- ' UNClASSIFlfD Current Class -BECRE'I' Current Handling n a Document Number 1995KARACH01617 case Number 200103815 PTQ1606 PTQ1606 SECRE'P PAGE 01 KARACH 01617 01 OF 04 290636Z ACTION SA-01 · INFO LOG- 0 0 CIAE-00 OASY-00 DODE-DO EUR-01 FBIE-00 ADS-00 NEA-01 NSAE-00 DRL-09 012W ----------- - ------B59D0E 290817Z 25 R 290634Z MAR 95 TEDE-00 · INR-00 FM AMCONSUL KARACHI TO SECSTATE WASHDC 4021 INFO AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI USIA WASHDC 4565 AMCONSUL BOMBAY AMCONSUL PESHAWAR USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL AMCONSUL LAHORE -SEC RE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY APPEALS REVIEW PANEL APPEAL ACTION ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELEASED REASON S Bl 1 4 B 1 4 D DATE CASE ID 21 MAR 2005 200103815 SECTION 01 OF 04 KARACHI 001617 E O 12356 DECL OADR LONDON FOR TUELLER l ANsAR ATTENTION HERE ON HARAKAT UL rnMJ AcTIVITIEs IN PAKISTAN Bl THE HUA HAs BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THE MILITANCY IN KASHMIR AT LEAST SINCE 1993 AND GAINED INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION LAST SPRING WHEN IT KIDNAPPED TWO BRITISH CITIZENS IN INDIAN-CONTROLLED KASHMIR REFS D AND E ' SBatET- HOWEVER Current Class SECRE'F- UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY SHARON E AHMAD DATE CASE ID 04 JUN 2003 200103815 Page 1 UNClASSlfltD Current C l a s s Current Handling n a Document Number 1995KARACH01617 NClASSlflta Page 2 Channel n a Case Number 200103815 SECRET PAGE 02 KARACH 01617 01 OF 04 290636Z THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE GROUP HAS RECEIVED MUCH ATTENTION IN PAKISTAN WHAT INFORMATION WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN SUGGESTS THAT THIS GROUP IS MADE UP OF SOME 2 000 TO 10 000 ACTIVISTS WHOSE STATED GOAL IS 11 PERMANEN r JIHAD 11 IN COUNTRIES ACCUSED OF PERSECUTING ITS MEMBERS MANY OF WHOM WERE ACTIVE IN MUSLIMS THE AFGHAN JIHAD COME FROM A VARIETY OF COPNTRIES INCLUDING A HANDFUL FROM THE U S THEY CLAIM TO BE ACTIVE CURRENTLY IN KASHMIR WITH SOME PRESENCE ALS O IN CHECHYNA BOSNIA THE PHILIPPINES AND BURMA Bl BACKGROUND 3 THIS CABLE HAS BEEN IN PREPARATION SINCE APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS PRI OR TO THE SHOOTING OF TWO U S CONSULATE EMPLOYEES IN KARACHI ON MARCH 8 IT WAS DELAYED IN PART BY OUR CONTINUING DIFFICULTIES WITH OUR CLASSIFIED INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM SECR Er SECRET PAGE 03 KARACH 01617 01 OF 04 290636Z Bl current Class SECRET-- Page 2 UNCUSSIHfD Current Class 'SECRET Current Handling n a Document Number 1995KARACH01617 UNClASSIFIED Page 3 Channel n a Case Number 200103815 THE VIOLENCE IN KARACHI 01' J' FEBRUARY 5 IN WHICH 23 PERSONS WERE KILLED IN A MELEE OF SHOOTINGS AND BOMBINGS REP A FOCUSSED ATTENTION FOR THE FIRST TIME HERE ON AN ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS HARAKAT UL ANSAR AMONG THE SEVERAL VIOLENT NC DENTS ON THAT DAY WAS A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING OF A LARGE TENTED PAVILION IN CENTRAL LIAQUATABAD AT WHICH FUNDS WERE B$ING COLLECTED FOR THE SUPPORT OF IN THE WORDS OF THE FUNDS COLLECTORS 11 JIHAD IN KASHMIR