Fbi Summary About Alleged United 93 Hijacker Ahmed Alnami

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AHMED ABDULLAH ALNAMI UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 93 BOEING 757 8:01 AM LEFT GATE, TOOK OFF FROM NEWARK AT 8:42 AM FOR SAN FRANCISCO CRASHED IN^STONY CREEK TWP (SOMERSET COUNTY), PA, AT 10:02AM Prepared by: Investigative Services Division FBI Headquarters

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AHMED ABDULLAH ALNAMI

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Date of Birth: 12/7/1977 (USCS Database searches on Security Directive names). Place of Birth: Jeddah-Safa, Asir Province, Saudi Arabia (Chronology;#/ll/01, 10 pm, NY 473 & NY-280350-A, Serial 5 & 16; visa form-NK, SAi| | Citizenship: Saudi Arabian (NY-280350, EC from Dallas 9/19/01) (NY-280350, EC from Dallas 9/19/01; NK, SA|

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Florida Identification Card: A455001774470 Height: Approximately 5'9" to 5'10" (NY-280350-PG, Serial 303) ALIASES ALI AHMED ALNAMI AHMED A. A. AL NAMI (NY-2803SO-MM, Serial 2575-Florida driver's license information) AHMED A. AL-NAMI (Hostel International Saudi Arabian Youth Hostel card from PG fax of photos taken at scene) AHMED A. A. ALNAMI (265A-NY-280350-BS, Serial 352) AHMED BEN ABDULLAH BEN AHMED EL ZABAGY (NY-280350-A, Serial 16) AHMED BEN ABDULLAH BEN AHMED EL AGAMY (NY-280350-A, Serial 16) AHMED AL-NAWI (From SIOC website information. [Source: Case 265D-NY-280350]) [Ahmed can also be spelled Ahmad.] FAMILY Law Enforcement Sensitive

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No details concerning Alnami's eductaion are available at present time.

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755 Dotterel Road, Apt 1504, Delray Beach, FL 33444 (6/15-8/30/01: NY-280350-MM, Serial 3169] (Florida driver's license information; same address provided for flight reservations as Ahmed Alghamdi and Saeed Alghamdi [also Florida driver's license information]) (NY-280350-MM, Serial 2575) ! Hill Hotel, 418 S. Federal Hwy Apt. 117, Hollywood, FL 33308-3616 (NY-280350-BS, Serial 352) Deluxe Inn, 1150 S. Federal Highway, Dania, FL [6/11-14/01] (NY-280350-MM, Serial 3255) I 4641 Bougainvilla Dr., Lauderdale By The Sea, FL (Ziad Jarrah's residence, phone # here [954-771-0620] was provided for flight reservations by AInami, Ahmed Alghamdi (UA175), and Saeed Alghamdi [UA93]) (NY-280350-MM, Serial 59) j JOBS/CAREER

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No information is available concerning jobs/careers for AInami. LOCATION TIMELINE 1977

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Bora in Saudi Arabia. (USCS Database searches on Security Directive names). December 17 P Born in Saudi Arabia. [Information from FBI NW/CJIS, contactj_ Law Enforcement Sensitive

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Law Enforcement Sensitive 2000 Studied Islamic law at King Khaled University in Abha, Saudi Arabia (The Washington Post, 9/25/01) I

Prayer leader at a mosque in Abha, Asir Province, Saudi Arabia. (The Washington Post, 9/25/01) I \e to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. (The Washington Post, 9/25

October 28 | In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Alnami obtained a Bl/62 multiple entry visa, valid until 10/27/02, using Saudi Arabian passport #C115007. Alnami gave his home phone number as 6743848. He stated jhat he was traveling to Los Angeles, CA, for a three month visit and he would be accompanied by "my friend Mosh

