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...list of "suspects, potential associates of the suspects and potential witnesses"--more than 200 people in all--who may have answers about Sept. 11. Al-Marabh made the list because U.S. officials have been concerned for months about his ties to a man named Raed Hijazi. Hijazi had listed Al-Marabh as his emergency contact at work; both men used to drive for Boston cab companies. Hijazi is now jailed in Jordan for his alleged role in a plot to blow up a hotel filled with Americans and Israelis on New Year's Day 2000. Jordanian officials say that...
...Reports earlier this week that a Jordanian-American arrested in Syria was connected with the bombing remain speculative. Although NBC reported an unnamed U.S. intelligence source as claiming that Raed Hijazi was a Bin Laden associate and had trained the Cole bombers, Jordanian officials and U.S. sources in Jordan could not confirm either claim. Hijazi was extradited from Syria to Jordan, where he was convicted in absentia for his role in a plot to attack American and Israeli targets in Jordan last New Year. That plot was foiled by Jordanian intelligence officials, and six of the 28 accused - including Hijazi...