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DATE: 01-26-2007 CLASSIFIED BY 60309`AUC/TAM/HLT/LR2 DerivatiVe FEASON:14C DECLASSIFY 0N: 01-26-2032 SR RET Working Copy Page b6 ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED b7C November 16, 2001 b7D HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIEDEXCEPT WHERE SHOWN OTHERUISE {IT) RAYED MOHAMMED ABDULLAH INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM - USAMA BIN LADEN/AL-QAEDA FULL INVESTIGATION AUTHORIZED: 10/0S/2001 (NONUSPER) OFFICE OF ORrGIN: Phoenix,. Arizona. *INVESTIGATIVE SUMMARY PREPARED: NOVember 16, 2002 BASIS FOR INVESTIGATION: {U} (8) FBr Phoenix, initiated an investigation on RAyED MOHAMMED AsDULLAH, based on information developed through investigation into the terrorist acts which occurred on September 1l, 2ool, involving the hijacking and crashing of and into rural Pennsylvania. These attacks have been attributed Investigation determined that ABDULLAH had ties to HANI HANJOUR and NAWAF AL-HAZMI. HANJOUR and AL-HAZMI are two of the terrorists that were on board American Airlines (AA) flight number 77 that attacked the Pentagon. NAwAF AL-HAzMI, prior to the 09/11/2oo1 terror attacks, had been identified. as being a UBL/AL-QAEDA operative. Investigation. has demonstrated links between ABDULLAH and UBL/AL-QAEDA. AL-QAEDA, a designated foreign.power, is the subject of a full investigation at FBi, New York. AL-QAEDA (U AL-QAEDA, under the leadership of USAMA BIN LADEN, has declared holy war on the United States for its #occupation of holy lands" and has issued a total of three fatwas (religiously sanctioned opinions on civil or religious matters)' in which it declared the duty of every Muslim to kill Americans, civilian or military, wherever possible.. (n) The name AL-QAeDA; or "the Base," dates back to Case ID : 199N-PX-70256 Serial : 327 SESRET REQ 3 SUPP #1-g 000000672 De#UD