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BEFORE:

PATRICK:P. FITZGERALDAssis ~a nt Uni ted States ~~torney

HOflORABLE A.NPR£~ J . PECKUnite d States Ma9is~r8te J udgeSouthe rn Di strict a f Hew Yo r k

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ALI ADDELSEOUD MOKM'ED,a/k/il "Abu Omar, "a/y./ a "0ma r , II

Defendant .

SOUTHER" nI STRI C7 OF NEW YORK . ~S.:

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SEAL~D COMPLJl.1Nl'

Viola tion ofTitl e 18, Un iteds t a. t es CodQ ;Sections 23 ~ 2

and 1001.

DANIEL COU;H,,\N, belnq duly sworn, deposes and says tha tne i s a special Aqent of the federa l Bureau of I nvestigar.ioni"fBI"), ilnd charges as fo1lo.... s:

COUNT ONE : HU~ CONSP IRACY

1. Fro~ in o r about 199 2 thro u9 h t he da t e o f the:" LU.ng or th i s Complui n t, /Ll .l AUDELSECUD MOHAMED, u / k /u lI~bu

On.;,r; ·' u!y./a ·' Orna t', " the dor-Qnd~ ht:, t cget h e r with Ucalll a Bin L~dcn

e n d o t tiu r-s known ;lnl! un k nown , "m I dw l u l Ly r wi 1 full y and xno....'in<jlyco~bi ncd , consp ired, confede rated ~nd ilg r~ e d together and with~ a ch o t hc ~ ~o k i l l n8t ianal s o f ~h~ Un ited States, i ncl ud ingnational~ o f t he Unit e d $t~tes ~h ile s u c h na t ionals were o\:tsid~

~h~ uni~cc St~~cs.

2 . In fu rtherance of the con~piracy ~nd to effect theODjoct ~hereof, the defendant and others committ ed the followingov e ~ t ~cts, a~ong ot~~rs;

a. At v arious ti~es ! ro~ at leas t as early a s1990. ALl AUDELSEOUD MOHAMED, a/k/a "Abu Omar," a /};/ a "0111&r, u thed efendant, ~o~ with member~ a nd associates ot b e~rrorist g roupk n cvn as "Al Qaeda" i n A.fghiln i stan. tho Sudan and clscwhcr~:

b . At var i ous t imes iron at l~ab~ as ear l y as1990, ,\ L I ASDELS EOUD MOKl\::'U:D, ~/k/L1 lIJi.bu omar," a/kill "0mar, II andothe r~ ~n ¢~ n and unkno~n. provided trainin9 in vbr iou s areas,i ocl uding Afgh ani s ta n and t he sudan , fo r t he use o f Al Qa~da a nd

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:t~ affiliated groups ;c. At v~riou$ times from at l east as early as

~ S190, ALI ABDE LS EOUD MOHAMEU, a/k/a "Abu Oma r , II ~/}va "Omu r , II

traveled ~o various placos ~o deliver" ~essages ano en9age infinanc ial transactions lor the benefit of Al Qaeda a nd itsa f f i l iat ed groups ~

I n cr about 1991 , ALI A~DELSEciuJ HOHN~ED,a/ KI a "Ab u O:nar," a/K/a "o;nar,t1 travelled to Afghanistan toescort Us~oa Bi n La den fro~ Afghanistan to t he Suda~;

e. At various times fro i n or a bout 1992 , U~ama

Di n Laden a nd other rankinq ~embQrs ot Ai Qagda ~t tod priva~Qlyt o othor ~c~er~ ot Al Q~eda th~t ~h9 United Stotes forces5t~tioned on the Saudi Arabian pQninsula, including both Sa ud iArabi a and Yemen, s hould be attacked:

Ar var i ous times from i n or about 1992, U~a~a

Bin Laden und other ranking members o r ~l Qacua s ta t ed privatelyto o~hor me ~cr~ 01 Al Q~cda t hat th~ uni~ed Sta~es f o rcesstationed i n the Horn at Afr ica , i ncluding Sc~al ia, should b oa ':t. iicJ<Qd;

g . 8e~ i nnin9 in o r about e arly s p r i ng 1993, ~l

Q~edb member s began to ~rovide tra ining a nd a~s istance to Somalit r I bcs oppos cd to t l:c Un ited Na t ions l i n te rvent ion in Somalia;

h . ln or about 1993 1 ALI ABDELSEOUD MOHAMED.iJf}:/iJ 'IAbu OJlnr,n a/ ~:/ a Ilo:nar , u provided t raini ng to me~bers andassocia tes of ~ l Qaeda in Khartoum, "thG Sudan .

i. In O~ ~bDu t 1993 , ALI ABDELSEOUD MOHAM£D.lJ. /k/ <.l "Abu Omu r ," a j>;/a "0mar , u t.ravelled to Soma l i a.