PRESS REPORTS OF THIS INCIDENT ON FEBRUARY 6 STATED THAT THIS PAVILION AND THE FUNDRAISING EFFORT HAD BEEN ORGANIZED BY HARAKAT UL ANSAR 4 5 OUR QUERIES ABOUT THIS GROUP WITH OUR CONTACTS IN THE KARACHI BUSINESS COMMUNITY THE PRESS AND IN THE MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES HERE REVEALED THA T VERY FEW PEOPLE HERE IN I ARACHI HAD EVE HEARD OF HARAKAT UL ANSAR IN OUR SUBSEQUENT QUERIES WITH A RANGE OF CONTACTS WE HAVE PIECED TOGETHER SOME BASIC INFORMATION ON THE ORIGIN MEM RSHIP AND AIMS OF THIS GROUP IN PAKISTAN 1 ' Bl -SECRET 'SECRET l AGE 04 KARACH 01617 01 OF 04 290636Z · THE PERMANENT MUJAHIDEEN Current Class SECRET Page 3 UNClASSlfltD ---- ----- ---·-·- Current Class SBCRB'PCurrent Handling n a Document Number 1995KARACH01617 UNClASSIFIEU Page 4 Channel n a Case Number 200103815 NNNNPTQ1272 SECRET PAGE 01 KARACH 01617 PTQl 2 72 02 OF 04 290637Z ACTION SA-01 INFO LOG-00 INR-00 CIAE·- 00 OASY-00 DODE-00 EUR-01 FBIE-00 ADS-00 NEA-01 NSAE-00 DRL-09 012W ------------- - ----B5 952D 290637Z 38 R 290634Z MAR 95 FM AMCONSUL KARACHI Current Class SECftET' TEDE-00 Page 4 · IClASSlfltD Current C l a s s Current Handling n a Document Number 1995KARACH01617 NClASSfflfD 1 Page 5 Channel n a Case Number 200103815 TO SECSTATE WASHDC 4022 INFO AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI USIA WASHDC 4566 AMCONSUL BOMBAY AMCONSUL PESHAWAR USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL AMCONSUL LAHORE S CR E 'f ' SECTION 02 OF 04 KARACHI 001617 LONDON FOR TUELLER CENTCOM ALSO FOR POLAD USIA FORNEA - K OBEE E 0 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PGOV PINR KISL PINS PK IN SUBJECT THE HARAKAT UL ANSAR THE PAKISTAN DIMENSION t _ _ _ _ ____ - SEGR _ I SECRE'f' PAGE 02 · KARACH 01617 02 OF 04 290637Z 6 ACCORDING TO OUR SOURCES BARAKAT UL ANSAR IS MADE UP OF FROM 2 000 TO 10 000 HARDCORE ACTIVISTS AND MANY MORE SUFFORTERS WHOSE OBJECTIVE IS TO WAGE 11 PERMANENT JIHAD AGAINST GOVERNMENTS WHICH THEY ACCUSE OF PERSECUTING MUSLIMS HARAKAT UL ANSAR MOVEMENT OF FRIENDS OR SUPPORTERS OF THE PROPHET ORGANIZED FIVE SEPARATE TENTED PAVILIONS IN DIVERSE LOCATIONS AROUND KARACHI TO COLLECT FUNDS ON FEBRUARY 5 AND SEVERAL OBSERVERS HAVE TOLD US THAT THESE FUND-RAISING EFFORTS WERE EXTREMELY WELL- ORGANIZED AND HIGHLY EFFECTIVE IN ACCUMULATING SUBSTANTIAL DONATIONS THE OPENLY-STATED PURPOSE AT ALL OF THESE current Class SECRE f- ·1 Page 5 - -- -- --··------· ··-- ·---· UNCUSSIFIED CU r ent Class BECRE'l'Current andling n a Document Number 1995KARACH01617 Page 6 Channel n a case Number 200103815 LOCATIONS WAS TO SUPPORT JIHAD IN KASHMIR THE HARAKAT REPORTEDLY ALSO ATTEMPTED TO ENROLL VOLUNTEERS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN FIGHTING IN KASHMIR ALTHOUGH THERE IS LITTLE INFORMATION ON THE EXTENT OF THEIR SUCCESS IN THIS ENDEAVOR 7 MANY OF THE ACTIVISTS OF HARAKAT UL ANSAR ARE REPORTEDLY VETERANS OF THE AFGHAN WAR WHO FOUGHT ALONG WITH MAULANA JALAUDDIN HAQQANI IN PAK TIA PROVINCE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE MEMBERSHIP IS NON-PAKISTANI MADE UP OF AFGHAN WAR VETERANS FROM ALGERIA TUNISIA SUDAN EGYPT AND OTHER COUNTRIES ALL OF WHOM HAVE STAYED