ules to determine which flights would be in the air at the same time in different
parts of the world.They used the game software to increase their familiarity with
aircraft models and functions, and to highlight gaps in cabin security.While in
Karachi, they also discussed how to case flights in Southeast Asia. KSM told them
to watch the cabin doors at takeoff and landing, to observe whether the captain
went to the lavatory during the flight, and to note whether the flight attendants
brought food into the cockpit. KSM, Khallad, and Hazmi also visited travel agen-
cies to learn the visa requirements for Asian countries.
U.S. intelligence would analyze communications associated with Mihdhar,
whom they identified during this travel, and Hazmi, whom they could have
identified but did not.
ferent roles, they had different tasks. Hazmi and Mihdhar were sent to Kuala
Lumpur before proceeding to their final destination--the United States.
According to KSM, they were to use Yemeni documents to fly to Malaysia, then
proceed to the United States using their Saudi passports to conceal their prior
travels to and from Pakistan. KSM had doctored Hazmi's Saudi passport so it
would appear as if Hazmi had traveled to Kuala Lumpur from Saudi Arabia via
Dubai. Khallad and Abu Bara went to Kuala Lumpur to study airport security
and conduct casing flights.According to Khallad, he and Abu Bara departed for
Malaysia in mid-December 1999. Hazmi joined them about ten days later after
briefly returning to Afghanistan to attend to some passport issues.
use the opportunity to case flights as well.According to Khallad, Malaysia was
an ideal destination because its government did not require citizens of Saudi
Arabia or other Gulf states to have a visa. Malaysian security was reputed to be
lax when it came to Islamist jihadists.Also, other mujahideen wounded in com-
bat had reportedly received treatment at the Endolite clinic and successfully
concealed the origins of their injuries. Khallad said he got the money for the
prosthesis from his father, Bin Ladin, and another al Qaeda colleague.
be kept informed of al Qaeda activities in Southeast Asia. Hambali picked up
Khallad and Abu Bara and brought them to his home, enlisting the help of a
colleague who spoke better Arabic. Hambali then took them to the clinic.
he realized was a mistake because this seating assignment on that flight did not
afford him a view of the cockpit. He claims to have done what he could to case