) . At v a r i o us t.imes in 1994 1 ALI ,l;.BCr;J..SEOUD1,t~HAl1er;, a/}o;/a " ii.};lu cma r , II ~/k/a IIOmar ," and others known andUnXnQ~l l , ? ~ov ided training to the porsonal bodY9u~rds of U5a~~

U':' r. Lad e n i n the S\~dan;

k. In or about 199~, ALl ABDf.LSEOUn MOHAMED. ).i / t(<l .'IA b '..J O(llar , " a/lVi.) IOr:t<3r," operated vo r i ous businesses. in} :~ :: i' o en ):~h a l f of USc1[71u Bi n Laden.

1. J\t varicl1:> ~imC!s f rom in Or' abotl': 1996, USt\n1ai ll:: I"rulen s t acod publicly that t.!)C! UnJ,tcd Sta t:es forces stationedtl:] th~ S':1udi Are b i an peninsula shuu l d be c1tt,)c~:t!d.

(Title lSI United S~ates Codal Section 2JJ2(b).)

COCNL~. TWO THROUGH ~~Y~~;_fALSE STATEHE~S TO IEDE~L b~~ITrES

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J. In or about Dcc~rebe~ 1994, in t he Northernn i s t.r Ic e, of cal ifornia, ALI ABDEI.£F;OUO MOIlAl-lE D, a!}o;/a "Abu Ornnr."rt /~:/l1 "0na r," cno defendant, in a :TIClt.'t.t1r' ...·i t.hin the jurisdicl:.ionof ~he eX~cutive branCh of the COV9rn~ent of the United States,kno~lng l y nd w illf~lly: (i) !alsitied, concea led and covered upby a ~~ lck. scheme and dev ice a nater iu l fact: a~d (i . ) made~aterlt lly t al se, fic~itious a nd traudulent statemen~s andrOprescnt.a: io~5 ; to wi~, the defendan~ falsel y stated t o a

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Speclal Ag~n't o r t he Fede ra 1 Bureau of Inves'tigati on ( " )-'81 1t} that

ho ha d nOL ~rained muj ahideer. 1n Afg hani s tan when in t act h~ haddon e so o n repeate d occ asi ons, inclUding 1989 and 1991 dt l edst.

{Titl ~ lS, ~nit~d StA teS C9d~ , S~ctio~ IDOl. }

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e • In or aboll ':.~, i n th~ Not"t.h crn Dis t r i c te i' Ca liforni <1 ~ ALI hDOELSEOUD MOHAMED , a./k/ a " Abu Or.'l ~r ,1I ~/~V ~

"O r.Ja r , " 'the defend ant . in tl ma t ter wi t h in the j u ri s d i ct i on o f t~e

exec u t i ve b r a noh o f the Gove r nment o f t h e united St ate s , .](no.'in~ly ana 'ill Cully : (1) fa lsifi ed, concea t sd and covered upby a tr ick , scheme and device a ~ateria l facti and (ii) ,bdematerially ftllse, fictitious and fraudu l e nt s tatements anar epr es ent a t ions ; to ~i't, t he defenda nt falsc:y stated in aq u e s t i o nn a i re submitted to the Oepa~mc~ of Dc~~c that he h a c In ever been affil i at ed with a group which a d v o c a t es disr upti ngUni ted St a t e s Gcv ern~ent act iv it ies throu9h for c e o r v iolence.

(Titl e le, United S ~a t c ~ Coda , SQcticn lOOl.)

