Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs (Imams) in San Diego CA provided support to 9/11 hijackers Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar before attacks.

UPDATE May 18, 2026; Active shooter situation at the Islamic Center of San Diego in Clairemont CA. A total of five people including two teenaged gunmen are dead. The Islamic Center of San Diego mosque is the same one that 9/11 hijackers Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi, attended in 2000, targeted today. Two of the 9/11 hijackers, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi, lived in San Diego and attended the Islamic Center of San Diego. According to reports, some mosque members helped them find housing at Parkwood Apartments and navigate daily life. Terrorist Imam Anwar al-Awlaki also linked to the Islamic Center of San Diego in Clairemont CA at the same time the 9/11 hijackers Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi attended the Mosque. 

At least two of the 9-11 hijackers had a U.S.-based support network, according to a former FBI agent. Danny Gonzalez worked on “Operation Encore,” the still-secret investigation into the two Saudi hijackers who were based in San Diego. Gonzalez told CBS News he’s confident the records of that operation will show the hijackers had help. Gonzalez said the two hijackers — Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar — were helped by a number of Saudis, including Omar al-Bayoumi in San Diego CA. 9/11 hijackers Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi found well-meaning new acquaintances
at the Islamic Center of San Diego, which was only a stone’s throw from the apartment where they first lived. For example, when they purchased a used car (with cash), they bought it from a man who lived across the street from the
Islamic Center and who let them use his address in registering the vehicle, an accommodation “to help a fellow Muslim brother.” Similarly, in April, when their cash supply may have been dwindling, Hazmi persuaded the administrator of the Islamic Center to let him use the administrator’s bank account to receive a $5,000 wire transfer from someone in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (this was KSM’s nephew,Ali Abdul Aziz Ali).

FACT: Saudi govt officials in Ministry of Islamic Affairs stationed in American cities (Imams) provided support to 9/11 hijackers before attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. FACT: The FBI and the CIA and the NSA and the DOJ and the CID-DOD NorthCom got out spied by a bunch of Saudi Islamic Clerics (Imams) stationed in America prior to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks!

Omar AI Bayoumi helped Al Hazmi and AI Mihdhar establish a bank account with a $9900 cash deposit in San Diego CA. Did the FBI know the source of those funds? Is there any indication that Omar al Bayoumi acting a as a cutout was the source of those funds? In interrogations with 9/11 boss Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has said that al Mihdhar and al Hazmi were sent to the San Diego with specific instructions to seek out assistance from mosques and the local communities. Did KSM or other al Qa'ida leaders provided al Mihdhar and al Hazmi and other hijackers with specific contacts in San Diego CA, United States?

The individual responsible for approving the salary for Omar al Bayoumi's no-show job at Dallah/Avco is Hamid al Rashid. His son, Saud al
Rashid, is an member of al-Qa'ida and is listed by the CIA as a "runner up hijacker. " What else did the FBI learn about the connection between Omar al Bayoumi, Hamid al Rashid, and Saud al
Rashid? In a proffer session, Abdullah told the FBI that al Mihdhar informed him that he was a supporter of the Islamic Army of Aden , a group that Abdullah knew was involved in the bombing of the USS Cole. Abdullah had also heard al Hazrni express extremist views on a number of occasions. Dis the FBI know whether Abdullah relayed the substance of these conversations to Omar al Bayoumi or others in San Diego prior to the 9/11 attacks?

The decision to send 9/11 hijackers Khalid Al-Mihdhar and Nawaf Al-Hazmi to the San Diego Mosque was supposedly made in Karachi, Pakistan. That’s where one of the 9/11 architects, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, said he found a San Diego phone book at a local flea market. After thumbing through it, he claimed he sent the two 20-something men to the city. Al-Hazmi and Al-Mihdhar arrived here in February of 2000.

San Diego CA, 9/11 hijackers Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar travels before attacks.
 Sorbi's Flying Club
 Al-Rribat Al-Aslami Mosque, La Mesa
 Cheetah's Gentlemen's Club
 Islamic Center of San Diego
Parkwood Apartments In Clairemont

I. Southern California Connections "round up the usual suspects", this group of mooks is the focus of the '9/11 Families lawsuit filed on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia'.

1. Omar Al-Bayoumi: Al-Bayoumi, a Saudi national, provided September 11 hijackers Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar with considerable assistance after the hijackers arrived in San Diego in February 2000. He helped them locate an apartment, co-signed their lease, and ordered Mohdhar Abdullah (discussed below) to provide them with whatever assistance they needed in acclimating to the United States. The FBI now believes that in January 2000 al-Bayoumi met with Fahad al-Thumairy, a Saudi diplomat and cleric, at the Saudi Consulate in Los Angeles before going to the restaurant where he met the hijackers and engaged them in conversation. Whether or not al-Bayoumi 's meeting with the hijackers was accidental or arranged is still the subject of debate. During his conversation with the hijackers, Al-Bayoumi invited them to move to San Diego, which they did shortly thereafter. Al-Bayoumi has extensive ties to the Saudi Government and many in the local Muslim community in San Diego believed that he was a Saudi intelligence officer. The FBI believes it is possible that he was an agent of the Saudi Government and that he may have been reporting on the local community to Saudi Government officials. In addition, during its investigation, the FBI discovered that al-Bayoumi has ties to terrorist elements as well. 