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4/22/03, using Saudi Arabian passport #C505363. This time he gave 6368842 as his home phone. Alnami crossed out the name he had put down as a traveling companion and wrote "alone." He wrote that he was visiting Florida ["floreda"] for two to three weeks. (NK, SAl b May 26 Alnami, Mohand Alsheri (UA 175) and Hamza Algamdi (UA 175) purchased their one-way tickets together for S8,460 (United Arab Emirates [UAE] currency) which converts to 52,350 (USA - S783 each). The tickets were purchased in Dubai, UAE. (Virgin Atlantic Airlines faxed a PNR Body report on this.) (NY-280350, Serial 4350) May 28 INS indices revealed that Alnami, Alsheri (UA 175) and Algamdi (UA 175) departed Dubai on Emirates Airlines 7 at 2:15 am on 5/28/01, and arrived at London Gatwick at 6:55 am. The group then departed Gatwick on Virgin Atlantic Airlines 5 at 10:45 am and arrived in Miami at 3:15 pm. The group gave Virgin Atlantic Airlines a contact of MUSTAFA/B 050 7696327 or 06 5725252. (NY-280350, Serial 4350) Alnami traveled on a B2 visa, valid through 11/27/01. (Chronology: 9/11/01,10 pm, NY 473). He provided the address of a Sheraton Hotel in Miami. (NY-280350-DL, Serial 1778) Alnami Law Enforcement Sensitive

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was not registered at any of the Miami Sheratons. (NY-280350-MM, Serial \) iJuneir -t SunTrust bank account was opened with a 54,700 deposit. (NY-280350-BS, Serial 352) !June 11 i Ahmed A. A. AInami, Manvan Alshehhi (UA 175), Mohamed Atta (AA 11), Sageed Alghhandi [Saeed Alghamdi, UA 93] and two unknown individuals stayed at the Deluxe Inn, 1150 S. Federal Highway, Dania, FL, from 6/11/01 to 6/14/01. ! The registration card filled out in Alnami's name by Alshehhi was entered \o evidence for possible latent prints. (NY-280350-MM, Serial 3255) \ 17 I

I had a chance encounter with Atnami on Father's Pay 2001 at a gun show at the Ft. Lauderdale war memorial. I Hwas waiting at the door for his daughter to come out of the bathroom. AInami thought! [worked there and asked how to purchase a gun without the paperwork and having to wait. I [advised that it was not possible and AInami stated his understanding was that he could deal with one individual to avoid the paperwork. (NY-280350-MM, Serial 3193)

June 26 52,800 deposit in SunTrust account. (NY-280350-BS, Serial 352) July 30 5500 was withdrawn from the SunTrust account via ATM, 5100 at a time. (NY-280350-BS, Serial 352) August 27 On 9/13/01, Michelle Erb, Service Director, United Airlines (UA), provided a detailed summary of UA Passenger Data Records regarding UA #93. Erb advised that on 8/27/01, an individual identifying himself as "Sajarah" booked a reservation for AInami and Saeed Alghamdi with Visa credit card number 4011806070815781 (expires 6/03), through United Airlines' Honolulu, Hawaii, reservation office. The credit card was declined and attempts to contact Alghamdi failed. (NY-280350-A, Serial 16) 52,000 was withdrawn from the bank account via check presented to a branch of SunTrust. (NY-280350-BS, Serial 352) September 5 Law Enforcement Sensitive

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Law Enforcement Sensitive. AInami called UA's Bloomington office checking on the status of the two tickets he ordered on 8/27/01, at which time he was advised of the declination. Approximately 38 minutes later, Alghamdi contacted UA's Burbank office and provided Visa credit card number 4011806070840805 (exp. 7/03). The second credit card number was approved and e-tickets were issued for both Alghamdi and AInami. The purchase price of the tickets totaled $3,539.50. AInami and Alghamdi were assigned seats 3C and 3D, respectively. (NY-280350-A, Serial 16) AInami and Alghamdi visited Mile High Travel/Chambers Travel, 250-A Commercial Boulevard, Lauderdale By The Sea, FL. They paid cash for two tickets on Spirit Airlines flight 1460 leaving at 6:35 pm from Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and arriving at 9:30 pm in Newark, NJ, on 9/7/01. (NY-280350 -MM, Serial 1613) In booking their flight, they provided contact number 514-748-2522, which belongs to Vision Travel, 100 Boulevard - Alexis Nihon, Quebec, Canada. (NY-280350-NK, Serial 1758) September 7 54,400 was withdrawn from the account via check presented to a branch of SunTrust in addition to S500 withdrawn from an ATM. (NY-280350-BS, Serial 352) AInami and Alghamdi flew from Ft. Lauderdale, FL, to Newark, NJ, on Spirit Continental Airlines. Four used tickets for Alghamdi, Alhaznawi, AInami, and Ziad Jarrah found in Newark Day's Inn rooms. (Chronology: 9/12/01,10:30 pm, NK) September 8 AInami and Alghamdi arrived together in Newark, NJ. They checked into Newark Airport Marriott Hotel at 12:31 am with Jarrah. A videotape at the hotel shows AInami entering the Marriott on 9/8/01 carrying two bags, a medium sized dark-colored suitcase with wheels and "telescopic" handle and with a shoulder strap, a large, dark (possibly green) gym bag with no visible markings. (NY-280350-NK, Serial 364 & 1727; -PG, Serial 303) September 10 Credit card/debit charges at Kinko's #1232, 55 Route 22 East, Springfield, NJ, in the amount of S22.15, and at the Citgo Gas Station #5234, Cliffside, NJ, in the amount of $6.74 and $3.99. (NY-280350-SL, Serial 152) Alghamdi and Jarrah entered the Kinko's store at approximately 4:04 pm, stayed on the Internet for 58 minutes, and printed seven pages. They then proceeded to the ticket counter where Jarrah presented Alnami's credit card to pay the $22.15 in fees charged by Kinko's, but when the clerk handed him the credit Law Enforcement Sensitive