COUllT FOUR

5. I n or ilbout J a nuc1 r y 1 9 9 5, in the No r t h e r n Dis t ri c tof cal if c r n i a , ALI ABDELSEoU'i:>Ro;-tAMe , a/lela "Ab u cinar," a/k/a1I0mar, II the d a f e nd a nt , in :l mM:t~r wi t h i n the j urisdiction of the~xecutive br~nch of the Govern~ent o f ~h~ United States,};r~o'-'in91}' e nd wiUfu ly: (L ) falsified, concea Le d and covered upby a trick, scheme bnd device a ~aterial fact; and eli) ~ade

~~~cri~lly fa ls e , f ict i ti~ us ~nd fraudulent state~ents ~nd ­

r~pre~ c nt aticns ; t o vit, t he defenda~t falsely sta t e d in aquestionnai r e s u b mi tted to th e Dcpart m~n~ o f De f e n s e t hat h isp revious fo r e ign tr ~ v el c onsisted of tra ve l f rom December 1989 t oDec ~mber 1994 t o Eg~'ptt t he United r...rab Emi rc1tes , Saud i Arabiaand K~ny .), Wh~re(\5' in truth and t act ;"U ABDELSEOUD M~HlI\ML-:Otl' ~vcll\:,j to nume r o us, o cnc r ploc~s . spec i f i cally i"cludlng theSedan. P3~i stan , Af ghan istan a nd S orn~ li a.

(Ti t le lS , Uni t ed St~tes C~de, Sec~ion 1 0 0 1 . )

COUUT Fl~

6. Ie or abou~ August 1995, in th Northe n Di str i c tc I C<:i lifcrnia , I... LI ABDELS£OU D ~OJ(A11ED, a / K/il " hbu Omdr," a / Kia"or:,ar," 1;h~ duH er.dant, in a n~t~e r 'Withi n t he jurisdiction o f thee~ucutive bra nc h o f the Gov ern~on t of t h e Uni t ed St~~es ,

k nowi n;ly ~ nd willfUlly : ( i) fa lsi ! i e d , co nc oAled and covered up~y ~ t~ ic k, schemQ ~nd dev ice d material f a cc~ an d ( i i) ma de~~terially false, fic t i t i ou ~ ~nd fraudulent ~tatenents a n d

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rcpro:Hmt,'t.ions; to wit, the de f e nda nt; falsely uee e od co theDepa r cme :"l t o ! O~fense thdt. his previous Coreign t.ravel t o .i\(riCdland the Gull States c or.sistcd of travel from December 198 9 t oDecenber 1994 to £9ypt l the United Arab Emir~tes, S a udi Arab~a.

KenYA. Ta;ntaniol, Ethiopi~, Jligc:(", oj it.,ol:ti , Uq:lndol., Morocco,KQwai~, and Om~n ~hereas in trut.h and tact ALI ABDELS£OUD MOHAMEDt r3ve ll od to other places in Arrica and the Gul' Stat.es ,sp~ci !i ca l l y i nc l udi ng th~ s udan and So~alia.

{Ti tle lS , Uni~ed State9 Code, Seet.ion lOOl .}

COUNT SIX

7. In or about Augus~ 1995, in t.ho Northern Distri~ t

o f c a t t ec enf e , ALI APOE:LSEOUD MOHAM£D, a/k/a "Abu. On:ar." a/J'Var·OJll3. r , " the de r endant; , i n a ma'l:ter lJi':hin tot'.a j ur isd ict. ion of the~ xecut ive br anc h ot the Gov~rn~ent 0' t he United State5,kn<l\l i ~9' ly and .... il lfully: ( i) falsif ied, conceal ed and cove r-ed upby ~ tr i=r. . sche~e and device a mb t~ri ~ l fac t ; and ( i i ) Dade~at er ia l )y false. fictit i ou s and fraudulent sta~e~er.~s andr eFresentat i o nsi t o wit. the defendant falsely s~atcd to the .De parement of Def e n s e that his t~o brothor~ were ~nc only people I'be hae contac: wIth -euts ade of xne United States vne reas in t.rut.l1and fil e t ,\ Ll AnDELSEOUD MOHAJrIED had c ontact with numerous othtlrpersons outs ide the United Sta t~s , i nc l ud i n9 Usa ma Bin Ladon and¢thc r mc~bcr ~ ~nd associates of al Qaeda and it ~ dfCiliatedter ror i st groups.

(Ti t l e 18, United State~ Code, Sect.ion 10 01.)