2. Osama Bassnan: Bassnan was a very close associate of al-Bayoumi's, and was in frequent contact with him while the hijackers were in San Diego. Bassnan, a vocal supporter of Usama Bin Ladin, admitted to an FBI asset that he met al-Hazmi and al-Mihdhar while the hijackers were in San Diego, but denied this in a later conversation. There is some circumstantial evidence that he may have had closer ties to the hijackers, but the FBI has been unable to
corroborate this additional reporting. Bassnan received considerable funding from Prince Bandar and Princess Haifa, supposedly for his wife's medical treatments. According to FBI documents, Bassnan is a former employee of
the Saudi Government's Educational Mission in Washington.

3. Fahad Al-Thumairy: Until recently al-Thumairy was an accredited Saudi diplomat and imam at the King Fahad Mosque in Culver City, California. The news media reported that the U.S. Government revoked al-Thumairy's visa in
May 2003 ; the diplomat subsequently returned to Saudi Arabia. The FBI now believes that Omar al-Bayoumi met with al-Thumairy at the Saudi Consulate in Los Angeles before al-Bayoumi went to the restaurant where he met the 9/11 hijackers. According to witness reporting, al Hazmi and al-Mihdhar were also taken to the King Fahad Mosque while they were in the United States. 

4. Mohdhar Abdullah: Abdullah was tasked by Omar al-Bayoumi to provide al-Hazmi and al-Mihdhar with whatever assistance they needed while in San Diego. Abdullah, who became one of the hijackers' closest associates in San
Diego, translated for them, helped them open bank accounts, contacted flight schools for the hijackers, and helped them otherwise acclimate to life in theUnited States.

5. Osama Nooh and Lafi al-Harbi: Al-Harbi and Nooh are Saudi naval officers who were posted to San Diego while hijackers al-Mihdhar and al
Hazmi were living there. After the September 11th attacks, the FBI determined that al-Hazmi had telephonic contact with both Nooh and al-Harbi while al-Hazmi was in the United States. 

II. Other Possible Saudi Government Contacts.

1. Mohammed Quadir-Harunani: Quadir-Harunani has been the subject of an FBI counterterrorism investigation since 1999 and the FBI is currently
investigating whether he had contact with the September 11th hijackers. In June 2000 a call was placed from Transcom International, a company owned by Quadir-Harunani, to a number subscribed to by Said Bahaji, one of the key members of the Hamburg cell. Quadir Harunani is also a close associate of Usama bin Ladin's half-brother, Abdullah Bin Ladin (discussed below), who was assigned to the Saudi Embassy in Washington, D.C.-E87.

2. Abdullah Bin Ladin: Abdullah bin Ladin (ABL) is reportedly Usama bin Ladin's half-brother. He is the President and Director of the World Arab
Muslim Youth Association (W AMY) and the Institute of Islamic and Arabic Studies in America. Both organizations are local branches of non-governmental organizations based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. According to the FBI, there is reason to believe that W AMY is "closely associated with the funding and financing of international terrorist activities and in the past has provided logistical support to individuals wishing to fight in the Afghan War." ABL has been assigned to the Saudi Embassy in Washington, D.C. as an administrative officer. He is a close associate of Mohammed Quadir Harunani's and has provided funding for Transcom International. 

3. Fahad Abdullah Saleh Bakala: According to an FBI document, Bakala was close friends with two of the September 11th hijackers. The document also notes that Bakala has worked as a pilot for the Saudi Royal Family, flying Usama Bin Ladin between Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia during UBL's exile.

4. Hamad Alotaibi: Alotaibi was assigned to the Saudi Embassy Military Division in Washington, D.C. According to an eyewitness report, one of the September 11th hijackers may have visited Alotaibi at his residence; another FBI document notes that a second hijacker may have also visited this address.

5. Hamid Al-Rashid: Al-Rashid is an employee of the Saudi Civil Aviation Authority and was apparently responsible for approving the salary of Omar al Bayoumi. Hamid al-Rashid is also the father of Saud al-Rashid, whose photo was found in a raid of an al-Qa'ida safehouse in Karachi and who has admitted to being in Afghanistan between May 2000 and May 2001.

