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FEDERAL BUREAU DF INVESTIGATION
Date: 05/18/2004
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agen s and the nature of the interview, rovided the following
information.
U7 E::::::]understood English and Arabic. He also spoke
English and Arabic. The interview was conducted in both English and
Arabic. -
U! as married in San Francisco in 2001 to
She is currently residing in California along
with thei I He has six brothers and
five sisters. He was born in Baqaa, Jordan. He attended some college inJordan Tfih:an:jmphasis in Civil Engineering. He has some experience as
a chef. has been in the United States for 15 years. He said he
"loves" the United States and has no animosity towards the United
States nor does he sympathize or associate with any groups or
individuals who support terrorism.
U![::::::]has been incarcerated in the Atlanta Fed¬§§
Prison since April 20, 2004. Prior to Atlanta, he was incarcerated in
Oklahoma Ci Reno, Oklahoma, San Diego and San Bernadino,California.tj:iff:fjadvised that some of his incarcerations were
considered "transfer stations." Since arriving in Atlanta, he has had
no visitors and has called no one. He keeps in contact with his wife
via mail.
U!E:::::::]advised that he knows captioned subject by the
name of "MOHDAR." He knew MOHDAR while they were incarcerated together
in the "CCA" Immigration Detention Facility in San Die o California in2003. MOH ' detention cell number was 107, whileJUU@UQUUU@UQUQUnumber wagmi He spoke with MOHDAR infrequently. e i no i e
MOHDAR and described him as "childish, crazy and he talked too much."
was unable to provide any specific examples He said MOHDAR[;;;;;;:;anted to get married to an American woman, though he did not
know why.
[:::::::]"volunte he name of a man he called [::::::::::::][:::::]lived in cell numbe in CCA. He thought hi hl of BLACK.helped him write and speak English. He said[::i;:f;}ld '
he served in the Vietnam ' torm. sai
also ' 'ke MOHDAR that MOHDAR "talke too
much. said MOHDAR gave some immigrationrelated papers
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and ask ssistance from [g::;]with some type of immigration
proble ave the papers ac to OHDAR and refused to hdéMOHDAR Mkhrough the cell wallsP7
tEiE;§:::::]<iescribed a time in 2003, while incarcerated in
CCE, when MOHDAR, another inmate and he were outside in the
"yard" talking. MOHDAR was talking with was talking
with another inmate. He overheard MOHDAR tell that he MOHDAR!gave a ride to two of the September 11, 2001 ijac ers. HE:f§%%EE;::::]
that he gave "them" a ride from San Diego to Los Angeles. does
not know any other details regarding this ride as alleged by MOHDAR.
This is the first and last time he heard MOHDAR say anything about a
terrorismrelated matter. E::::::]does not re 'ng further witheither MOHDAR or[::::::hbout this situation. Ti;i:ff:fiecal1s someone
telling him that MOHDAR provided the FBI with t e in ormation about
giving a ride to two of the 09/11/2001 hijackers.
U! Throughout the course of this interview,[;:::::::kas
cooperative and repeatedly denied being involved in or nowing anyone
involved in terroristrelated activities.
U![;;::;;]was shown five pictures, marked "1" through "5."
He identified t evp otographs as follows:
V Photograph #l¢ "OMAR" LAST NAME UNKNOWN. He said OMAR
LNU's last'name was difficult to pronounce. He said OMAR
knows MOHDAR very well because they are both from Yemen.
Photograph #2. |:|
Photograph #3: "Mohdar."
Ph ra h #4 phonetic!. [::::::] believed
from Iraq.
Photograph #5: "MOHAMED" LNU. MOHAMED LNU is from
Somalia; has spoken with Mohdar and had some immigration
problems.
The following information was obtained fro4:::::::::%nd by
personal observations: *
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