9. In or about ~ust 199 5, in the Northern Districtof Ca l ifo r n i a , ALI ABDE1E£OUD ~OliN1t"o; a/"t. /a "Abu OmilC,1I a /k/a"O:nar." tr.e defendant , in ~ matter .... ithin tho jurisdiction of thecx~cutiv~ br~nch o f the GOVernment of the Uni~Qd s~ates,

knc.... i ngl.y and 'oo'ilJ.fully: ( i ) falsified, conce a Led and covered. 'Upby a crlcK, scn~~c and device a ~atcribl fact: ~nd (ii) madem~ ~ e ~i a : ly false, tictitiou~ and fraudulent st~tements ~nd

repre~entations; to wit, the de!ondant fal~cly stat~d to theO..£e~'::.or~~~m~.~n~t::...~o~f~O~.::.:.'=~ th<it he :

never haa any contact such as personal m~etinqs . ~ritten

corrospondencc, tCIQphonic contact or any other form ofccmmunfce t Lon .... i t h anycne represent inc; J, non USi nte l 1 igenc~/se=urity service or gro~p, mov~ment or~s50c i ation that ddvocates or prnctices violence aqainst theUS qovern~ent. its citizens or its bll ies . 1 have neverbac n asked to work for a non US intelligence /se~urity

ccrv ice or group. ~ovement or association that advocates orpract ices vio:cncc ~qainst the US governeent. its ~itizenso ~ j~ s ~ 11ies . I h~ve never ~orked f o r or volunteered to

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vor k t or any non V. S . intclliqence/$ecurity service orgroup, ~ovement or association ~hich advDcatqs or practicesviol~nce aqains t ~he us qovcrnmcnt, its citizens or itsa l k Les • • •

Wherea~ i n t r u t b and f~ct ALI AnDELSEOuD HOHAM£D had concact v i t hU s a~~ Bin Laden and ot h e r rn~mbers and aS50ciates o f a l Qaeda a ndi ts aff ili~ted terrorist groups, which a dvocated and pr3c~iced

violcn~e against the United Stat~s, it~ e itizen$ ~nd i t s a l l i e s.

(Title IB, Unite~ Slates Code, Saction LOOl .)

~he b~ses tor ~y kno~1cdge and the tore90ing cnargese r e as £0110·...s=

9. I h~ve p~rticipat~d in tn~ invc ~ t i q~t i on of thea~ove-cap~iOn ed ~atter, and have s po ke n with other individu~ls,

i ~c:udin9 f ederal agents , other 1b~ enrorceffient ot[icial~, ando t he r wi t nes s e s , Wh60 I ~ely on statcnents mbde by others. s uc hs t ar e ecnt;u e re rct ee ec in part and in couscance unless ccue rvt s ai ndiC~~ed . Moreover, be cause 'this aCtidavi~ is submitted tOr thel i mited purpos e ot ostan1i5h i ng ~rob4ble cause ~upportinq thea= r e s t or the der~ndan~. I have not set forth e4ch and a ve r y ractl earned during the cou~se of this investigation.

1 0 . h r ev iew of ve r-Lcus government fil es , includi1'l9t he :r. i li tat"Y file of ALI ABDf.I.SEOUD MOHAH£tJ . a/KIa '·Abu Omar, ·'a/ 'l.itJ ·'or-.ar," inl;\i coiltes t hat. MDHAME D was born in Egypt and servedi n tne F.:gyptian nBitar)' fo r approximat~ly lJ yea rs f rom 1. 97 1 to1!; 8';, vn e r e he be s claimed to have received incalligence <lind~pcei il l force s ~r4 ining. MOXAHED then worked in counter - .t ~~ rori 5~ sec u r i t y !o~ ~9YPt Ai r l i n Qs from :99~ t o 1986 , when h een i qr a t ad to t.he 'United S't4t.es . In 1986, MOHMH':O e n listed in theUn ~ ted state s Army and ~as ev~ntually sta~iDnea at Fort Braqq .Uo r t h Ca r ol Lne , vne r e he "",'as a:;~iqned to the J ohn F . KennedySpecia l Warfare Cent~r.

11. ;.. cont I d e n t i e t so ur-c e ( " CS - l") wh o was 0 r.le ll'.ber0 1 :.hc "AI Qaeuo!ll" cruonf za c Icn lor [\ nUr.lOer of years and wa spc r sona l lv famil iar vi th U' ~ am.. Din redeu, has adm.i t t.edp~rt i~ ipat i ng in terror1st efforts aga inst A~erican i n t e r e s t s andn~~ advised the (oll owi n9 :