6. Homaidan Al-Turki: Al-Turki is a Saudi student living in Colorado . According to FBI documents, he has ties to the Saudi Royal Family and the
Saudi Government is funding his education. AI-Turki was in contact with an individual in Germany in 2001 who was also in contact with one of the hijackers prior to the attacts;.

7. Ghassan Al-Sharbi: Al-Sharbi is a Saudi student who was taking flight lessons in the Phoenix area before the September 11 attacks and is mentioned in the "Phoenix EC." The U.S. Government captured al-Sharbi in the same
location where Abu Zubaida was discovered in early 2002 . After Al-Sharbiwas captured, the FBI discovered that he had buried a cache of documents nearby, including an envelope from the Saudi Embassy in Washington that
contained al-Sharbi' s flight certificate. j8f

8. Saleh Al-Hussayen: According to FBI documents, Saleh Al-Hussayen is a Saudi Interior Ministry employee/official and may also be a prominent Saudi cleric. According to one news article, Saleh Al-Hussayen is the Chief
Administrator of the Holy Mosques in Mecca and Medina. An FBI affidavit notes that Saleh Al-Hussayen stayed in the same hotel as three of the hijackers on September 10, 2001. He told the FBI that he did not know the hijackers . The FBI agents interviewing him, however, believed he was being deceptive. The interview was terminated when al-Hussayen either passed out or feigned a seizure and was taken to the hospital; he then departed the country before
the FBI could interview him. Saleh Al-Hussayen is 'also the uncle of Sami Al -Hussayen (discussed below). On Aug. 20, 2001, Saleh Ibn Abdul Rahman Hussayen, a man who would soon be named a minister of the Saudi government and put in charge of its two holy mosques, arrived in the United States to meet with some of this country's most influential fundamentalist Sunni Muslim leaders. His journey here was to include meetings and contacts with officials of several Saudi-sponsored charities that have since been accused of links to terrorist groups, including the Illinois-based Global Relief Foundation, which was shut down by U.S. authorities last year.Hussayen has a background in Saudi-backed charities. Virginia incorporation records show that during the 1990s, he was a director of the SAAR Foundation which was raided by ICE in Operation Green Quest!

FOLLOW THE MONEY; ICE Operation Green Quest 9/11 Terrorist Funding Investigation in Sarasota Led by Michael Chertoff Shut Down by FBI Because it Linked to Terrorism, WTF? The ICE Operation Green Quest investigation into terrorist funding in Sarasota Fl led by Michael Chertoff was getting results in 2002 to 2003 but the FBI shut it down. In March 2003, Customs and Operation Green Quest were transferred to ICE, within the Department of Homeland Security. From July to October 2003, the FBI provided a list of individuals, businesses, and organizations to the vetting unit that it believed were related to pre-Agreement ICE Operation Green Quest investigations. Customs (ICE) expanded Operation Green Quest in January 2003 by doubling the personnel commitment to a total of approximately 300 agents and analysts nationwide to work solely on terrorist financing matters, (the SAAR Foundation raid). A review of the list by the vetting unit and TFOS identified approximately 30 potential crossover subjects.

9. Sami Al-Hussayen: In February 2003 Sami Al-Hussayen was arrested and charged with visa fraud . According to the indictment, al-Hussayen routed thousands of dollars he received from overseas sources to the Islamic Assembly of North America, an organization also under investigation for ties to terrorism. Al-Hussayen also allegedly set up web sites that promoted
suicide bombing and using airplanes as weapons four months before the September 11 attacks . 

10. Mohammed Fakihi: Fakihi is a Saudi diplomat. Until recently he was assigned to the Islamic Affairs Section of the Saudi Embassy in Berlin,
Germany. Soon after the September 11th attacks, German authorities searched the apartment of Munir Motassadeq, an associate of the hijackers in Hamburg, and found Fakihi 's business card. According to press reports , the Saudis did not respond to German requests for information on Fakihi. More recently, German authorities discovered that Fakihi had contacts with other terrorists; Fakihi was subsequently recalled to Saudi Arabia.

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Police investigate cyberbullying by Jim Thacker and Allison Thacker in suicide of Storage Wars star Darrell Sheets in Lake Havasu, see photos

UPDATE Arizona Republic Newspaper writes May 6th, 2026; Lake Havasu City Police Department's Criminal Investigations Unit, in a statement sent on Tuesday, May 5, the police department confirmed that, after investigation, the manner of death of Darrell Sheets has been ruled a suicide, pending the completion of toxicology results. "Our agency continues to actively investigate allegations of cyberbullying associated with this case," the statement said. "The Criminal Investigations Unit has submitted Darrell Sheets’ cellular phone for forensic analysis and is currently awaiting the results."

