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UNITED STATES MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS
October 31, 2014
Dear Madam Ambassador:
The U.S. Mission to the United Nations informs the Committee pursuant to resolutions 2140 (2014) that the following individuals have been identified pursuant to paragraph 17 of resolution 2140 (2014) as engaging in or providing support for acts that threaten the peace, security or stability of Yemen: Former President Ali Saleh, Abd alKhaliq al Huthi, Abdullah Yahya al Hakim. We request that these individuals be added to the 2140 (2014) Sanctions List.
We have provided detailed
information on the reasons behind our request for inclusion on the list in the
attached statement of case.
Please accept, Excellency, the
assurances of my highest consideration.
Sincerely,
...
(U) Statement of
the Case: Ali Abdullah Saleh
(U) Name: Ali Abdullah Saleh
(U) Also Known As: Ali Abdallah Salih
(U) Gender: Male
(U//FOUO) Date of Birth: March 21, 1945
(U) Alternate Date of Birth: March 21, 1946
(U) Alternate Date of Birth: March 21, 1942
(U) Place of Birth: Bayt al-Ahmar, Sana’a Governorate, Yemen
(U//FOUO) Alternate Place of Birth: Sana’a, Yemen
(U//FOUO) Nationality: Yemen
(U//FOUO) Passport: 00016161 (Yemen)
(U//FOUO) Position: President of Yemen’s General People’s
Congress party
(U) Alternate Position: Former President of the Republic of
Yemen
(U) Per the November 23, 2011 Gulf Cooperation Council
agreement, Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped down as President of Yemen after more
than 30 years and transferred power to his Vice President, Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi. Although Saleh is no longer President, he
retains considerable influence in Yemen’s politics as head of the country’s
ruling party, the General People’s Congress (GPC).
(U) Ali Abdullah Saleh has engaged in acts that directly or
indirectly threaten the peace, security, or stability of Yemen, such as acts
that obstruct the implementation of the agreement of November 23, 2011, between
the Government of Yemen and those in opposition to it, which provides for a
peaceful transition of power in Yemen, or that obstruct the political process
in Yemen.
(U) As
of fall 2012, Ali Abdullah Saleh had reportedly become one of the primary
supporters of the Huthi rebellion.
Saleh was behind
the attempts to cause chaos throughout Yemen. More recently, as of September 2014, Saleh is
reportedly inciting instability in Yemen by using the Huthi (or “Ansar Allah”) dissident
group to not only delegitimize the central government, but also create enough
instability to stage a coup. According
to a September 2014 United Nations Panel of Experts report on Yemen, Saleh
supports the Huthis by providing them funds and political support, as well as
ensuring that GPC members do nothing to hinder the Huthis in achieving their
objectives. Although Saleh was provided
an opportunity to respond to these allegations, as described in the Panel of
Experts report, he has merely denounced them without providing
explanations. Saleh’s strategy in these
activities appears to be aimed at demonstrating that President Hadi is a failed
President.
(U) The September 2014 United Nations Panel of Experts
report on Yemen also alleges that Ali Abdullah Saleh has been using Al-Qa’ida
in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) operatives to conduct assassinations
against individuals and attacks against military installations in order to
further weaken President Hadi and sow discontent within the army and
population. Clashes in the south of Yemen in February 2013
were a result of the combined efforts of Saleh, AQAP, Iran, and key southern
secessionist ‘Ali Salim al-Bayd to cause trouble before the March 18, 2013
National Dialogue Conference in Yemen.
(U) Statement of
the Case: Abd al-Khaliq al-Huthi
(U) Primary Name: Abd al-Khaliq al-Huthi
(U) Also Known As: Abd-al-Khaliq al-Huthi
(U) Also Known As: Abu-Yunus
(U) Also Known As: Abd-al-Khaliq Badr-al-Din al Huthi
(U) Also Known As: ‘Abd al-Khaliq Badr al-Din al-Huthi
(U) Gender: Male
(U) Date of Birth: 1984
(U) Position: Huthi military commander
(U) Abd al-Khaliq al-Huthi has engaged in acts that directly
or indirectly threaten the peace, security, or stability of Yemen, such as acts
that obstruct the implementation of the agreement of November 23, 2011, between
the Government of Yemen and those in opposition to it, which provides for a
peaceful transition of power in Yemen, or that obstruct the political process
in Yemen. Al-Huthi is a military leader
of the Huthi group, an entity that has engaged in acts that obstruct the
implementation of the agreement of November 23, 2011 between the Government of
Yemen and those in opposition to it, which provides for a peaceful transition
of power in Yemen, or that obstruct the political process in Yemen.
(U) In
late October 2013, Abd al-Khaliq al-Huthi led a group of Huthi fighters dressed
in Yemeni military uniforms in an attack on locations in Dimaj (Yemen) which
were controlled by Salafis. The ensuing
fighting resulted in multiple deaths on both sides.