(a ) the "AI Qa e d a " or9anlzat ion g rew out o f an earlie rorqd n i za t i o n kno....n ee "Mekt~b 011 l<hide~dt" (th.e "serviceso t f i e e n ) ~hich h~ d been a ~upport o r9 &nizat1on tor the j i ha d inAfg hani stan . Al Oaed~ ~4S rounded by Usaoa Din Laden and sever.. lothe r s ~ith t h o intent t o use th~ mi litary exper ienc e gain~d bytne ~uj~hideon in Afq hanistan ~o ntte~pt t o fight Westernqovcrnrnents (inc ludi nq l~rael and the United Sta~es) ~nd

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OY~rthrow 90vern~cnts i n Hus l i~ c ountries whi ch uero no~ deemedto be I sl ~~icall, correct. rro~ lQS9 unt il i n o r about 1 991, thegroup ~~s headquartered in Afghanistan and p@shawd r . Pakistan .In or about 1991. th~ l ead~rship or ~ Qaeda, including its:SlJnir" {or pri nc e ) u seae Bin Laden , reloca~od to t.h e Sudan . AlQaeda ~as ~oadquar~e red in tho Su~a n fro~ approxi~~tQly 199 1un~i l app ro xima~el y 199 6 bu~ still ca intained o t f i ce~ ir. v~r ious

par t s of th~ _o r ld . I n 1996 , Bi n Laden a nd Al Qaeda r e l ocat ed t oAfghanistan .

(b) . The a l Q6ad.1 o r ga n i z a t i on .h.3d mCJll.bers vee madebayat (i .e . swore al legiance ) t o the ~ (p ri nea) o f theorganiz3tion, U5~~ a. Din Lacen. Other persons ~ere c l osel yassoci a t e d v ith al Qacda even though t he y mD y have e l ected no t t opl ed ge t u l l alleqi ance to Bi n Laden.

(e ) Us a o a Bin Laden had a pa r t icul a r ne ed f o r Unit edSt~ tes c i t izehs to aid a l Qa eda as person~ v i th United St a t e spa sspo~ t5 could travel £r~ely _ lthout raising su~picion .

( d ) I n part icular, i n t~e pe r i od f r om 19 90 to thepr esent , C sa~ Bi n Laden prov i ded and manaqed nu~erous

9u y~thou 6es and tr~ ininq eaDp~ i n Afqhanlstan , Pa ~ i' ta n a nd tneSuda n .

( e ) A~ va ~ious ti me s fr on in o r a bout :99 ~ , Usam~ Bin~den a nd ot he r ranKing mB~er~ of Al Obeda state d p rivbtely toot he r oe~bors of Al Obeda tha~; (i) Al Qacda s hou l d put dside itGditlcronces with Shilte Muslim terrorist organizations, i ncludinq~h~ Ccvern~Qnt of Xr~n and i t s affi l i ated tarrorist groupHezbol )ah. c o cecpe eet;e ag<iinst. the perc e ive d COlnl'\on eneey , theUr. i tcd ~tates ~ ~d its al lies: Ci i ) t he Unite d States forcP&~t ~ ti Cncd on t he S3ud i Ardb ian peninsuLa , includi ng both Sa ud i~ r ~o i a and ~ e~en , s ho ul d b e ~ t tacked : ana ( i ii ) the Oni~ed Statesfcrc~s s t~~i oncd 1n the Horn of hfr ica , inclUding s on a l i a . shouldbE." a t,;o)c>:ed.

( {) In or about 1993. al Ollleda for cl:!s trainod loca ltr i besmen i n Soma l i ~ to at~ack the Unit ed Nations and UnitedS ta~es f orces beCause a l Qaeo~ was atra id that the U.S. presence~~~ a s t ag i ng ground for a l ~ter attack on the Sudan .

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12. ceer ieene ra i scarce TlJo ("CS - 2 '· ' i s i!II persont.~r\ilia: vit;h a I Oaedd who hilS enqeqcd in cr im inal activity andnae edv i ae d that. he personally s a .... ALI A8D£:...sEOUD HOIIAl1ED, a/x/a" Atl\. 01:.'.l3r , " a/ k/3. "Oma:-," in }(host . Af9hani stan. i n about.Sept ~~be r 1992, vh e r c MOHAHED vas t r a ining p~rsons whc ~cre

co~a nders i n a1 QAeda . MOHAMED was i n t h i s ca~p f o r at least ~~~e )r; s.

