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The following table lists suspects arrested nationwide in the U.S. since 9/11.  All arrested are presumed innocent unless a conviction has been indicated, thus are alleged to have committed terrorist crimes.
 
 
Name  Region  Details
Osama Awadallah San Diego, 
California
Jordanian originally suspected of giving support to 9/11 hijacker Khalid Almihdhar and Nawaf Alhazmi.  However to date, the only charges filed have been lying to a Federal Grand Jury saying he did not know hijacker Almihdar.
Faisal Michael 
Al Salmi
Phoenix, 
Az.
Accused of giving false statements to the FBI, claiming he did not know hijacker Hani Hanjour, however the FBI claims to have several pieces of evidence to the contrary;  Also lied to FBI saying he had not spoken to Rayed Mohammed Abdullah, an associate of Hanjour.  Both cases of lieing, claimed the FBI, impeded the investigation into the 9/11 hijackers.  Al Salmi was convicted, served 34 days plus time served, and the Justice Department has requested he be deported.
Semi Osman  Seattle, 
WA.
Alleged to have attended a Seattle mosque where a plan to build a terrorist training camp was hatched (the mosque no longer exists), the camp to be built in Oregon.  Osman pleaded guilty to having a firearm with an obliterated serial number.  He is reported to be a material witness and being held while he cooperates with authorities, reportedly targeting London, England cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, an alleged Al Qaeda recruiter.
James Ujaama Denver, 
CO.
Attended the same mosque in Seattle where a plot was allegedly hateched to create a terrorist training camp in Oregon, is being held as a material witness targeting ondon, England cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, an alleged Al Qaeda recruiter.
Ghassan Dahduli Rchardson, 
TX.
Palestinian leader of the Islamic Association for Palestine, which Israel says is a front for the terrorist group Hamas.  He is alleged to have identified as an associate of Osama Bin Laden and another man, Wadih el Hage convicted of connections to the bombings of U.S. Embassies in Africa.  Dahduli was arrested and deported to Jordon where he was released a few weeks later.
Atallah Fuad Khoury Houston, 
TX
Allegedly bragged to a rental car clerk that he had a new pilots license and to "watch the news". In November 2001, He plead guilty and was convicted of possessing a gun illegally and lieing on the gun dealer from about his citizenship status.
Mohammed Jaweed 
Azmath
Ft. Worth,
TX
Police arrested Azmath during a random drug search on 9/12/01, indicted in Jan, 2002 on charges of selling credit cards and identification cards to an unamed third conspirator.  Has pleaded not guilty
Ayub Ali Khan Ft. Worth, 
TX
Police arrested Khan during a random drug search on 9/12/01, indicted in Jan, 2002 on charges of selling credit cards and identification cards to an unamed third conspirator.  Plead not guilty
Hussein al-Attas Norman, 
OK.
One of three students arrested at U of Oklahoma, alleged associate of Zacarias Moussaoui who was arrested in August in Minnesota while seeking training to pilot commercial airliners, following the pattern of the 9/11 terrorists.  The justice deparment claims al-Attas was a roomate of Moussaoui.
Mohammad Yaseen 
Haider
Norman, 
OK.
President of the U of Oklahoma Pakistan Student Association was a neighbor of Moussaoui, charged with immigration violations.
Mukkaram Ali Norman, 
OK.
One of three students arrested at U of Oklahoma, alleged associate of Zacarias Moussaoui who was arrested in August in Minnesota while seeking training to pilot commercial airliners, following the pattern of the 9/11 terrorists.  The justice deparment claims al-Attas was a roomate of Moussaoui.
Adel F. Badri Warrensburg, 
MO.
Arrested on bank fraud charges, allegedly cashing forged checks totaling $10,000, and was a student pilot, plea bargained to bank fraud and convicted, thought to be cooperating with federal authorities.
Youssef Hmimssa Cedar Rapids, 
Iowa
Arrested in September of 2001 on fraud and misuse of visa and other documents charges.  Lived under an assumed name, Michael Saisa, indicted in Detroit when his immigration documents were found on terrorists suspects arested there.  While investigations continue, Hmimssa is being held on the document charges.
Zacarias Moussaoui Eagan,
Minnesota
Accused of conspiring with Osama Bin Laden and the 19 9/11 hijackers for the 9/11 attacks.  Moussaoui is a Moroccan with French Citizenship.  Moussaoui is alleged to have received funds from a financier central to the 9/11 plot and also trained at an Al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan.  Moussaoui had attended but not completed flight training in May of 2001.  Moussaoui was originally arrested on immigration charges a month before the 9/11 attacks when his flight instructor (at a different school) became suspicious of the odd training requests.  Moussaoui's trail is due to begin at the end of September, 2002.
Ollie Salem Kahlan 
Al-Marri
West Peoria,
Illinois
AlMarri arrested in connection with telephone credit cards that belonged to Mustafa Ahmed al-Hisawi, a suspected cash distributor to 9/11 hijackers.  Charged with a number of counts of credit card fraud.
