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Teat N~mber: IA
Locatiom'fBI, San Diego Field Office
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.. . n~.w of al-Bayoumi.] ]was having financial
foblems. As fat'as wh ...... ,aa1ire~s was on the hijackers' February 13tfi
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, , .. uldn ,..~be surprised if Bayoumi gave/the hijackers
rs 'stIll a gap il:t the time frame and they can't figure that out.
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wasn't involved in the.,in,tervi'~w~ofthe apartment manager, so he can't really
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lieported ~fter 9/1 j'\th'a.t ~,n~ the hijacked had ihtroduced him to
someone named I ..... I--~h~ fBI\fan this down, andit turned out it was
actually someone n~~dl.... ........ IJ~is not the same ~y =l
Washington, who is the-subject of a WFO--.j,nv.~tigation. It wasa yotf'n....,..~....- -- ..
in San Diego at variouspoints. "r-1I.oe~~ ..)t: know hoW:Hazmi ll\e ' __ ..
Saudis in San Diego wer~"l»:ett~~\~~~t 'of the Saudis knew .e~c ot. ere..~~~
never ended up getting the meney It) ques~io.n.!--r---lthihks that fhe ICSD i¢adership
may have caught wind of the "~~ney·>...They w.~~ec~ of'It aI)d/they nixed the deal.
The prominent Saudi leaders were trying to',gdi:p\$audi money, ./ / ../
The FBI never ~~~nedil case o~"\ ' '." llhey jht~fvie,wedhim extensively
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and he was cooperative. He explained the money tr~~sfer: tpa:t:' he was involved in with
the hijackers to the FBI's satisfaction.The tniMt~~~rtv::before the hijackers had a
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relationship WIth the hlJackers;:( ······...I~snow In Kuwaif If.te\moved back there a out 3-4
months.:agp:'t '<::::lontacted the FBI.9rf1,oI:} occasion ~*el9/""'~
to report possible hate
'. '. crimes against the ICS:P or its members.vDuringthese .:int¢rv~ews,"'pebrought up people
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\\\\ As far ~." . re'o;:;~iig:?n how the ~ijac~~!;JtI'l ~o:s not
.....ret~11. He's not sure 1' as ask~~. about It. ! I
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I .... There were severa~different &,oUps Ofallent~inVOlve~in these interviews; I.__
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was represented early on byl '-.:1 , i ad concern that he would be
wrapped up as a material witness. '. f j ~
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\ \. Arab from Algeria. He was here illegal. ~was cooperative with the FBI. They
\ \,couldn't verify all of his world travel. ButL--.Jnoted that all the associates have of
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\ ~aps in their story. Abdoun was not a trusted associate, andrnhinks that given the
,fact that he's a non-Arab, the others would not have trusted
\ \ Abdoun reporting that he saw the two hijackers coming out of the library room in
~h¢mosque. Abdoun was downstairs .: Behind the hijackers was A\ulaqi. Abdoun was so
a:n~ry at the time. He wanted to stay at the mosque in the guest room and they wouldn't
)~t him. He was mad because he thought that the hijackers were being allowed to stay
t~*. Modhar may have been with Abdoun on the first floor. Mohdar may have told
A~d\un that in fact, the hijackers were not staying there. \
\ \ Abdoun said that once he found out that the hijackers were associated with the
Sar~nac Street apartments, he left. Abdoun had pre 9/11 immigration problems.
r----1h~ught that he introduced Abukar and the hijackers. Abukar told the FBI
that he~emember meeting them. There is nothing to indicate t~at the hijackers
had a relationship with Abukar beyond this initial introduction. Abukar is one of the
leaders in the Somali c mmunit . He was a leader at the ICSD ear a:
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referred Mohdhar Abdullah to Abukar through the Al-Ribat mosque (ndte: Abukar
• helped Mohdhar with his asylum application). Abukar was well known] ~oted.
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\,~, \ •.\"\\ Omar Abdi Moham~ed is J~ed;omali in ~~'D'!ego -, At one point, they had
\ \~den.~jfi~dhim as associated with·t~{e/AIAJ After 9/11, he
had contacts with Chehade .
\, trom\the. ..Global Relief'Foundatiouyand ~as receiving money from hind I
\~as also t..~ceiving money fro~/G,RF ($$002000 over a 1 Vz year period). Once GRF was
do~nl
$,h':lt ~ropped oJt ~,n:eraq,ar:i ~as not well liked, even by the other
Somalis., They have closed their investigation on him. They have IRS charges ready and
probably \yill indict him inJh~ ... next few months. They hope that this will get him to
cooperate. '1 Ididn '~}iaye any /elationship with the ~ijackers.
. \\ \rlliked Ba?~Umi. H~thought that he could get money out of his for his
own lp~e ha4,:6o .i~latiol1~hip with other hijacker associates. He was not well
liked and did not haye alot of friends. He has traveled to \Africa (Kenya) and to
Austra'Val F0}lid like ~ know with who~ he w~~ meeting in Kenya. He doesn't
know whether or not he would be a good source into radical groups.
~'-~"""':-_.I';.;;a=i a ad' ee mg about him even pre 9/1., but he needed more proof
Hazmi to
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doing here. In
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that qe considered Aulaqi a great manand their spiritual leader. Pre
,~Ck to San Diego briefly.r--ltoeslI"t
opinion, if anyone had kn~
know whathe was
of th~ plot, it would have been
Aulaqi. Someone a to beinthe us
and keep the hijackers spiritually focused. The
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hijackers were pretty solid operationally. They didn't tell a whole lot of-people what they
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