Saturday May 2nd 2026 New York Post Page Six writes; As news of his stunning death emerged, some of Darrell’s “Storage Wars” co-stars addressed claims he was the target of cyberbullying prior to his untimely death. “Darrell has been posting a lot about the guy (Jim Thacker) that’s been cyberbullying him and tormenting him, and I really hope [law enforcement] look into that guy and it’s just not a pass,” Rene Nezhoda said in an Instagram video, noting that a “guy” had been “really, really tormenting him lately.” Public information officer for the Lake Havasu City Police Department in Arizona, Sergeant Kyle Ridgway, told Page Six last month that authorities were “aware of these cyberbullying accusations” and said they are “a part of the active investigation” into Darrell’s death.

Reality star Darrell Sheets, known for his role as "the gambler" in the popular competition show "Storage Wars," has died at age 67, according to local authorities. Sheets was found dead in the early hours of April 22, 2026, at a residence in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, the local police department shared in a statement. The cause of death "appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head," the statement said. Sheets was pronounced dead at the scene.The incident is currently under investigation by the Lake Havasu City Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Unit and the Mohave County Medical Examiner’s office, authorities said. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Lake Havasu City Police Department at 928-855-1171.

Police investigate cyberbullying by Jim Thacker and Allison Thacker in suicide of Storage Wars star Darrell Sheets. Sergeant Kyle Ridgway, public information officer for the Lake Havasu City Police Department in Arizona, told Page Six Wednesday, “We are aware of these cyberbullying accusations of Jim Thacker and Allison Thacker and that is a part of the active investigation.” Marriage License October 23, 2015, James Edwin Thacker, 40, Salem OR, and Allison Nikole Giblin, 26, Salem OR. Allison Thacker's current address is 1855 Dearborn Ave NE, Keizer OR 97303 in Marion county. Allison moved into this Keizer, OR address about 18 years ago.

“Hope they prosecute that Jim Thacker and Allison Thacker”: Darrell Sheets death triggers investigation calls as cyber bullying posts surface online Lake Havasu City Police Department stated that Darrell Sheets had appeared to have shot himself in the head. Jim Thacker aka James Edwin Thacker, age 51, current address Dearborn Ave, Keizer, OR, prior address Lake Havasu City AZ, prior address Salem OR +34 more locations, 14 email addresses found.

Darrell Sheets posted to Lake Havasu City Community Page.... My apologies to all people in Lake Havasu my Identity has been stolen and it is not me making any post it is a Allison and Jim Thacker who used to live here and are now living in Oregon at 1 503-997-9786 Jim was a handyman in LHC that went by the name (I know just the guy) is his biz name, he lives at 1855 Dearborn ave .ne. Keizer OR 97303, he has ripped many people off in LHC for jobs he collected on, and many people are mad, the reason he is attacking me with hundreds of negative post on people and there businesses, using my name and phone number these are very sick people, his wife does the same thing and sits in front of her computer and they bully small time restaurant, businesses, he would sit in shop everyday and just put out bad things on orchids and onions and they would celebrate when they would close a new business down, I banned him from being in my shop because of what him and his wife do to people, so next step I can’t help what he is posting it now trust me it’s not me, I am in contact with the FBI and we will shut him down with felony’s for stalking, harassing, and assuming my identit, and his wife also, this post was done with the knowledge of authority’s, if you have been wronged by this couple please DM me and i will help you also these people belong in jail.

Salem OR man Jim Thacker shocks girlfriend Allison with surprise wedding. KPTV FOX 12 | Local news, weather Portland, Oregon 140K subscribers 2,070 views Nov 4, 2015. Jim Thacker says he was so confident his girlfriend Allison would say yes, he planned their wedding before he popped the question. In October, he secretly worked with Allison's family and friends to plan the wedding of her dreams. Online search indicates that the Thacker's got married in October 2015.

Cyberbullying is willful, repeated harm inflicted through digital devices (phones, computers, gaming) intended to scare, anger, or shame victims. It causes severe mental health issues, social withdrawal, physical symptoms, and low self-esteem. Prevention involves online safety awareness, while reporting to platforms and adults is crucial.

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The Worst Day: Lawyers for 9/11 Families and Brett Eagleson Demand Release of Secret FBI investigation of Saudi Kingdom Links to 9/11 Terrorists.

THE WORST DAY TUESDAY 9/11/2001. Lawyers for 9/11 Families and Brett Eagleson demand release of secret FBI probe docs on Saudi involvement in 9/11 terror attack. Rare second chance to grill Saudi officials on alleged links to September 11 hijackers.The first two 9/11 hijackers in the U.S. — Nawaf Al-Hazmi and Khalid Al-Mihdhar — arrived in Los Angeles on Jan. 15, 2000, without being able to speak English. Yet, records show, they made it to San Diego where they took flying lessons — and flunked out — rented an apartment, and attended a mosque. They were both Saudi nationals. But how did they afford it all? 