Nabil Al-Marabh Justice,
Illinois
Arrested September 18, 2001 on charges he was part of a financial cash flow and support ring for 9/11 terrorists Ahmed Alghamdi and Satam Al Sugami. Involved in the investigation of Marabh is the U.S. Customs Service and the FBI.
Omar Shishani Detroit,
Michigan
Arrested in July of 2002, at the Detroit Metro Aiport, carrying $12 million of conterfeit cashier's checks. Shishani is a Chechnyan with Jordanian documents.  He has plead not guilty to possession of counterfeit securities and smuggling charges.  He remains in jail while investigations continue.
Karim Koubriti Detroit,
Michigan
Arrested a few days after 9/11 for fraud and misuse of various immigration documents (See Youssef Hmimssa).  Arresting officials were alarmed by airport drawings in his possession.  Terrorism charges have since been dropped and he faces trial only on the immigration charges.
Ahmed Hannan Detroit,
Michigan
Arrested a few days after 9/11 for fraud and misuse of various immigration documents (See Youssef Hmimssa).  Arresting officials were alarmed by airport drawings in his possession.  Terrorism charges have since been dropped and he faces trial only on the immigration charges.
Vincente Pierre Roanoke,
Virginia
Convicted in December of 2001, on weapons charges and making false statements, after indictment a few days after 9/11/01.  Alleged member of terrorist group al-Fuqra seeking to "purify Islam through violence".
Traci Upshur Roanoke,
Virgina
Convicted in December of 2001, on weapons charges and making false statements, after indictment a few days after 9/11/01. Alleged member of terrorist group al-Fuqra  seeking to "purify Islam through violence".
Bilal Adullah Ben 
Benu
Roanoke,
Virginia
Charged with illegally transporting ammunctionfor AK-47 automatic rifles. Alleged member of terrorist group al-Fuqra seeking to "purify Islam through violence".
Mohammed Osman 
Idris
Arlington,
Virginia
Idris and Mohammed El-Yacoubi were stopped by authorities while trying to fly to Jerusalm in December 2001, and found to be carrying a letter which indicated they were about to conduct suicide attacks in Israel.  Idris is charged with lying to a Grand Jury and is being held pending investigation of ties to terrorist groups.
Mohammed 
El-Yacoubi
Fairfax, 
Virginia
Mohammed El-Yacoubi and Mohammad Osman Idris were stopped by authorities while trying to fly to Jerusalm in December 2001, and found to be carrying a letter which indicated they were about to conduct suicide attacks in Israel.  El-Yaciybu is being held pending investigation of ties to terrorist groups.
Nabil Sarama Orlando,
Florida
Palestinian arrested a few days after 9/11, found near a pay phone used to make bomb threats.  Charged with misuse or fraud involving immigration and identification documents. Sarama is well known in the immigration database, moving in and out of the country numerous times using Palestinian Authority, Israeli, or Jordanian passports.
Abdel Rahman Omar 
Tawfiq Alfauru
Arlington,
Virginia
Charged by FBI allegedly participating in a fake identification ring, documents associated with 9/11 hijacker Hani Hanjour. 
Agus Budima Arlington,
Virginia
Indoneisan National charged in November 2001 of helping Mohamad Bin Nasser Belfas -- a contact of Osam Bin Laden -- to falsely obtain a Virginia driver's license.  Plead guilty to document fraud charges.  Budiman is alleged to be a contact of  9/11 ring leader and hijacker Mohamed Atta.  Budiman's visa shows he arrived from Germany in 2000.  An associate, Belfas, is still at large.  Budima has not been charged as a terrorist.
Mohamed Abdi Alexandria,
Virginia
Arrested nearly two weeks after 9/11/01, Abdi pleaded guilty to forging a signature on a housing subsidy check, and sentenced to four months in prison.  Authorities were led to Abdi by a map with his misspelled name and phone number on a Washington, D.C. map found in 9/11 hijacker Nawaf Alhazmi's car parked at Dulles Airport.  Abdi has not been charged with terrorist offenses.
Kenys Galicia Arlington, 
Virginia
Sentened to a year in jail for assisting two hijackers in obtaining false Virginia documents.  Authorities however, say he had no prior knowlege of the acts the hijackers were going to commit.
Luis Martinez-Flores Arlington,
Virginia
Sentened to almost a year in jail for assisting two hijackers in obtaining false Virginia documents.  Authorities however, say he had no prior knowlege of the acts the hijackers were going to commit.
Herbet Villalobos Arlington,
Virginia
Sentened to almost a year in jail for assisting two hijackers in obtaining false Virginia documents.  Authorities however, say he had no prior knowlege of the acts the hijackers were going to commit.
Victor Lopez-Flores Arlington,
Virginia
Sentened to almost a year in jail for assisting two hijackers in obtaining false Virginia documents.  Authorities however, say he had no prior knowlege of the acts the hijackers were going to commit.
