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i Post ran CLASS~name check for suspected terrorist AlRauf bin Al Habib Bin Yousef Al Jiddi, the subject reported

Al Tunisi and Abderraouf Djey.Post subsequently reentered Al Jiddi's rdiaetT-'DPTu"DOB as 1965 and XXX as nationality and we did get a DPT oo

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UNCLAS MONTREAL 00096following:Al Jiddi, Al Rauf Bin Al Habib Bin YousefDPOB: 1965, TunisiaNat: CanadaAs an interim measure, post has entered subject's name withTunisia as COB and Canada as nationality as a Montreal quasi-entry under P3B (presumed terrorism ineligibility). Deptmay wish to delete post's P3B entry and replace it with aDPT 00 entry with the known COB and known nationality.2. One Gazette news article mentions other suspectedterrorists or sympathizers, some listed in CLASS, but twonames were not listed. The names that were not listed inCLASS, but that post entered as Montreal P3B entries are:Al Khadar, Ahmad SaidApprox. YOB: 1966POB: possibly TunisiaNat: CanadaBinalshibh, RamziApprox. Year of Birth: 1966POB: possibly TunisiaNationality: Canada3. Post will fax the Montreal Gazette article ofTuesday, January 29, 2002, to CA/VO/L/C with request to passto INR/Tipoff, but following excerpt is the basis for the AlKhadar submission:Quote. In all, 14 people who once lived in Montreal havebeen investigated, charged or convicted in relation to Al-Qa'ida activities.Last December, U.S. officials identified former Ottawa-basedaid worker Ahmad Sa'id al-Khadar, a Canadian citizen longsuspected of having links to terrorism, as one of the lastnine senior Al Qa'ida fugitives, including bin Laden, whoare presumed to be hiding in the mountain caves ofAfghanistan. End Quote.4. The photo of Ramzi Binalshibh was included in theGazette article, though no specific DOB, COB or nationalitywas provided. We used COB Tunisia, Canadian nationality andan estimated DOB of 1966 to add a P3B entry on thepresumption his biodata would be similar to that of thethers described in the article.

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jf i i. --- ,n -^^ M"* i n ii -!.'terrorhuh'- ; ' " ' - 'Ideal city for Islamist extremists: security expertLEVON SEVUNTSTheGazette

A worldwide search for a Montreal ma n seendelivering a chilling martyrdonvmessage on atvideotape captured in Afghanistan, has onceagain put the spotlight on a shadowy side of thecitythatmost finddisturbing."Montreal is a world-classhub of Islamist ter-rorist activity," said David Harris, the formerhead of strategic planningat Canada's secretiveSecurity IntelligenceService. ;Everything that makesMontreal a fun place tolive also makes it an ideal baseof operations forIslamist terrorist groups, Harrissaid."Canada in generaland Montreal in particularare primeaccommodations for the discriminat-ingterrorist," hesaid.

I Last Friday, A l Rauf bin A l Habib Bin YousefI Al-Jiddi was identified as the fifth suspected A l-

Qa'ida member seen delivering a martyrdommessage in a videotape discovered in the ruiris'ofan Al-Qa'idasafehouse in KabulThe United States released his photograph,along with a videotape and a letter found in abombed-out homeof one of Osamabin Laden'smilitary commanders,Mohammed Atef.On the tape, Al-Jiddi appears with four othermen and delivers what appears to be a martyr-dom messagefrom a would-besuicide bombecIn the letter, Al-Jiddi pledges togive his life inthe battle against "infidels."It was also discovered that Tunisian-born Al-Jiddi, 36, had arrived in Canada in1991and re-ceived his Canadian citizenship in 1995.Al-Jiddi waslast seen athis Rosemont apart-ment in November and his current location is un-known.

Please see TERROR, PageA 7

THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2002 AFROM PAGE ONE

Iminigration citedIt's hard forCanada to screen security risksbecause of highvolume of newcomers: experTERRORContinued fromPage Al

He issaid to be traveling with anoth-er Montreal man with Al-Qa'ida con-nections, Faker Boussora,37.For the likes of Al-Jiddi and Bousso-ra, Montreal provides a convenient en-vironment to blend in, Harris said.There is an issue of cultural affini-ty, linguistic familiarity that springsfrom those elements of the Islamistthreat that originated from whatwasFrench North Africa," Harris said, "Ofcourse, Algeria and Tunisia come tomind with Ahmed Ressam and thegang." (Ressam was convictedlast yearfor plotting to blow up Los Angeles In-ternationalAirport.)