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~cnfiQsntipl Sou~ce Th r e e

1). Confide nt i al s e uece Three (" :5-3" ) is i1 pe r son vn c\,'a£ i nt irna t.C!ly famiha r wi t.h various person s Invc l ved in jihad inthQ ~eV York area in t~u period from ~9B8 to 1990 andpe r r i c Lpe t.ed in criminal act ivity. In 19 90, CS-3 r.lc:e ~n " Olllb r ll

i n a mos que in S ~nta Cl ar a . California H_ ehe to~n in ~hi chXOIlNiE:D r e s Ided i n 1990 . CS - J described " omer" as some one vnorec~iVQd American ~i l i ta ry experience in boob- making, ~ho ser ved~s Bi n Lad~n's bodyquard and ~ho ~h~n liv~d ir. C41 ifornia.

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; 14. Confiuerrti:tl Source Four (I·CS_~") indicate s thilti n 1992 , ALI AaOeLSrOUD MOHAMED, a / k/a IlAbu oee r , " ~/x/a IIOlt.ar.,)Wd S t r ai n i n9 ~ujahid~en in Afghanistan and ~~s also ~ranslating

tr~inin9 ~4nuals from Enqlish into Arabic.

The 199) Boyal Ca nadia n Mounted Polic,:: Intervio!i

15. In 1 9 , 1, MOHAMED 4dv i s ed the Royal Canad ianMOUJ\ l:.cd Police ("ReMP") ehat. be had; provided intelli9Qnc-e oi'Indcountcr- i nte ll iq ~nce tr~ ining in Afghanista n to a p~rticular

icent i tied individu~ ! . MOH~ED indiented that he ~et thei nd i vi dua l in 19a8 ~nd last sa~ hi~ in Atghani sL~n i n 199 1.HOHA....'t ! D admi tted th o. t he hed travelled to v a nccuver-, Canada, i nt he spring o f 1993 to fac ilitate ~he entry of that individuali nto t he 'United StQt.cs. The i done i f ie d per son hlLd bouD stoppedt y ca n~d i a n Cus toms o f fic i a ls and wa s f ound t o DO i n the~o~~c~s ion cf a false pas~por~ and the driver'~ l icense o fl"!OHA.'U':O. :!"l OIJA..~£D fu r th(!r a.dR',ittcd that he "nd tho individual har.l ­t r i'l l:s portod us ama e i n Laden tro~ Afghimistan to t.he Sudan i nl S- ' l. , tit "'hich point HOHAHEO had l eft h is dr i ver' S t Iccne e ..... ith~r.c Lnd i v i dua l . MoHAMED eold RCMP tha~ he ~a 5 in Che process o fappl ying for b job a s an FBI lnterpret~r and d id not ~ant t h isi ncid e nt to j e op a :'"tHze the appr Icae Lo n, (In r~ct, M.OHAMED thenh~;i s uc h an appli cation pending though he wa!> never h ired 03S at r uns Lacor . )

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1G. A1 50 in 19 9 3. ALI MOHAMEO told Special Agent S oft~c f ~I t ha ~ Usama Bin ~d~n ran an orqanizati on called ~l Qaedaan d ve s hu i h hng 01 0 ar my whi c h lTIa y b e uaed t.o cve r t.nt-cv ebc Silud ico-vc rne cnt , HOHA!iED further stated 't.hat Bin La.den vas operati.ngcaepc 1:1 the Sudan and t.hat MOHAMED himself was tra inin9 peoplein the Sud.)n. MOHAl1ED a Lao "dvisod ttHI FBI t hae he had providedant.l-h ij aCkinq and int.r::lliqonce era1ning in "'C9tl.anistan to the ~pnr~ icul~r individual r eterrea t.o in tho prev ious paragraph.tIOH'\."l I:D i nd l c e t e d ~n<lt he me t that. individual i n 1986 and lastsaw hi~ i n ~lgha nl stan in 1991.

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17 . I n D~c eober 1994 , MOHAMED , vho was :i s t ed a s apotent ial def~nse witness in the ~hen pend ing tri a l of She ik OmarAbd~A Rah~an ~nd others for seditious conspiracy, was intervicwadby an PDt agent then assigned to the Ne~ York Office. MOH&~ED