That’s what lawyers asked Saudi officials Omar al-Bayoumi, June 9-11; Musaed al-Jarrah, next to be questioned June 17-18; and, last but not least, Fahad al-Thumairy, June 28-30. The interviews took place by video with Saudi officials checking in from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. “These depositions are the most important of them all. It’s big,” said Brett Eagleson of Connecticut, who was 15 years old when his dad died while working at the Twin Towers on 9/11.

UPDATE SEPT 9th, 2021: ABC ACTION NEWS 9/11 SUPPORT NETWORK IN SARASOTA: Click image above for ABC News video and print story. $4,000 phone bills fished from the trash/ Sarasota private investigator Bill Warner started his own investigation in 2002. “They were here, in my neighborhood. So I had to look at it, kept looking at it,” Bill Warner said, he partnered with police, sheriff’s deputies and was eventually paid by ICE for providing surveillance photos and phone bills he collected from the garbage cans of people of interest. Bill Warner said some of the cell phone bills he collected were 35-to-40 pages long, with calls made to phone numbers located all over the world. At that time, cell phone and long-distance companies charged by the minute for calls. “The bills you could see they were $1,200, $1500, $2,000, sometimes even $4,000 a month,” Bill Warner said. ”These are guys living in duplexes, driving old cars, who don’t have a job, see more CLICK HERE.

NYP writes: Pressure is building on the President to release secret FBI documents showing Saudi Arabia’s alleged complicity in the 9/11 terror attacks, with families of the victims accusing the US government of letting a Middle East ally “get away with the murder of our loved ones.” A group of 22 New York and New Jersey federal lawmakers, including lone Republican Nicole Malliotakis and NY Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, sent a letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland, challenging the “state secrets privilege” that ex-Presidents Trump, Obama and Bush invoked to block release of a classified 16-page FBI report. 

Relatives of those killed on 9/11 or from illnesses triggered by Ground Zero toxins applauded last week’s missive. “After nearly 20 years, it is long past time that the American public learned the extent of Saudi Arabia’s role in 9/11,” said Brett Eagleson, who was 15 when his father was killed in the South Tower collapse. Evidence of Saudi involvement in the terror attack emerged in a 2012 FBI memo as part of its Operation Encore investigation from 2007 to 2016. The heavily redacted four-page document identified three senior Saudi government officials who helped provide two 9/11 hijackers with living quarters, financial aid, flight lessons and driver’s licenses in California — allegedly knowing they “were here to commit an act of terrorism.” One of the officials, Musaed Jarrah, was working in the Saudi Embassy in Washington. 

OPERATION ENCORE: highly censored FBI report made public then showed that in October 2012 federal prosecutors and FBI agents in New York City were actively exploring filing charges against a suspect (Osama “Sam” Mustafa) for providing material support to Saudi-born 9/11 hijackers Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar. A key aspect of the 9/11 families’ demands is for access to records about Operation Encore, an FBI investigation into the Saudi role in 9/11 terror attacks. A highly censored FBI report made public then showed that in October 2012 federal prosecutors and FBI agents in New York City were actively exploring filing charges against a suspect for providing material support to Saudi-born 9/11 hijackers Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar, who with three other terrorists crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon in 2001. The suspect’s identify was censored. The report contains several bullet points about individuals with ties to Hazmi and/or Mihdhar. All of the names are redacted, but one name is discernible from the available information: former Tampa resident Osama “Sam” Mustafa. Prior to 9/11, Osama Mustafa owned a gas station and several used car lots in La Mesa a suburb of San Diego where future hijacker Hazmi worked for about a month in the fall of 2000. Mustafa previously had been the subject of an FBI counterterrorism investigation. 

Tampa's Osama Mustafa is/was a high ranking member of the PFLP terrorist organization. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) is a secular Palestinian Marxist–Leninist and revolutionary socialist organization founded in 1967 by George Habash. It has consistently been the second-largest of the groups forming the Palestine Liberation Organization (the PLO, founded in 1964), the largest being Fatah (founded in 1959). The 2012 FBI report recounts Mustafa’s May 15, 2012, arrest in Tampa for Treasury check fraud filed by a U.S. Attorney in Virginia. Court records say the case involved a $17 million tax-refund fraud scheme, and that Mustafa was found guilty in April 2013. According to the report, federal authorities in Tampa had offered Mustafa a deal on Sept. 17, 2012. Osama Sam Mustafa owned used car lots in San Diego CA prior to 9/11 and later in Tampa Fl.