(U) In August 2014, the U.S. Department of State strongly
condemned the Huthis (also known as “Ansar Allah”) for actions taken to
undermine the Gulf Cooperation Council political transition process and Yemen’s
stability. Specifically, the U.S.
condemned the Huthi’s “provocative, aggressive, and destabilizing actions and
incitement against the Government of Yemen, the establishment of armed camps in
and around Sana’a, and their continued illegitimate control of Amran.”
(U) In
late September 2014, an unknown number of unidentified Huthi movement fighters
allegedly were prepared to attack the U.S. Embassy in Sana’a, Yemen, upon
receiving orders from Huthi military commander of Sana’a,
Abd al-Khaliq al-Huthi. In fall 2014, Al-Huthi
was interested in moving explosives within Yemen. On August 30, 2014, al-Huthi coordinated with
the Huthis in Amran, Yemen, to move weapons from Amran to a Huthi protest camp
in Sana’a.
(U) Statement of
the Case: Abdullah Yahya al Hakim
(U) Primary Name: Abdullah Yahya al Hakim
(U) Also Known As: Abu Ali al Hakim
(U) Also Known As: Abu-Ali al-Hakim
(U) Also Known As: Abdallah al-Hakim
(U//FOUO) Also Known As: Abu Ali Alhakim
(U) Also Known As: Abdallah al-Mu’ayyad
(U) Gender: Male
(U) Date of Birth: circa 1985
(U) Alternate Date of Birth: 1984-1986
(U//FOUO) Place of Birth: Dahyan, Yemen
(U) Alternate Place of Birth: Sa’dah Governorate, Yemen
(U//FOUO) Nationality: Yemen
(U) Address: Dahyan, Sa’dah Governorate, Yemen
(U) Position: Huthi group second-in-command
(U) Abdullah Yahya al Hakim has engaged in acts that
directly or indirectly threaten the peace, security, or stability of Yemen,
such as acts that obstruct the implementation of the agreement of November 23,
2011, between the Government of Yemen and those in opposition to it, which
provides for a peaceful transition of power in Yemen, or that obstruct the
political process in Yemen. In addition,
al Hakim is a military or political leader of the Huthi group (also known as
“Ansar Allah”), an entity that has engaged in acts that obstruct the
implementation of the agreement of November 23, 2011 between the Government of
Yemen and those in opposition to it, which provides for a peaceful transition
of power in Yemen, or that obstruct the political process in Yemen.
(U)
Abdullah Yahya al Hakim gained prominence as a Huthi military commander
following the Huthi takeover of the al-Ahmar homes in Hashid (Yemen) in January
and February 2014.
(U) In June 2014, Abdullah Yahya al Hakim – the Huthi
group’s second-in-command – reportedly held a meeting in order to plot a coup
against Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi.
Al Hakim met with military and security commanders, tribal chieftains, and
officials, and leading partisan figures loyal to former Yemeni President Ali
Abdullah Saleh also attended the meeting, which aimed to coordinate efforts to
take over Sana’a.
(U) In an August 29, 2014 public statement, the President of
the United Nations Security Council condemned the actions of Huthi forces
commanded by Abdullah Yahya al Hakim, who overran Amran (Yemen), including the
Yemeni Army Brigade headquarters on July 8, 2014. Al Hakim led the Huthi group’s July 2014 takeover of the Amran Governorate. Al Hakim was the Huthi military commander
responsible for making decisions regarding the Huthis’ ongoing conflicts in the
Amran Governorate and Hamdan (Yemen).
On July 3, 2014, al Hakim reportedly told the Presidential Committee
tasked with the supervision of the implementation of the ceasefire agreement in
the Amran Governorate that the Huthi fighters would not withdraw from the
positions and checkpoints under their control in the Amran Governorate, Hamdan
District, and other areas in Bani Matar, Yemen.
(U) In August 2014, the U.S. Department of State strongly
condemned the Huthis for actions taken to undermine the Gulf Cooperation
Council political transition process and Yemen’s stability. Specifically, the U.S. condemned the Huthi’s
“provocative, aggressive, and destabilizing actions and incitement against the
Government of Yemen, the establishment of armed camps in and around Sana’a, and
their continued illegitimate control of Amran.”
(U) As
of early September 2014, Huthi military commander Abdullah Yahya al Hakim
remained in Sana’a (Yemen) to oversee combat operations in case fighting
began. Al Hakim’s role was to organize
Huthi military operations so as to be able to topple the Yemeni government on
the order of Huthi leader ‘Abd al-Malik al-Huthi. Al Hakim was responsible for securing and
controlling all routes in and out of Sana’a.
He commanded a Huthi unit of about 300 persons paid to fight the Yemeni
government.
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