Word: khalid
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...plan was to attack al-Qaeda outside the U.S. Yet by the beginning of that year, Mohamed Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi, two Arabs who had been leaders of a terrorist cell in Hamburg, Germany, were already living in Florida, honing their skills in flight schools. Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar had been doing the same in Southern California. The hijackers maintained tight security, generally avoided cell phones, rented apartments under false names and used cash--not wire transfers--wherever possible. If every plan to attack al-Qaeda had been executed, and every lead explored, Atta's team might still...
...last days of the Clinton Administration or the early days of Bush's term. White House official Richard Clarke, who will testify before Congress this week, ran the CSG during both terms.) In early 2000 the CIA identified two attendees of the meeting as Nawaz al Hamzi and Khalid al Midhar. The pair would eventually help hijack Flight 77 and crash it into the Pentagon. In 2000, while tracking the two, the CIA failed to refer them to the INS's terrorism watch list, allowing them to enter the U.S. A congressional intelligence source told TIME that there...
...more than six years, U.S. Officials have wanted to nab Khalid Shaikh Mohammed for his involvement in a foiled plot to bomb airliners as they crossed the Pacific. Now they want to talk to him about a plan that worked. Mohammed, 37, who was born in Kuwait, is believed to have been a key player in the Sept. 11 attacks. "He was involved in every aspect--concocting the scheme, training, financing," says a U.S. official. Mohammed has been fingered by Abu Zubaydah, a top lieutenant of Osama bin Laden now in U.S. custody at a secret location, and by some...
...DIEGO Hijackers Nawaq Alhamzi and Khalid al-Midhar lived in California in 1999 and 2000, receiving visitors and taking flying lessons...
...Stuck in the middle, Kashmiris have either stolidly borne up, joined the separatist militants, or been forced to find a decent life far away from family, the mother tongue and the mountains, orchards and idyllic lakes. "The militancy turned out to be a blessing for me," says Khalid. "If there had been no violence, I would have studied at home and joined the family business." Khalid's family has a substantial textile and carpet business. They could afford to buy their son freedom...