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Law Enforcement Sensitive-, PASSPORTS, IDENTIFICATIONS WITH INS, DOS, CUSTOMS Passport: Saudi #C505363 issued 4/23/od in Jeddah (Chronology: 9/11/01,10 p.m. NY 473 & NY-280350-A, Serial 5&16J Saudi #C115007 (NK, SA| I INS: 32942076908 (for a stay of 5/28/01-11/27/01) (NY-280350-A, Serial 16) ASSOCIATES, LOCATED AND UNLOCATED HAMZA ALGHAMDI. (UA 175) and MOHAND ALSHERI (UA 175) Traveled with Ahmad Alnami from Dubai, UAE, via London to Miami on 5/28/01. (NY-280350-A, Serial 5 & USCS Database searches on Security Directive names). Linked by address to Alnami. (HQ 4864). MOHAMED ATTA (AA 11) Linked by address to Alnami. (HQ 4864). MOHAND ALSHERI (UA 175), MOHAMED ATTA (AA 11) and MARWAN ALSHEHHI (UA 175) AInami's personal check, found in a Newark hotel room, gave his address as '418 S. Federal Highway, Apt. 117, Hollywood, FL.1 This is the address of the Hill Hotel. Mohamad Shahri (aka for Mohand Alsheri?) and Mohamad Elsayed (aka for Mohamed Atta) stayed in room 117 with an additional person on 5/28/01. They used 1836 Lincoln Street, Hollywood, FL, as a home address. 1836 is a four unit split complex. (NY-280350, Serial 1897) It is the home address of Manvan Alshehhi per his Verizon calling card. (NY280350, Serial 1610) MARWAN ALSHEHHI (UA 175), MOHAMED ATTA (AA 11), and SAEED ALGHAMDI (UA 93) Ahmed A. A. Alnami, Manvan Alshehhi, Mohamed Atta, Sageed Alghhandi [Saeed Alghamdi] and two unknown individuals stayed at the Deluxe Inn, 1150 S. Federal Highway, Dania, FL, from 6/11/01 to 6/14/01. (NY-280350-MM, Serial 3255) Law Enforcement Sensitive

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FINANCES/ACCOUNTS Bank Account: SunTrust, # 0782002028580 . This account was opened on 6/1/01, with a 54,700 deposit and subsequently funded with an additional 52,800 deposit on 7/06/01. On 7/30/01, S500 was withdrawn from the account via ATM. On 8/27/01, $2,000 was withdrawn from the account via check presented to a branch of SunTrust. On 9/07/01, an additional S4,400 was withdrawn from the account via check presented to a branch of SunTrust in addition to S500 withdrawn from an ATM. As of 9/11/01, this account possessed a balance of S92.39. (NY-280350-BS, Serial 352) COMMUNICATION ACCOUNTS (E-MAIL, CELL PHONES, PDAS, ETC.) 954-771-0620 (same phone # provided for flight reservations as Ahmed Aighamdi and Saeed Aighamdi; # for Ziad Jarrah's residence at 4641 Bougainvilla Dr., Lauderdale By The Sea, FL) (NY-280350-MM, Serial 59) 561-278-1762 (number for 755 Dotterel Rd., Delray Beach, FL) 954-815-3004 (associated with credit card/debit) (NY-280350-SL, Serial 152) 954-925-8800 (Hill Hotel, 418 S. Federal Hwy, Hollywood, FL) (NK, SA|

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INSURANCE POLICIES No information available concerning insurance policies for AInami. ALL PHONE(S) TOLL RECORDS, BILLING No information available concerning phone(s) toll records, billings for AInami. CRIME SCENE EVIDENCE Lab Number: 010912013 The following items were recovered from the crash site of United Airlines Flight #93 and were personally delivered to the laboratory b^i jofthe Pittsburgh Field Office: Ql Q2

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Identification Card Saudi Arabian Youth Hostels Association Identification Card under the . L a w Enforcement Sensitive 9/11 Law Enforcement Privacy

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Law Enforcement Sensitive, name of Ahmed A. A. Alnami ; Q3 Three (3) small color photographs, tivo (2) strips of negatives and an enlarged photocopy of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Identification Card Lab Number: 010913013 \^ The following specimens were personally delivered by] |of the Pittsburgh Field Office: Q18

Silver colored blade and piece of black handle

Lab Number: 010914023 The following items were recovered from the crash site of United Airlines Flight #93 and were personally delivered to the laboratory by| [of the Pittsburgh Field Office: Q44 Q45

Possible homemade knife Handwritten letter with possible Arabic writing [Analyst Comment: This is page one of the four page "Dear Traveler" letter.) SEARCH EVIDENCE On 9/14/01, members of the Miami Division, Evidence Response Team (ERT) responded to Mana Loa Apartments, 4532 Bougainvilla Drive, Apartment 2, Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, Florida in order to assist in a consent search of said apartment: At approximately 12:45 am, a search revealed six small plane training videos. The copyright date of the videos was 1993 and 1994. Among the items of evidence were collected from the scene were the following:

Miscellaneous kitchen items and products Papers and magnets from refrigerator in kitchen Handwritten documents from TV stand in living room Latent fingerprints from oven handle in kitchen Latent fingerprints from cable box in living room Hairs and fibers from living room Hairs and fibers from dining room Hairs and fibers from kitchen Hairs and fibers from bedroom Hairs and fibers from bedroom closet Hairs and fibers from bathroom (NY-280350-302, Serial 14154) Law Enforcement Sensitive

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A five page Arabic document was located at the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93. (Reference: LAB# 010914023HCHO) The document provided details regarding the strategy and preparation required to conduct a hijacking. The Behavioral Sciences Unit provided an analysis of the document. (Reference: 265A-NY-280350-HQ-4809) CREDIT CARDS AND ASSOCIATED CREDIT CARDS

Credit Cards: 4011-8060-7081-5781 (NY-280350-BS, Serial 352) Associated Credit Cards: Visa 4011-8060-7081-5781 (expires 6/03) Visa 4011-8060-7084-0805 (exp. 7/03) Visa 4011-8060-7084-4627 (exp. unknown) On 9/13/01, Michelle Erb, Service Director, United Airlines (UA), provided a detailed summary of UA Passenger Data Records regarding UA flight 93. Erb advised that on 8/27/01, an individual identifying himself as "Sajarah" booked a reservation for Alnami and Saeed Alghamdi with Visa credit card number 4011806070815781 (expires 6/03), through United Airlines' Honolulu, Hawaii, reservation office. The credit card was declined and attempts to contact Alghamdi failed. On 9/5/01, Alnami called UA's Bloomington office checking on the status of the two tickets at which time he was advised of the declination. Approximately 38 minutes later, Alghamdi contacted UA's Burbank office and provided Visa credit card number 4011806070840805 (exp. 7/03). The second credit card number was approved and e-tickets were issued for both Alghamdi and Alnami. The purchase price of the tickets totaled S3,539.50. Alnami and Alghamdi were assigned seats 3C and 3D, respectively. (NY-280350-A, Serial 16) United Airlines' station manager Terry Rizzuto provided the credit card number Visa (probably) 4011-8060-7084-4627 (exp. unknown). It was used for flight #93 by Alhaznawi, Alghamdi, and Alnami. (NY-280350-NK, Serial 2277)

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