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Law Enforcement Sensitive via Istanbul, Turkey, on Turkish Airlines flight 1662 and Turkish Airlines flight 1056. Binalshibh paid cash for this ticket. Binalshibh returned to Hamburg, Germany, from Karachi sometime at the end of February 2000. ii. Hanjour (LES) It appears that Hani Hanjour was added to the 9/11/01 plan as a replacement pilot for Nawaf Al-Hazmi after Al-Hazmi’s English skills were proved inadequate for flight training, Al-Hazmn and Khalid Al-Mibdhar attended introductory flight lessons in April/May of 2000 in California (see 1L.H.i.}, but after experiencing language difficulties, they stopped attending. (LES) Hanjour had obtained his pilot’s license long before the Hamburg pilots -- he obtained his cammiercial pilot's license on 4/15/99 from Arizona Aviation, Phoenix, Anzona. Note, before his final entry to the US on 12/8/00, Hanjour had been to the US for three extended periods. He attended flight training on two of those visits, but that training does not appear to have been completed with the intention of preparing for the 9/11/01 operation: (LES) On 2/25/96, Hanjour was issued Saudi passport #A.66998, expiring on 1/1/01, (LES) Hanjour may have been in Afghanistan during the Spring of 2000 as on 6/17/00, he departed Karachi, Pakistan, to Qatar, On 6/20/00, he departed Qatar to Saudi Arabia. This appearance in Karachi followed by only one month of Al-Hazmi’s apparent realization that he could not complete fight training. (LES) On 7/15/00, Hani Hanjour opened a bank account at the Saudi British Bank, Saudi Arabia, with an initial deposit of SAR 15000 (~$3,900). (LES) On 7/24/00, Hanjour was issued Saudi Arabia passport #C241922, expiring on. 5/31/05. C.. Obtaining US Visas by the Pilots (LES) In order to lessen the likelihood of being questioned by the US State Department when applying for US non-immigrant visas, many of the hijackers reported their old passports lost. These passports, which contained entry stamps that could alert authorities to their trips to Afghanistan, were then replaced with new passports with no record of past travel which would raise suspicion. . i, ALShebhi 3 Law Enforcement Sensitive MISc. REQ. #44 000003853