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| Terror Networks |
| Moussaoui tied to 9/11 plot |
| 2002-11-20 |
| An al Qaeda leader in U.S. custody told investigators that accused September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui met with a man believed to have been one of the masterminds of the attacks, sources said Wednesday. The information came from Ramzi Binalshibh, who has said he helped coordinate the September 11, 2001, attacks. Binalshibh told investigators that Moussaoui met with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a senior al Qaeda operative, in the winter of 2000 and that Mohammed provided Moussaoui with contacts in the United States, sources said. Binalshibh has told interrogators he sent money to Moussaoui on at least two occasions, as prosecutors alleged in the Moussaoui indictment. The sources said Binalshibh told interrogators Mohammed was not confident about using Moussaoui in the September 11 plot and that Moussaoui drew too much attention to himself while taking flight lessons in the United States in 2001. Binalshibh told investigators Mohammed decided not to use Moussaoui in the attacks unless he considered it absolutely necessary. He was too unstable for even them. Binalshibh was captured in a September raid in Karachi, Pakistan, and has since been in U.S. custody, undergoing interrogation at a secret location. Singing like a bird. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 "More giggle juice, Ramzi?" "Yes, thank you! I'd love some..." |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-11-20 18:50:12 |