiruddin Haqqani collected funds for the Haqqani Network through various fund raising trips including a 2008 fundraising trip to a Gulf state and during regular travel to the United Arab Emirates in 2007 As of mid- 2007 Haqqani reportedly had three main sources of funding -- donations UNCLASSIFIED from the Gulf region drug trafficking and payments f rom al Qaida In 2004 Haqqani traveled to Saudi Arabia with a Taliban associate to raise funds for the Taliban He also provided funds in 2004 to militants in Afghanistan for the purpose of disrupting the Afghan presidential election End Text 4 Point of Contact Questions may be directed to IO PSC E in Flaherty 202-736-7847 CLIN'I'ON NNNN UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED