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Tt /ORCON/NOFORN To: All Field Offices From Counterterrorism Division Re: (U) 265A-SE-83340, 12/29%1999 Declassi : = Details: Ysf Reference FBIHO EC, dated 12/22/99, captioned as above. The referenced communication furnished all SACs and LEGATS with details regarding ongoing Usama Bin Laden operations and threats. This EC will primarily focus on events after 12/22/99. Arrests in Jordan D1 X€/NF/OC) AS you are aware, in early 12/99, the Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate (GID) arrested thirteen individuals who were participating in a bombing plot. The group arrested was linked to Usama | Bin La : non-conventiona : 7 two additional individuals believed to be connected to the compromised Jordanian Bin Laden cell. One of the two individuals was unidentified. The other was identified as Sa’id Abd Al- Rahman Muhammad Hijazi. Sa’id Hijazi is not cooperating with GID authorities. YR(NF/OC) During the arrests, the GID seized walkie- talkie radios rigged to function as remote detonators. The GID also found a CD-ROM containing an explosives manual published by Khalil Deek. ~ psc /NF) Three individuals associated with this plot remain at large. One individual (referred to above) has been identified as Raed Mohammed Hijazi (USPER), aka Abu Ahmed Al-AMr1LKi. Raed is purportedly the leader of a separate UBL cell. Raed Hijazi and other unidentified individuals reportedly have plans to carry out an unspecified terrorist operation or operations at an unknown locations. These attacks will occur at the behest of UBL. On 12/17/99, FBIHQ issued an NLETS message to the community relative to these events. iN) SE/NF/OC) Following the arrests in Jordan, FBI New York dispatched an ASAC and four SAs to Jordan. New York remains involved in all related developments in Jordan, and stands ready to respond to events worldwide. iD). ~}€/OC/NF) Hijazi is a Jordanian/American citizen who carries a valid U.S. passport issued in London, England, on 1/9/95. His passport was extended to 10 years in 1996 at the SE T/ORCCN/NOFORN REO 3-la 000000003