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passports, which Binalshibh in turn would pass along to KSM, probably for sub-
sequent use in al Qaeda propaganda.
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The most significant part of the mid-July conversation concerned Jarrah's
troubled relationship with Atta. KSM and Binalshibh both acknowledge that
Jarrah chafed under Atta's authority over him. Binalshibh believes the disagree-
ment arose in part from Jarrah's family visits. Moreover, Jarrah had been on his
own for most of his time in the United States because Binalshibh's visa diffi-
culty had prevented the two of them from training together. Jarrah thus felt
excluded from the decisionmaking. Binalshibh had to act as a broker between
Jarrah and Atta.
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Concerned that Jarrah might withdraw from the operation at this late stage,
KSM emphasized the importance of Atta and Jarrah's resolving their differ-
ences. Binalshibh claims that such concern was unwarranted, and in their mid-
July discussion reassured KSM that Atta and Jarrah would reconcile and be
ready to move forward in about a month, after Jarrah visited his family. Not-
ing his concern and the potential for delay, KSM at one point instructed Binal-
shibh to send "the skirts" to "Sally"--a coded instruction to Binalshibh to send
funds to Zacarias Moussaoui.While Binalshibh admits KSM did direct him to
send Moussaoui money during the mid-July conversation, he denies knowing
exactly why he received this instruction--though he thought the money was
being provided "within the framework" of the 9/11 operation.
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KSM may have instructed Binalshibh to send money to Moussaoui in order
to help prepare Moussaoui as a potential substitute pilot for Jarrah. On July 20,
2001, Aysel Senguen, Jarrah's girlfriend, purchased a one-way ticket for Jarrah
from Miami to Dusseldorf. On Jarrah's previous four trips from the United
States to see Senguen and his family in Lebanon, he had always traveled with
a round-trip ticket. When Jarrah departed Miami on July 25, Atta appears to
have driven him to the airport, another unique circumstance.
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Binalshibh picked up Jarrah at the airport in Dusseldorf on July 25. Jarrah
wanted to see Senguen as soon as possible, so he and Binalshibh arranged to
meet a few days later.When they did, they had an emotional conversation dur-
ing which Binalshibh encouraged Jarrah to see the plan through.
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While Jarrah was in Germany, Binalshibh and Moussaoui were in contact
to arrange for the transfer of funds. Binalshibh received two wire transfers from
Hawsawi in the UAE totaling $15,000 and, within days, relayed almost all of
this money to Moussaoui in two installments.
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Moussaoui had been taking flight lessons at the Airman Flight School in
Norman, Oklahoma, since February but stopped in late May.Although at that
point he had only about 50 hours of flight time and no solo flights to his credit,
Moussaoui began making inquiries about flight materials and simulator train-
ing for Boeing 747s. On July 10, he put down a $1,500 deposit for flight sim-
ulator training at Pan Am International Flight Academy in Eagan, Minnesota,
and by the end of the month, he had received a simulator schedule to train from
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