indica~ed that he was t hen _or king in Kenya in t~e scuba divingbUSlness a n d adnittcd t hat he ~ade two prior trips t o PaXistan :one i n 1988 :is an lIob$c rYc r "i the seco nd in 1 9 91 in r esponse toO ar.e quest by the l a ~ o Xugtafa Shalabi to nove Us arna Bi~ Lnden outo f At".9hanistan.

7he Ja nuary 199 5 D~na r~ me nt of Defo~e Oue$tionnair~~

1 S . In 1995, MOHAM.EO sought a s ecuri ty clQ~rance to~or k as a ~ccurity guard at b ~l~ssitied area wi thin a !~c ility

naint~incc by a private company that did busine~5 on b~half ofthe De~artmcnt ot Defense. !n a January 1995 Department QfDa f cns o questionnaire . Moha med stat~d i n an attaChment inresponse to a question as t o wha t countries he h a d ~r~velled tol n ~he l a 5~ 5 years tha ~ he ~ravel led to Egy?t, t hQ Unite d ~rab

Emi r a t es, Saudi Ar a b ia a nd ~onya as pa:t of his i~por t- export

busin e ~ s . Moham~d d id no~ mention travol to Af9hani~tnn,

~aki5tan, ~h9 Sudan or Somu 1ia+ Indeed, in his bctual job.:.ppl i c at ion, Jo1oh~mQJ did not even list his overseas employment I

i~ ~ c r ad mitt i n9 that he did so deliDQrately bccau~a h e had beenadv i s ed tha~ r ecent OVe rsea s e~pl oymen t would disqual ify hi~ fro~

cO:ls idor a tion.

19 . As par~ c~ his bacKground check, MOHAMED w~s

i n ~ e rv i ewed on several occasions by represen~ativcs of theD~p a rt~c ~~ ot Defen~c . 1n his f irst ~tate~en~ (dated 8/2z j95 inSM I 'La Cl ara), HOHA.M !::O s t a t.ed tha t. ::ro m Nov a mber 198 9 to December1~94, he ~orkcd in t he i~pcrt/export oversedS travaling to Sa~di

Arabia ~~d Kuwai~ purchasing vehicles and se lling them i n Kenyaa nd Tan z .:mi a and buy i nq l e a t he r i'(.cms in Africa for res~le to theGulf States. He stated that he did not lis~ his i~por~/e~port

~xpcri~nc~ on his job ilppli c a:ion b~cau~c h e wa~ t old h ~ neededto be ~ n ~his country for 5 year s t o get t h e j c b .

20 . In hi s secon d sta~ement (aa t ed 8/28/95 in SantaCl~rd), MOHAMED st~te~ Chat from 1989 to 1994 he travQll~d toKenya , r15 times), Ethiopia (5 occasions) t Niger (1 time),D)ibou~i (1 occa~ion). Tanzania (10 to 15 occa~ions) , V9and~ (10to 15 o ccasions), Morocco (1 time ), Kuwait , the United ArabE~i ra~usr oman , Sauai Ara bia and Egypt dS his tr~ vcl to Africa~nd the Gll l ~ St a~es. MOHAM~D d i d not menti on tra vel to the SUd~n

o r SOJ:l.::ll :"a.

21. In tha~ S<1rne stat:emen~, HOHAMED also stated that":1y bro';tH~["5 arc the on l y peopl e I havo contact ·,d th our s i de of~h e Un i~e~ Sta tes " ~ f t e r d i s c uss :"ng h i s t~o bl ood brother~ l iv i ng

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in Egypt. He !ur-th ~r s cac cc that. "I nave never had any c on~ac ts u c h as persondl meQ~ings. ~rit~cn correspondence. te lephoniccont~C~ o r ~ ny othe~ 'o~ or co~~Un iCJ~lOn ~ith anyonerc~re5cnting a ncn ~s intell iQence/ securi~y s e rv i ce or groop ,movement or ~s50ciation that advocates or practic~s v 10 1e nc eaqainst thQ US governDent, its eitizen$ or its allios. l havenever be en askeQ to ~ork tor ~ non VS i n t el l igence/ s ecu ri tys ervice O~ 9rouP. movement or a~sociation that adYoc~tes orpractices violence aqainst the US government, it $ citi~ens Qr i~5

allies. I have never \.o"orked for or volunteered to vozk t or anyn o n u.s. intelli9cnce/~ecurity se~ice or group . ~ovcrncnt orassoci~tion wh icb advo~ ates or practices violcnc~ ~Q~in5t the USqcv e z- ninen t., its c I t r ae n s or its e Ld i e s . . . "

