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security forces were completely surprised by the various articles and have spent considerable time and effort to determine if there b6 was an al Qaeda presence in the country. was b7C convinced that the media allegations that fugitives Ahmed Ghailani b7D guests at the Maison des Hotes were false. However, he added that Burkina Faso could not guarantee that al Qaeda operatives have never discreetly passed through the country. Evaluation of Allegations Related to al Qaeda's Involvement in Diamond Trafficking in West Africa The FBi has conducted a comprehensive investigation into. this matter. Investigative results do not support the media allegations that al Qaeda fugitives Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, and Fazul Mohammed engaged in a diamond buying operation in West Africa. dya geya paneaaen uogaengasaaut yadap-ut steee individuals involved in Nassour's West African diamond trafficking operation during 200o and 2001, provided consistent details of al? aspects of the operation, while specifically denying the involvement. of the al Qaeda fugitives Ahmed Ghailani. Fazul Mohammed, and Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah. the FBI's investigation urther determined that Mohammad D. Keneme and Soulemani M. Guessen rather they were true names of actual diamond traders from Senegal employed by Aziz Nassour. Several witnesses involved in Nassour's operation, who knew the two Senegalese men, viewed photographs of Ahmed Ghailani and Fazul Mohammed, and stated that they were not photographs of Mohammad D. Keneme and Soulemani M. Guessen.. Additionally, investigation into the allegations that. Ahmed Ghailani and Fazul Mohammed were guests at Burkina Faso's. official guest house, Maison des Hotes, for at least two months. after 9/ll, met with similar negative results. Furthermore, the allegations that the U.s. readied a. Special Forces team to snatch Ahmed Ghailani and Fazul Mohammed in Western Africa in the weeks following 9/1l were determined to be false. 11 REQ 5-4a thru e 000000091