ON AFTER CONCLUSION OF THE AFGHAN JIHAD THREE SOURCES HAVE TOLD US THAT THE MEMBERSHIP ALSO INCLUDES A SMALL NUMBER OF AMERICAN MUSLIMS - WE'VE HEARD NUMBERS RANGING FROM SIX TO SIXTEEN - WHO ARE ADHERENTS OF A PAKISTANI PIR ONE SECRET -SEC RET PAGE 03 KARACH 01617 02 OF 04 2 063-7 Z SOURCE NAMED A PIR WIJAHAD ALI IN RAWALPINDI AS THE PIR WITH AN AMERICAN FOLLOWING I Bl - THE HARAKAT THE GROUP l - PR IMAR I L Y T O GET MORE POLITI FINANCIAL SUPPORT Bl - - - - -- - rl 'T C'T LA noi 'M l E D i O- - - - - ISLAMABAD POLOFF THAT THE HUA MEMBERS WHO WERE COLLECTING FUNDS IN THE NAME OF KASHMIR JIHAD 11 PROBABLY ARE NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH THE KASHMIR STRUGGLE HE DOUBTED THAT THE FUNDS THEY COLLECTED WOULD EVER ACTUALLY REACH THE KASHMIRI MILITANTS AND __WOULD INSTEAD BE _POCKETED ACCORDING TO _ ___ ____ _ 'r nPONSORS AND USES AND FOR THE JUI F ACCORDING TO ___ _ jrs TRYING TO CASH IN ON THE HARAKAT SPl1'E 1HE t'ACT THAT THE HUA AND TH JUI FLACK ANY REAL POLITICAL BASE IN KASHMIR ___ ALSO INDICATED THAT DESPITE THE HUA' S Current Cla ss ·SECRET Bl Bl · Page 6 _1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Current Class 'SECRST Current Handling n a Document Number 1995KARACH01617 UNCUSSIFIEO Page 7 Channel n a · Case Number 200103815 SMALL NUMBERS IN KASHMIR THEY ARE EXTREMELY WELL-TRAINED AND WELL-ARMED BECAUSE OF THEIR EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING DURING THE AFGHAN JIHAD IN THE 1980S HOWEVER BELIEVES THE HARAKAT' S LACK OF SUPPORT AMONG THE KASHMIRI POPULATION WILL LIMIT ITS ABILJ' TY TO OPERATE E°FFECTIVELY IN INDIAN- CONTROLLED KASHMIR Bl Bl - - --- - - -- - _ UNDERSTOOD THAT HARAKAT UL ANSAR WAS SPONSORED BY THE JUI AND ALSO HAD LINKS WITH THE SIPAH-E-SAHABA SSP 1 lHAD REFERRED TO BARAKAT AS BEING THE 11 f'6RE IGN WING 0 ' THE SSP WHICH FOCUSSED ENTIRELY ON Bl Bl I THE DOMESTIC SCENE J FROM Bl SEVERAL SOURCES THAT HARAKAT WAS WELL-FINANCED AND HAD SEVERAL HUNDRED HIGHLY TRAINED OPERATIVES BOTH PAKISTANI AND FOREIGN - AT ITS DISPOSAL TWINING OPERATIONS ABROAD 10 TWINING FOR HARAKAT UL ANSAR ACTIVISTS REPORTEDLY TAKES PLACE AT _CAMPS LOCATED WEST OF MIRAN SHAH NEAR THE AFGHAN BORDER AND AT NEARBY CAMPS LOCATED JUST OVER THE BORDER IN AFGHANISTAN ACCORDING TO SEVERAL SOURCES TWINING IS CONDUCTED Current Class -s ECRET Page 7 UNClASSlflED UNCUSSIFIEO Current C l a s s Current Handling n a Page 8 Document Number 1995KARACH01617 Channel n a Case Number 200103815 SECRE F--- NNNNPTQ1273 PTQ1273 PAGE 01 ACTION SA-01 INFO LOG- 00 INR-00 KARACH 0161 7 03 OF 04 CIAE-00 OASY-00 ADS-00 NEA- 01 290637Z DODE-00 EUR-01 FBIE-00 NSAE-00 DRL-09 012W - -- -- - - - -- -- - ---- -B5953A 290637Z 38 TEDE-00 R 290634Z MAR 95 FM AMCONSUL KARACHI TO SECSTATE WASHDC 4023 INFO AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD AMBMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI USIA WASHDC 4567 AMCONSUL BOMBAY AMCONSUL PESHAWAR USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL AMCONSUL LAHORE SBC RE T SECTION 03 OF 04 KARACHI 001617 LONDON FOR TUELLER CENTCOM ALSO FOR POLAD Current Cl ass ffl CRBT- Page 8 UNClASSlflfO NClASSlfltD Current Class ECREJ rCurrent