Cablegate: Possible Poison Pen, Another One?

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UNCLAS OTTAWA 000237

SIPDIS

TERREP

STATE FOR DS/ITA, DS/IP/WHA, DS/IP/NEA AND DS/PII
POSTS FOR RSO, CIA FOR CTU

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER ASEC
SUBJECT: POSSIBLE POISON PEN, ANOTHER ONE?

1. (sbu) ON JANUARY 21, 2005, US CONSULATE MONTREAL RECEIVED
A LETTER FROM AN INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFYING HIMSELF AS OSMAN
TATLICILAR, KIMYA YUK.MUH, KISLA CAD. 2 GENC HAN, SIT.
NO:115/40, RAMI-ISTANBUL, TURKEY. THE FOLLOWING REPRESENTS
FULL TEXT OF THE TYPE WRITTEN, ONE PAGE LETTER DATED 22
DECEMBER 2004.

START:

"DEAR SIR,

"YOU TO BEHEAD AMERICAN HOSTAGES"
"BY DOING SO, YOU STAY MOST INFLUENTIAL"
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO GAVE ME THAT ORDER TO A TERRORIST
GROUP WHO IS MOST ACTIVE IN MOSUL AND BAGHDAD AND FELLUJAH?

THIS IS:

MR. EMIN BALAY

A MOSLIM MIGRANT NOW LIVING IN OTTOWA AND WORKING AS
CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER WITH CANADIAN COMPANY.

PLEASE CHECK HIS PAST:
HE WAS IN BAGHDAD
HE WAS IN TRIPOLI
HE WAS MIDDLE-ASIAN COUNTRIES.
THERE HE ESTABLISHED HIS CONNECTIONS FOR HIS ILLEGAL
ACTIVITIES:
TRAFFICKING AND TERRORISM.

HE WAS PURSUED BY POLICE, AND VERY CLOSE TO BE IDENTIFIED, HE
FLED TO CANADA.

HE WAS BACK TO ISTANBUL RECENTLY AND HAD MEETING WITH A
TERRORIST GROUP UNDER HIS AUTHORITY.

HE ORDERED BEHEAD AMERICAN HOSTAGES TO BE INFLUENTIAL AGAINST
USA.

THIS IS BEGINNING OF VIOLENCE.

IN CASE YOU CAN MANAGE TO MAKE HIM TALK, YOU'LL ILLUMINATE
SOME DARK CORNERS OF TERRORISM IN IRAQ. CONSEQUENTLY, YOU'LL
SAVE THE LIVES OF MANY INNOCENT AMERICANS. BECAUSE HE IS IN
PREPARATION OF NEW EVILS AGAINST USA.

END

2. (U) COPIES OF THE LETTER WILL BE PROVIDED TO CANADIAN
AUTHORITIES AND ALL RELEVANT US LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
REPRESENTED AT POST TO INCLUDE CONOFF. RSO CONDUCTED RECORD
CHECKS, NEGATIVE. RCMP/CSIS PENDING.

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