was going to happen" and that "there would be thousands of dead people." FBI electronic communication, sum-
mary of testimony of Angela Duile on Aug. 28, 2003, at Mzoudi trial, Oct. 27, 2003.Another witness who lived in
the same dormitory as Motassadeq testified that in late 1998 or early 1999, he overheard a conversation in which
Motassadeq told someone that "we will do something bad again" and that "we will dance on their graves." The
conversation also contained a reference to the "burning of people." FBI electronic communication, summary of
testimony of Holger Liszkowski on Sept. 9, 2003, at Mzoudi trial, Nov. 17, 2003. On another occasion, according
to the same witness, Motassadeq apparently identified Atta as "our pilot."Another witness recalled Atta ominously
observing in 1999 that the United States was not omnipotent and that "something can be done." German BKA
investigation of Bahaji, summary of interrogation of Nickels on Nov. 20, 2001.
90. Intelligence report, interrogation of Binalshibh, May 20, 2003. A detainee has confirmed Binalshibh's
dates the Slahi meeting to October 1999. Intelligence report, interrogation of detainee, Oct. 17, 2003.The detainee,
however, also suggests that Slahi and Binalshibh may have met earlier in 1999 in Frankfurt, through a mutual
acquaintance. Intelligence report, interrogation of detainee, Oct. 27, 2003.The acquaintance apparently tells a dif-
ferent story, claiming that Slahi introduced him to Binalshibh and Jarrah at Slahi's home in 1997 or 1998, and that
he later lived with them in Hamburg. Intelligence report, interrogation of detainee, July 2, 2003.
two and five meetings with Bin Ladin before leaving Kandahar and was the only 9/11 hijacker who knew the
entire scope of the operation from the outset. Intelligence report, comments of Binalshibh on Atta, Apr. 21, 2003.
ecutor General (Germany), response to Commission letter, June 25, 2004, p. 11.
dle some of Shehhi's affairs even after Shehhi returned to Hamburg. Most importantly, in March 2000, Motassadeq
paid Shehhi's semester fees at the university, to ensure Shehhi's continued receipt of scholarship payments from the
UAE. Ibid.
absence. Motassadeq also would claim later that he did not know why his friends had gone to Afghanistan, saying
he thought they were planning to go fight in Chechnya. For assistance provided by both Motassadeq and Bahaji,
see Federal Prosecutor General (Germany), response to Commission letter, June 25, 2004, pp. 1314.
lay of the Qu'ran that appeared on one page of his passport.The officials also noticed the religious tapes and books
Jarrah had in his possession, but released him after he pointed out that he had lived in Hamburg for a number of
years and was studying aircraft construction there. FBI report,"Summary of Penttbom Investigation," Feb. 29, 2004,
p. 13.
least some of the training that Atta and Binalshibh received in Karachi. Intelligence report, interrogation of KSM,
Mar. 31, 2004.
now much more congenial, he told Senguen nothing about being in Afghanistan. On Shehhi's wedding celebra-
tion, see German BKA report, investigative summary re Shehhi, July 9, 2002; on his changed appearance and behav-
ior, see FBI electronic communication, summary of testimony of Mohamed Abdulla Mohamed Awady on Oct. 24,
2003, at the Mzoudi trial, Dec. 5, 2003.
102. On Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, also known as Ammar al Baluchi, see FBI report,"Summary of Penttbom Investi-