2 2 . In his th i rd s eaeemene (da t ed 11/8/95 in Sti n t"Clara ) ~ KOXMED st.a.tt:d that : "I have never b c l onq ed cc aterrorist organLza~ion but I bave b~en approaened byor9ani~atior.s tha t could b e callQd terrori5~ . I woulc prefer tocall thc5e ocganiz"t i ontO ' o p posit ion groups' becaua e t h (l!y ....ereop p os i ng 'terror ist qove r nee nt.s ;v

Ibe 19 9 7 J ntgrVi9~ by tbr fUI

2 3 . Du ri ng an October 199' interview by the FBI,MOHAM~D ad mitted that he tr~ined Usama Bi r. LBdenjs bodyguards int h~ Suda n (olloving a n u nsuccessful aS$assinac ion attempt a g a i n s ta i n La den. {I kncv f rom ot~er invest ig,ltion th.!)t such attcJr.ptoc=urred in 199'}. ~OHAMtD Advised that th~ Sudanesei nt:elliqence service provid ed perimeter s ecu r i t y lor Bin Ladenbu t thilt KOJlkM£D nae!. trained the guards ..rho provided t.he Ln ne r­secu ri ~y . MOHAHE D stdt ed ehat he l ived in ain Laden's hous~ inKha r toun ~~ the t ine of s u c h ~rainin9. .

I~ ~ . MOH~£o ~l~o advi$~d ~n~t he was in Somali~ durinq

the United States int e r v e ntio n oversc~s ~nd k n e w t hat Din Laden'speopl o v e r e rcroponsibl e {or the killing o f the United StatGsso : di e r s i n SOma11a. ~OH~EO further confirnc~ that in or about19~1 he ~ent to Atqhanist~n to take n in Lad 9n to Pakise~n. t.henInd lZ1 a.nd on to the Sudan. l1CIIAM£O s t ated t:hat he di d t hisbecaus e: he- loved Bin L od e n and bellcve::l in h i m, MOIJAHED turtheril u~i~t ed ~h~t he h~d UOn~ training in Atg~anisLan. Still later.~:OHN1ED admit.ted that he had e r .... iued poopl e in "ver zones" andddded t hat yar zones can be anywhere . MOHhMEO i nd i ca t e d that h e.:nc ·..· 10 't5 c.> 1" peopl e a :\d v e s well t.r us uee ilnd c o u l d pu t. peop I et.o ~~~hc r w~th peorl ~ that they neeO .

~ ~ . MOHAMED f u r the r S~atcd that o n e did not ne~d ~

~ilt:""'ah to qc agains.t t.he Unit.ed Sta~es s Lnce it WllIS "obvious "tna~ the Un jt~d $:a~es ~a6 the enemy ,

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26. During telephone c a l l s with an FBI agen~ in Augus t1~9B, fOll owing ~he bombings of the united S~at~s ettbass ies inNairobi , ~enya. and Dar cs Salaam, Tanz~n ia, MOHAMED ~dv i5ed anfaI agent, ~rnong othor things, that~

(a) he fo~mcrly lived in Kenya in 19~4 ~here he engagedin various busines ses (inc1uqin9 the Tanzani~~ ~nd di~~ond

bu sinesses ~nd the i~portation of trucks) on beha:f of U5a~a BinLadon:

(b) dur ing the time he was in KQny~ , hQ w~s show~ ati le concerning 3 p l nn to attack th~ United State s emba9~Y inU~irobi but h a d d i ~cour~9cd t h e persons who sho~Qd hin the fi l ef rom c~rry ing oc~ ~ n attacK in Kenya: and

( c) t h~t he knew h'ho h a d c arri ed ou t.h e r ece ntb on.b Lnqs but would not p r o '" i d e the names t o t he Uni ted StatesGovc:rrHnent.

WHEREFORE, your deponcn~ respectfully requests th~t therj~fund"nt ALI ABDl:LSEOUD MOHAMED, a/k/a "Abu Ornar,11 a/k/a "O!:1li~rll

be imprisoned or bail ed as the c a se ma y be .

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~~~DANIEL COL MANSpeci al A9~nt ,

Federa l Bur e dU of ! nve~t i 9ati~h

S~orn to be Eo r e me t hi sd~y of $eptembQr 19~8

UNI TED. STATES l{AGl STRATE JUD~£

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