Handling n a Document Number 1995KARACH01617 Page 9 Channel n a Case Number 200103815 USIA FORNEA - K OBEE E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS ·PGOV PINR KI SL PINS' PK IN SUBJECT THE HARAKAT UL ANSAR THE PAKISTAN DIMENSION I I I SECRET PAGE 02 KARACH 01617 Bl - - - - - - - -• 03 OF 04 290637Z BY FORMER AFGHAN MUJAHIDEEN ASSOCIATED WITH MAULANA HAQQANI TRAINING REPORTEDLY LASTS FROM 40 DAYS TO 6 MONTHS AND INCLUDES RELIGIOUS TRAINING PHYSICAL' TRAINING USE OF L_IGHT WEAPONS STRATEGY AND HOW · TO MAKE EXPLOSIVES AND FIREARMS TWO SOURCES CLAIMED TO US THAT FIREARMS ARE BEING MANUFACTURED IN KASHMIR BY BARAKAT ACTIVISTS 11 Bl WHERE DID THEY COME FROM Page 9 Current C l a s s UNCUSSIHEO 1•'------------------------------- Current Class SECRE current Handling n a Document Number 1995KARACH01617 UNClASSlfIE• Page 10 Channel n a Case Number 200 03815 PAGE 03 KARACH 01617 03 OF 04 2 90637Z 12 HARAKAT UL ANSAR WAS REPORTEDLY FIRST ORGANIZED ·IN CENTRAL PUNJAB IN THE MID-1980'S AS A MEANS TO OFFER ASSISTANCE TO MUJAHIDEEN IN AFGHANISTAN ONE SOURCE TOLD US THAT THE ORIGINAL HARAKAT ACTIVISTS CAME FROM A NON-POLITICAL ISLAMIC MISSIONARY ORGANIZATION THE TABLIGHI JAMAAT SEE REPH FOR MORE ON THIS ORGANIZATION AND THAT ACTIVISTS STILL ATTEND THE TABLIGHI ANNUAL MEETING IN RAIWIND ANOTHER SOURCE REFERRED TO- ANNUAL BARAKAT MEETINGS THAT TAKE PLACE NEAR LAHORE SEVERAL SOURCES CONFIRMED THAT THE HARAKAT IS AN EXCLUSIVELY DEOBANDI SUNNI ORGANIZATION AND THE NAME GIVEN BY TWO SOURCES AS THE LEADER OF HARAKAT IS FAZIL UR-REHMAN KHALIL OTHER INFORMATION INDICAT S THAT A MAULANA FAROOQ KASHMIR IS THE LEAOER OF HUA SEE REFTELS D AND G KHALIL WHO IS EVIDENTLY FROM PUNJAB REPORTEDLY CAME TO KARACHI IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE FEBRUARY 5 SHOOTINGS TO OFFER CONDOLENCES TO FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS WHO IS SUPPORTING THEM 13 - - ' ' ' l ' _ ' '--1 '9'1--- SEVERAL SOURCES HAVE CLAIMED TO THAT HARAKAT IS ABLE TO _RAISE SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL SUPPORT THROUGH PRIVATE us DONATIONS BOTH Wl'l HlN AND OUTSIDE OF PAKISTAN Bl THE FUND- RAISING EFFORT IN KARACHI ON FEBRUARY 5 WAS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL ACCORDING TO SEVERAL SOURCES AND SIMILAR EFFORTS ELSEWHERE HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN SElCR ET ' Current Class EetET Page 10 NCUSSIHtD · Current C l a s s Current Handling n a Document Number 1995KARACH01617 UICUSS HEO Page 11 Channel n a Case Number 200103815· PAGE 04 KARACH 01617 03 OF 04 290637Z EQUALLY SUCCESSFUL DONATIONS IN KARACHI WERE REPORTEDLY NOT AR GE BUT CAME FROM SUBSTANTIAL NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUALS DONATIONS FROM OUTSIDE OF PAKISTAN HAVE ACCORDING TO SEVERAL SOURCES COME FROM PRIVATE SOURCES IN A VARIETY OF COU NTRIES INCLUDING EGYPT ALGERIA AND SUDAN ANOTHER REPORTEDLY HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF SUPPORT IS A GROUP OF INDIAN MUSLIMS ORIGINALLY FROM GUJARAT BUT NOW BASED IN LONDON Bl NNNNPTQ1277 Current Class SECRET Page 11 UNClASSlflEO UNCUSSlfltD Current Class SEC E Current Handling n a Document Number 1995KARACH01617 