Operation Encore was a 2002 FBI investigation into Saudi Arabian links to the September 11 attacks. From the day of the attacks, the trail seemed to point to Saudi Arabia. First, there was the inescapable fact that, like Osama bin Laden, 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis. The first two flew in to Los Angeles in January 2000 and quickly made their way to a Saudi mosque. When they moved to San Diego a few weeks later, they turned for help to a middle-aged Saudi student whom the FBI suspected of spying for the kingdom. The FBI’s 9/11 investigation, which was given the ungainly name Penttbom (a reference to the Pentagon and the twin towers), eventually compiled a detailed chronology of all 19 hijackers’ movements, financial transactions and other activities. The 2012 FBI report takes a longer look at Mohdar Abdullah, who “played a key role facilitating the daily lives and assisting future Flight 77 hijackers.” His story is recounted in a section of the report titled “Details on Mohdar Abdullah and his connection [redacted].” National security is cited for that redaction, and for much of the first couple of sentences in the section. But the agents were frustrated by one gaping hole in the timeline: They could not account for the first two weeks after Hazmi and Mihdhar landed at Los Angeles International Airport on Jan. 15, 2000. Their arrival was the first major step in bin Laden’s plot to attack the United States, and it was a risky one. Both young men had trained and fought as jihadists in Bosnia and Afghanistan. They were known to the NSA and the CIA partly declassified summary of the Encore case, written in 2012 by New York investigators, cites “evidence” that a Saudi official whose name is redacted “tasked al-Thumairy and al-Bayoumi with assisting the hijackers.” 

According to several people familiar with the document, it refers to a Saudi religious official with diplomatic status who served in the United States. But the FBI recently discounted the idea that the Saudi was a central figure in a support network. Even so, they flew to the United States under their real names, passing through immigration with the tourist visas stamped in their Saudi passports. That year, the arrival on the Encore team of another veteran New York detective, Efrain Vazquez, gave the case a shot of energy. It didn’t last long. Investigators tried again to recruit Mohdar Abdullah, who had moved to Sweden, as a cooperating witness, but he refused. Reached in Stockholm, Abdullah told us he would not discuss details of his dealings with the hijackers, but railed at his treatment by American authorities. “The hijackers associated with many people in California,” he said. “Nothing happened to any of them like what happened to me. This case keeps haunting me.”

The FBI agent who led the post 9/11 investigation of Saudis who moved out of their Sarasota-area home under suspicious circumstances two weeks before the 2001 al Qaeda attacks urged the FBI to seek information from the CIA about whether they assisted the terrorist hijackers. That’s among the final disclosures the FBI made recently to conclude a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit brought by Florida Bulldog in 2012 seeking records of a bureau investigation that was once so secret its existence was withheld from both Congress and the 9/11 Commission. News that the FBI agent who led the probe wanted to ratchet it up by contacting the CIA for further information about the Saudis with ties to the Royal Family was redacted from an explosive April 16, 2002 FBI report. Most significantly, the heavily censored report written by FBI Agent Gregory Sheffield said agents had found “many connections” between the Sarasota Saudis and the hijackers who trained at a nearby airport. The report noted a “family member… was a flight student at Huffman Aviation,” where two of the 9/11 hijack pilots trained. “For these reasons, the FBI is interested in determining if the Central Intelligence Agency has any investigative interest or reason to investigate,” the newly released information says. “Any information which the CIA could provide to the FBI would be useful in the FBI investigation.” The FBI was investigating Abdulazziz al-Hijji; his wife, Anoud, and her father, Esam Ghazzawi, a wealthy Saudi businessman with ties to the kingdom’s ruling House of Saud and international and American political leaders.

3 men recorded a rap song calling themselves “The Arab Assassins” prior to 9/11/2001 at the GHC Recording Studio at 2195 Porter Lake Dr, Sarasota, Florida, business is inactive according to Florida Dept of State records. GHC Recording Studio was created twenty five years ago on 18th December 2000. Here are some of the lyrics from the rap song 'Arab Assassins' : "I'm heartless an animal next on God's list". Glocks and clips that blend with the fog and mist (planes coming out of the sky). We could die any day, that’s why we pray for such purposes. Five times a day, heads at concrete surfaces. It’s murderous. Arab Assassins, you’ve heard of us.” “The US will remember this.” A mysterious Arab rap band records a CD, which includes songs apparently about upcoming terrorist attacks. The group, called the Arab Assassins, records its songs at the GHC Recording Studio in Sarasota, Florida. According to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, their lyrics “range from generic references to Palestinian beliefs to verses that could be considered by some as a warning of what unfolded in New York City and Washington, DC” on 9/11. These refer to subjects such as bombings, New York, and fundamentalist Islamic martyrs. Lyrics include, “I know I’m going to die,” “I’m next on God’s list,” “Partners torn, transformed to martyrs,” “to turn wives into widows,” and “the US will remember this.” After 9/11, the recording studio’s owner Chris Musgrave will comment, “There are some weird coincidences here.” The rap group is made up of three brothers who claim to be from Brooklyn. Yet officials with the Recording Industry Association of America later say they have never heard of the Arab Assassins, and none of the large Internet music sites offer any recordings by them. After recording several songs at the studio, the Arab Assassins take six copies of their CD, and then leave a telephone number that is listed as disconnected. The day after 9/11, the local FBI will seize a copy of the CD from the studio, but offer no comments to the press on the band.