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Montreal's cosmopolitan nature an dCanada's generous immigration quo-tas also make it easier to get estab-lished here, Harris said."If you look at the immigration situ-ation, a quarter of a million people ayear has added up to some very exten-sive ethnocultural communities intowhich terrorists can easily blend,"Harris said.Such a high immigration volumemakes it very hard for Canadian secu-rity agencies to properly screen andmonitor potential security risksamong new arrivals, he said.Harris, who now works with InsignisStrategic Research, a counterterror-ism and security consulting company,said fo r terrorist groups operating inMontreal there are the built-in advan-tages of a relatively advanced societya n d economy. I"Money can be collected and chan-/neled," Harris said. "Advantage can betaken of the banking system. And thecommunications is excellent, from In-ternet to telephone."Montreal's proximity to major U.S.metropolitan centres on the easternseaboard make it a great launchingpad fo r operations against the "GreatSatan," he said."You can cross (into the UnitedStates) through non-formal areas, thereservesandruralareas," Harris said.An RCMP source said Montreal'sbooming forged-documents industry

"Money can bechanneled. Advantagecan be taken of thebanking system."

also attracts potential terrorists. "It'svery easy to buy all kinds of docu-ments in Montreal," the source said.Well-developed agriculture and min-ing close to Montreal also make it rela-tively easy for the terrorists to acquirefertilizers that could be used to makepowerful homemade explosives, aswell as commercial explosives and det-onators used in the mining industry."The IRA for some time ha d lookedto us for detonators and certainly someIslamist groups ha d some success in

UlxiL 1C-O^JC'UL, LVJU, i 1CU iUOU-iU.But as terrorists ar e going increas-ingly high-techan d trying to acquireor produce weaponsof mass destruc-tion, Montreal's universities and re-search facilities are becominga majorsource of concernfor security experts."The CSIS has already identified cas-es in whichyou had individuals withdoctoral or even postdoctoral qualifi-cations wh o have shownup as master'sstudents in universities withan appar-en t view of securing information"It's very easyto buy all kinds of(forged) documentsin Montreal."

AlRauf binAlHabibBinYousef Al-JiddiisMontrealeronvideotape.The other fourmenare below.about deadly organic materials, virus-es , biological threats and so on," Har-ris said."W e know that governments havedone this often enough for military orcommercial espionage reasons, andterrorists themselves are not muchless sophisticated intheir means."But Montreal doesn't have a monop-oly on hosting terrorists, security ex -pertssay"Toronto has its specialty groups,in-cluding theTamil Tigers," Harris said.Toronto and Vancouver are alsoknown as hotbeds of Sikh extremistgroups.However, Montreal leads in the num-ber of terrorists or sympathizerscon-nected to Al-Qa'ida.In all,14 people who once lived in /Montreal have been investigated,/charged or convicted in relation to Al-/Qa'ida activities. ILast December, U.S. officials identi-fied former Ottawa-basedaid workerAhmad Sa'id al-Khadr, a Canadian citi-zen long suspected of having links toterrorism, as one of the last nine se-nior Al-Qa'ida fugitives, including binLaden, who are presumed to be hidingin the mountain cavesof Afghanistan.Hassan Almrei, a Syrian refugeewh o came to Canada in 1999,was ar-rested last October after the federalgovernment issued a national securitycertificate against the Mississauga,Ont, resident.Almrei ha d also admitted to know-ing Nabil al-Marabh, a former employ-ee at a Torontocopy shopwho is in cus-tody in the United States and is allegedto have funneled money to the Sept.11hijackers.A Hamilton, Ont., man is facing ex-tradition fo r alleged terrorist activity.Abdellah Ouzghar, 37 , who emigratedfrom Moroccoin 1990, was one of twodozen men convicted in absentia by aParis court for his alleged participa-tion in a Canadian cell of an AlgerianIslamic terrorist group.It is alleged Ouzghar was connectedto many high-level terrorists, includ-in g would-be millennium bomberRessam and extremists in Bosnia.+ Levon Sevunts's E-mail address is

KhalidlbnMuhammadAl-Juhani.

MuhammadSa'id all Hasan.

Ramzi Binal-shibh.


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Independent Namecheck Report 1/29/02Page 1 of 1

AL JIDDI Given Name: AL RAUF BIN AL HABIB BIN YO

DOB: 1966 FOB: TNSA Nationality: CAN Gender: M

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ALJIDDI*DOB: 1966 FOB: XXX

Given Name: AL RAUF

Nationality: XXX Gender M

H/'f(s;: Worsf Caf:CMSS: 2 i 1 jLoca/ MV: 0 pNRJ

1Name; AL JIDDI, ABD AL RAUF BIN AL HABIB BIN YPassport Book ID : Nationality Code:

Gender: M Post: DPT Ref. Code:00 Refusal Date.26Jan2002Otfier Name(s):

FOB. C A N DOB . 30MAY1965 iNat iona l ID :Commen t :NONE 61266

A/ame. AL JIDDI, AL RAUF BIN AL HABIB BIN YOUSEFPasspo rt Book ID: Nationality Code:Gender M Posf:MJJ_ Ref. Code:P3B Refusal Dafe;29Jan2002Other Name(s):

POB.-TNSA DOB 30MAY1965 \ ID :

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AL TUNISI Given Name: FAROUQ

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Gender: M Post:DPT_ Ref. Code.OJ)Otoer Name(s):

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