C053 75104 b 1 ------------- ----------- --------ib 3 •------EO 12958 1 4 b 25Yrs EO 12958 1 4 c 25Yrs EO 12958 1 4 d 25Yrs EO 12958 1 4 e 25Yrs EO 12958 3 5 c EO 12958 6 2 c •· Pub Date · 09 08 99 Trtl NEAR EAST UAE Imposition of Sanctions Could Oisru_pt Bi Ladin's Finance --2 i NEAR EAST UAE Imposition of Sanctions Could Disrupt Bin Ladin's ·Finances _ ______ · Analytic Perspective • If the UAE halted flights of the Taliban- controlled Ariana Airlines to ·oubai and _ $harjah Bin Ladin's cash-flow would b at least temporarily disrupied Bin Ladln has come to rely on cash shipments aboard ·Ariana flights from the UAE as a key method of obtaining spenda le'funds · ol Ariana f lrllnes Afghanistan's oniy commercial air carrier is Tunning out of foreign destinations India on · 23 August ·agreed to halt Arlana flights to Amrista rana's flight ID Jlddah m081_ llksil Is on 1p tt e tran pilgrims- In lh' UAE Mina accounls or a scant share of the cargo transiting Dubai an Sharjah airports 1s0 halting these flights would have little econc ic i' 'pact on the emirates I · · cte sing of Arlana's _UAE offices w9uld force them to d a emat ve - an mos I e ess secure • e • routes and methods for movJng Bin Ladin's cash The money changers might be forced to hire third-· country airllnes private aircraft and possibly fly the cash to Pakistan for overland delivery to Afghanistan a slower and riskier method j I • · · · ' · · • Dubai Is a key financial center where hard currencies are readily available and traded for the Afghan and Pakistani currencies used by Bin Ladin and the Taliban APPROVED FOR · RELEASEn DATE 25-April-2012 G05315 104 • -I · - Afghanistan's antiquated banking system with hard currency constraints and few intemationa contacts is i l suited to accommodate such transactionsj I • -·--·----·------- ------- · · - - ··- -·-- -·-·---- ----·----- '' •· • -- --- ·--·-