According to newly released documents in the Florida Bulldog Freedom of Information lawsuit filed on the Tampa FBI there appears to have been a Confidential Informant (CI) working along with local law enforcement (ICE & Sarasota Police Dept) in providing information to the FBI during the 2002 Secret Sarasota investigation into a support network for the 9/11 hijack pilots when they were in the Sarasota Fl area. During the time period from late 2002 to end of 2003 Imam Muneer Arafat was paid $35,000 by the FBI to work as a CI in a Sarasota investigation, he revealed this information in open court during the Sami Al-Arain trial in Tampa as reported by the Tampa Trib, ‘Cleric Testifies in Al Arian Trial’ By MICHAEL FECHTER. Arafat was arrested in Sarasota Fl in Nov 2002 by ICE for overstaying his visa, he was shipped off to St Louis to testify before a Federal Grand Jury investigating people with links to 9/11 including his roommate Ziyad Khaleel as reported by the St Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper. When Arafat returned to Sarasota in December of 2002 he was now working for the FBI.

ISLAMIC CHARITIES FUNDING AL-QAEDA & OPERATIVES IN USA: “Procurement Agent” for bin Laden, Ziyad Khaleel (a.k.a. Ziyad Sadaqa). In November 1996, the FBI monitors the progress of bin Laden buying a new satellite phone and tracks the purchase to Ziyad Khaleel, a US citizen and radical militant living in Missouri with Imam Muneer Arafat (later in Sarasota Fl). Newsweek will later say that this puts the Sudan-based charity Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA) “on the FBI’s radar screen” because Ziyad Khaleel is one of IARA’s eight regional US directors. Furthermore, Ziyad Khaleel and his roommate is Imam Muneer Arafat are working for the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP), a Hamas-linked organization co-founded by Mousa Abu Marzook. US intelligence will later reveal that in the late 1990s, IARA is regularly funding al-Qaeda. For instance, it has evidence of IARA giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to bin Laden in 1999. December 1999 Police in Jordan detain Ziyad Khaleel, who the FBI calls a Florida-based “procurement agent” for Osama bin Laden. 

The FBI says Khaleel’s role is to “procure computers, satellite telephones, and covert surveillance equipment” for al-Qaeda leaders, his roommate was Imam Muneer Arafat who moved to Sarasota Fl in early 2000. Ziyad Khaleel and Muneer Arafat were fundraisers for Islamic African Relief Agency and the Holy Land Foundation both designated terrorist supporters of Hamas and Al-Qaeda. UPDATE August 11th, 2021 ABC Action News Tampa I-Team Investigator Adam Walser and Photojournalist Matt McGlashen appear to have some interest in my involvement in a 2002 Sarasota Fl investigation into a terrorist support network that included Imam Muneer Arafat, "We'll see". 

VIDEO ABC7 NEWS SUNCOAST WWSB: Six years ago, Sarasota Private Investigator Bill Warner Exposes Muslim Cleric Muneer Arafat Links to Terrorism. Sarasota Mosque Imam Muneer Arafat came to Sarasota in March of 2000 his prior roommate in St Louis was al-Qaeda procurement agent Ziyad Sadaqua aka Ziyad Khaleel who purchased a satellite phone in the USA and had it shipped to Africa so that it could be used by Osama bin-Laden in the 1998 US Embassy Bombings in Africa. In June of 2000 Mohamed Atta and his 9/11 hijack pals followed Muneer Arafat to Sarasota FL, while Ziyad Sadaqua went to Orlando Fl small world, eh.

Much has been made about a secret 2002 FBI investigation into the Sarasota Saudi Connection. The FBI never questioned members of the Saudi Royal Family before allowing them to flee the United States in the days immediately following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Aboard the plane were two princes -- one of whom allegedly had been in contact with al-Qaeda before the the attacks and another whose father's longtime adviser owned a house in Florida that was allegedly visited several times by some of the hijackers. What's more, the FBI's detailed report to Congress and President George W. Bush on the Saudi exodus was so flawed, it didn't even correctly identify one of the princes, according to new reporting by MSNBC. On the day of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, there were two members of the Saudi Royal family on American soil. One, Prince Ahmed bin Salman, a media baron with vast wealth and a passion for racing expensive horses, was in Lexington Kentucky for the annual sale of thoroughbred yearlings. 