Page 12 Channel n a case Number 200103815 SEGRE' ' PAGE 01 KARACH 01617 04 OF 04 PTQ1277 290637Z ACTION SA- O1 INFO LOG-O0 INR-00 CIAE-00 OASY-00 DODE-00 EUR-01 FBIE-00 ADS-00 NEA- 01 NSAE-00 DRL-09 0l2W ------------------BS9544 290638Z 38 R 290634Z MAR 95 FM AMCONSUL KARACHI TO SECSTATE WASHDC 4024 INFO AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI USIA WASHDC 4568 AMCONSUL BOMBAY AMCONSUL PESHAWAR USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL AMCONSUL LAHORE TEDE-00 S EC R E-T SECTION 04 OF 04 KARACHI 001617 LONDON FOR TUELLER CENTCOM ALSO FOR POLAD USIA FORNEA - K OBEE E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PGOV PINR KISL PINS PK IN SUBJECT THE HARAKAT UL ANSAR THE PA ISTAN DIMENSION SECRET I •------ a PAGE 02 KARACH Current Class SE€R-EX 01617 04 OF 04 Bl 290637Z Page 12 NCUSSlflta UNCUSSIHED Current Class current Handling n a Document Number 1995KARACH01617 Page 13 Channel n a ____ _ ______ _ _ _C-a-s_e N umber 200103815 Bl WHAT ARE THEIR OBJECTIVES ·15 BARAKAT' S STATED OBJECTIVE IS TO WAGE JIHAD IN · ANY COUNTRY IN WHICH IT BELIEVES THAT MUSLIMS ARE BEI NG PERSECUTED ITS PRIMARY INTEREST AT THIS STAGE IS CLEARLY KASHMIR AND ACCORDING TO OUR INFORMATION MOST OF ITS RESOURCES ARE BEING TARGETTED IN THAT DIRECTION IT HAS REPORTEDLY PLACED ACTIVISTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES AS WELL HOWEVER THE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS WE BEARD ARE BOSNIA CHECHNYA THE PHILIPPINES AND BURMA NONE OF OUR SOURCES GAVE ANY INDICATION THAT HARAKAT POSES ANY THREAT TO THE U S AT THIS STAGE NOR THAT IT HAS ANY PLANS TO TARGET· THE U S OR ANY U S INTERESTS --SECRET PAGE 03 KARACH 01617 04 OF - 04 290637Z THE GLARE OF PUBLIC ATTENTION 16 ' 5 UL HAD PRIOR TO FEBRUARY HARAKAT KEPT A PROFILE IN PAKISTAN _ _ _ _ _ I INDICATED TO AD POLOFF RELATIVELY LOW Current Class ffi lCRET __ i Bl Bl Page 13 UNClASSlfIED ________________________________________ _ i Current Class Current Handl ing n a Document Number 1995KARACH01617 Page 14 Channel n a Case Number 2001 03815 ON MARCH 13 THAT HARAKAT HAS PUBLICLY SOLICITED DONATIONS BEFORE IN DIFFERENT CITIES IN PAKISTAN AND THAT IT rs· COMMON PRACTICE FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO COLLECT PRIVATE DONATIONS IN THE NAME OF THE KASHMIR CAUSE THE FEBRUARY 5 DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS HOWEVER HAVE INCREASED ITS PROFILE IN KARACHI COMMENT r___________________ mrs 17 I Bl ORGANIZATION IS ABLE TO MOUNT A HI GHLY EFFECTIVE FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN AND I S PUBLICLY DECLARING ITS OBJECTIVE TO WAGE JIHAD I N KASHMIR 11 WHAT IS LESS CLEAR IS HOW MUCH OF THE MONEY RAISED BY THIS GROUP IS ACTUALLY GOING TOWARD THE KASHMIR CAUSE AND WHAT OTHER ACTIVITIES THE BARAKAT MEMBERS IN PAKISTAN MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN WE WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE FURTHER INFORMATION ON HARKAT UL ANSAR END COMMENT -SECRE4' SECRET· PAGE 04 KARACH 01617 04 OF 04 290637Z THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN COORDINATED WITH EMBASSY ISLAMABAD 18 KE1'_1NEDY Current Class ECRBT Page 14 UNClASSlfIED