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'', "Suspected operative for al-Qaida held at center in El Paso", December 31, 2008 Raed Hijazi was one of four men, along with

Mohamad Elzahabi Mohamad Kamal Elzahabi ( Mohamad Kamal El-Zahabi) is a Lebanese national who was granted permanent resident status in the United States in 1986, after first arriving on a student visa. During the 1990s, he worked as a small arms instructor at an ...

, Nabil al-Marabh and Bassam Kanj, who met each other at the

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during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Although the four men each went their separate ways following the war, in 1998 they were all working as

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, the first three were working for the same company. He was roommates with Nabil al-Marabh for at least two months in Boston while they both worked as cab drivers.Fainaru, Steve. ''

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'', "Sept. 11 detainee is ordered deported", September 4, 2002 He was convicted in Jordan of 2000 millennium attack plots, planning attacks on or near January 1, 2000 within the country.

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