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To: Counterterrorism From: Berlin Re: 315N-wF-227135, 12/05/2003 Congressional Report on September llth stated that the American. for the attacks. Fromm was not permitted to testify to anything more than this statement. The Chief Judge asked again whether'it was Fromm's testimony that the planning for the September 1lth attacks was devised and decided upon solely in Afghanistan. Fromm testified that this was correct. Chief Judge Ruhle now asked if there were any sources which could state that the Hamburg Group had not considered or conceived of the September llth attacks on their own. court was trying to depict the situation. The members of the Hamburg Group were not completely clueless when they traveled to Afghanistan.. They intended to undertake a "Jihad" and the trip to Afghanistan was. in preparation for such activities. However, once they arrived in Afghanistan, their ultimate goal became finalized. Their purpose was re-directed and they were set upon the World Trade Center and the Pentagon as their final target. Furthermore, Fromm noted that there were two (2) of the September 11th participants who were mentioned on page 233 of the U.S. Congressional Report on September 1lth as having been in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in January. It was known that Khalid Al-Midhair and Nawaf Al-Hamsi traveled to the United States from Malaysia to commence with their flight training. This was an important point, according to Fromm. If the Hamburg Group conceived of the plan on its own in. Hamburg, and then traveled to Afghanistan to present this plan as alleged, then it was unlikely that Al-Midhair and Al-Hamsi would. travel to the United States from Malaysia at approximately the same time for the same reason. Consequently, it was the Bfv's conclusion that Al-Qaeda's senior leadership had been searching throughout the attacks. Hamburg Group never undertook any activities to prepare for the September 1lth attacks prior to December 1999. Although they already preparations such as seeking flight instruction in Germany. According to Fromm, it was possible that they might have undertaken some actions in furtherance of which the Bfv was unaware, but, attacks had not originated in Hamburg.