Hhalid al-Draibi Washington,
D.C.
Detained near Dulles International Airport on 9/11.  Search revealed licensees from eight states, flight manuals for small aircraft.  However, authorities did not press for terrorist charges.  Draibi was sentenced to four months in jail and ordered to be deporated at release.
Rasmi Subhi Salah 
al Shannaq
Baltimore,
Maryland
Jordanian arrested for overstaying his visa, then indicted for obtaininga counterfeit and illegaly obtained visa from the embassy in Doha, Qatar.  The nvestigation includes some 70 other people who used false identification from Qatar  to enter the U.S. and possible U.S. Embassy at Qatar employees participation.
Mohammad Pervez Jersey City,
New Jersey
Arrested a few days after 9/11/01, harged with lying to an FBI agent about checks he wrote and deposited. Pervez lived with two Ft. Worth, TX. suspects (see Mohammed Jaweed Azmath and Ayub Ali Khan), as Pervez was found living at their Jersey CIty address
Mustafa Kilfat Elizabeth,
New Jersey
Among a group of alleged co-conspirators in the 9/11 attacks (1 of 3) taken into custody on September 13, 2001 -- This suspect was  carrying one way ticket to Syria and large amounts of cash -- charged with credit card fraud, and carrying a false Greek passport.  No terrorist charges have been filed.
Ahmad Kilfat Elizabeth,
New Jersey
Among a group of alleged co-conspirators in the 9/11 attacks (2 of 3) taken into custody on September 13, 2001 -- This suspect was  carrying one way ticket to Syria and large amounts of cash -- charged with credit card fraud, but has not been charged with terrorist activities.
Mohammed Mahmous 
Al Raqqad
Elizabeth,
New Jersey
Among a group of alleged co-conspirators in the 9/11 attacks 3 of 3) taken into custody on September 13, 2001 -- This suspect was  carrying one way ticket to Syria and large amounts of cash.  He has not been charged with any offense.
Abdallah Higazy New York,
NY
Egyptian charged in January 2002 of making false statements to investigators -- denying knowlege of radio found in his hotel room, but  later cleared when another hotel guest claimed the radio, Higazy was released.
Khalid Sharaf-
Alsubiani
New York, 
NY
Arrested in October in New York, paid cash for flight lessons which he did not complete (1999) and failed to appear in court on minor charges in North Carolina and Georgia.  Also attended flight school in Texas. 
Shafal A. Mosed Lackawanna,
NY
Charged with providing material support to terrorists, could spend 15 years in federal prison. Arrested on 9/14/02.  Suspected of training at the al-Farouq training camp in Afghanistan.
Faysal H. Galab Lackawanna,
NY
Charged with providing material support to terrorists, could spend 15 years in federal prison. Arrested on 9/14/02. Suspected of training at the al-Farouq training camp in Afghanistan.
Yahya Goba Lackawanna,
NY
Charged with providing material support to terrorists, could spend 15 years in federal prison. Arrested on 9/14/02. Suspected of training at the al-Farouq training camp in Afghanistan.
Yasein A. Taher Lackawanna,
NY
Charged with providing material support to terrorists, could spend 15 years in federal prison. Arrested on 9/14/02. Suspected of training at the al-Farouq training camp in Afghanistan.
Sahim A. Alwan Lackawanna,
NY
Charged with providing material support to terrorists, could spend 15 years in federal prison. Arrested on 9/14/02. Suspected of training at the al-Farouq training camp in Afghanistan.
Richard Reid Boston,
Massachusetts
a.k.a. Abdel Rahim, arrested in December 2001 when he tried to set his shoes on fire on an aircraft between Paris to Miami, plane diverted to Logan Airport and Reid turned over to authorities.  Passengers responded to stewardess who requested help in subduing Reid.  Subsequently Reid was indicted on nine counts of various charges from explosives to specific terrorist activites including attempted destruction of a mass transportation vehicle, although a later judge ruled, amazingly, that an airliner is not a vehicle of mass transportation.  There is also an alleged contact between Reid and Zacarias Moussaoui (also listed in this table).
Mohamed Hussein Dorchester,
Massachusetts
The Hussein` brothers operated the Barakaat North America Inc. offices, Dorchester Massachusetts, charged with operating an unlicensed Dubai based money transfer service with other offices in  Seattle, WA; Minneapolis,, MN. and Columbus, Ohio.  Federal authorities claim part of the fee charged for wire transfers was diverted to use by Osama Bin Laden and the Al Qaeda network.
Liban Hussein Dorchester,
Massachusetts
The Hussein brothers operated the Barakaat North America Inc. offices, Dorchester Massachusetts, charged with operating an unlicensed Dubai based money transfer service with other offices in  Seattle, WA; Minneapolis,, MN. and Columbus, Ohio.  Federal authorities claim part of the fee charged for wire transfers was diverted to use by Osama Bin Laden and the Al Qaeda network.
     
     
     
     
     

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