Cablegate: Embassy Receives 1st Formal Request to Lift Company From

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PP RUEHGI RUEHMA RUEHROV
DE RUEHKH #1288/01 2281429
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 161429Z AUG 07
FM AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8225
INFO RUCNFUR/DARFUR COLLECTIVE

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KHARTOUM 001288

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR AF/SPG, AF/EPS, EB/IFD, AND EB/ESC
DEPT PLS PASS USAID FOR AFR, AND ALSO PASS USAID

SIPDIS
SENSITIVE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
SUBJECT: EMBASSY RECEIVES 1ST FORMAL REQUEST TO LIFT COMPANY FROM
SANCTIONS LIST

REF:

1. (U) SUMMARY: On July 24, Embassy Khartoum received its first
formal request from a company asking to be removed from the
specially designated nationals (SDN) sanctions list issued on May
29, 2007. Osman El-Hadi of the Shiekan Insurance and Reinsurance
Company contends that although the company is owned by the
Government of Sudan (GoS,) the government does not benefit from
Shiekan because it is an Islamic insurance company that annually
returns its profits to its policy holders. He further contends that
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