The second, Prince Sultan bin Fahd, was a 22-year-old royal living in Sarasota, Florida, and studying at the University of Tampa’s American Language Academy. Saudi Prince Prince Salman bin Fahad bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud used the name Fahad in Sarasota Fl. Both men, MSNBC reports, were later found to have troubling connections to the men who hijacked four planes on September 11, 2001. Al-Qaida had allegedly been in contact with Prince Ahmed before the attacks, according to statements made by one of Osama bin Ladin's top aides, Abu Zubaydah, MSNBC reported. More strange is the fact that Prince Ahmed died in July 2002 at age 43 of heart failure. The circumstances of his death remain unclear to this day. Prince Sultan, meanwhile, had links to Esam Ghazzawi -- a top adviser to his father Prince Fahd. Of special interest is the Ghazzawis’ boss, the chairman of Eirad Holding Co. Ltd.Saudi Prince Prince Salman bin Fahad bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud used the name Fahad in Sarasota Fl is a prominent member of the ruling Saudi royal family he was living in Sarasota from 2000 to 2001. He is a great-grandson of King Abdulaziz (commonly referred to as Ibn Saud), founder of modern Saudi Arabia, and grandson of the current king. Ghazzawi owned a home in Sarasota that was visited several times by Mohamad Atta, the leader of the September 11 hijackers, and his group. On the day of the attacks, Prince Sultan bin Fahd was in Sarasota. He received a call from his uncle who told him to make it to Lexington as soon as they could so they could leave the country amid mounting anti-Saudi sentiment. A former Florida police officer and a former FBI agent were hired to provide protection for the young royal and his colleagues. In the hours after the September 11 attacks, the Federal Aviation Administration grounded all flights until 11am September 13. Though it has been reported that the Saudis flew during this air prohibition, according to MSNBC, Prince Sultan and his friends actually didn't leave on a chartered jet until five hours after the flight ban was lifted. The FBI report to Congress and President George W. Bush lists another method of travel entirely. The FBI claimed that the prince hired a car and drove the 900 miles north to Kentucky. But the two men who worked for the prince's security detail said the FBI got this all wrong, MSNBC says. Another key detail the FBI got wrong was Prince Sultan's identity. The FBI said the young prince was the son of Prince Ahmed. However, Prince Sultant is actually the older royal's nephew. Three days after prince touched down in Lexington, Kentucky, he and Prince Ahmed, along with 12 other Saudis boarded a Boeing 727 and flew back to Saudi Arabia. None of the men was ever questioned by the FBI before they were allowed to leave the country, according to MSNBC.

Saudi Prince Prince Salman bin Fahad bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud used the name Fahad in Sarasota Fl. RE Esam Ghazzawi’s son, Adel Ghazzawi, 46: Individuals tied to Huffman Flight School and 9/11 Hijackers by FBI linked to 4224 Escondito Circle Sarasota as family members appear to be Abdulaziz al-Hijji and Adel Ghazzawi son of Esam Ghazzawi. In the year 2000, Sarasota Saudi’s Abdulaziz al-Hijji then age 27 and his brother in law Adel Ghazzawi then age 30, were contemporaries of 9/11 Hijack Pilots Ziad Jarrah then age 25, Marwan Al-Shehhi then age 22, and Monamed Atta then age 32 who all appear to have taken Flight Training in Venice Fl at Hoffman Aviation at the same time, small world, eh? It appears the Adel Ghazzawi had been staying at 4224 Escondito Circle Sarasota, he also was linked to a address in nearby Longboat Key Fl. 

April 3rd 2002 FBI report indicates that at least two people linked to the al-Hijji house in Prestancia Sarasota Fl were taking flight lessons at Huffman Aviation with the 9/11 hijackers in the year 2000. When “big poppy” Esam Ghazzawi left the U.S., Adel Ghazzawi apparently took over the family’s affairs here. It was Adel, then 30 and an American citizen, who tried to get a Prestancia lien lifted so the house could be sold. The lien came after the series of brushes with Prestancia’s community association in Sarasota Fl, they all just slipped away right under the noses of the FBI. Quote: “A U.S. agency involved in tracking terrorist funds was interested in both men even before 9/11” the US Agency is ICE, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) which enforces federal laws governing international money laundering. 

ICE along with the Sarasota Police Intel unit and the Sarasota County Sheriff Department were the nexus of a 2002 investigation in Sarasota Fl that was taken over by Sarasota FBI agent Thomas Baugher when it eventually linked to support of terrorism. Same time frame as the so-called 2002 FBI Secret Sarasota Investigation of Abdulazziz al-Hijji’s clan in Prestancia Sarasota Fl. A’int no coincidences in terrorism as FBI agent Thomas Baugher told me on several occasions in 2002 and 2003. Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs Funds 9/11 Via Cash from HLF to Global Relief to WSRA.

 

Bill Warner Private Investigator Sarasota Fl.