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In March 2003, one of the detainee’s brothers stated the detainee was involved with a
group that he believed to be al Qaida, and as of December 2002 was involved in transporting
people across the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and points elsewhere.
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On 1 May 2003, Iyman Faris pleaded guilty in the United States District Court in
Alexandria, Virginia, to providing material support and resources to al Qaida and conspiracy for
providing the terrorist organization with information about possible United States targets for
attack.
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In mid-2001, Iyman Faris (Faris) had dinner and spent the night at the detainee’s
family residence in Baltimore, Maryland. Faris stated during this visit the detainee spoke to him
about the fighting and struggle in Afghanistan. On a subsequent visit the detainee told Faris he
met Khalid Shaykh Mohammed (KSM) in Pakistan and referred to KSM as his uncle. The
detainee told Faris of his desire to martyr himself against President Musharaff of Pakistan by
detonating a vest of explosives inside a building.
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A computer hard-drive seized from a residence where munitions were discovered
contained linkages to media seized from the detainee’s residence.
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In March 2003, the detainee’s father stated the detainee recently began to be
influenced by anti-American thoughts and became extremely religious in his behavior. The
detainee’s father believed the detainee had come under the influence of family members in
Karachi, Pakistan, who discussed anti-American feelings and could be very destructive.
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On 23 November 2005, Uzair Paracha (Paracha) was convicted in United States
District Court, Southern District of New York, on charges relating to his provision of material
support to the al Qaida terrorist organization. The evidence proved Paracha agreed with two al
Qaida members, including the detainee, to provide support to al Qaida by trying to help the
detainee obtain a travel document that would have allowed the detainee to re-enter the United
States to commit a terrorist act.
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In February and March 2003, Uzair Paracha (Paracha) posed as the detainee during
telephone calls with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, called the
detainee’s bank, and attempted to gather information about the detainee’s immigration
paperwork via the Internet. Paracha also agreed to use the detainee’s credit card to make it
appear that the detainee was in the United States, when in fact the detainee was in Pakistan.
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On 29 March 2003, a search of Uzair Paracha’s bedroom in Brooklyn, New York,
revealed a Bank of America visa check card in the name of the detainee and five different
identification cards for the detainee, including one Maryland drivers license and one social
security card.
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Uzair Paracha (Paracha) stated he knew from his father the detainee and a second
individual were al Qaida. The detainee and the individual wanted to give Paracha and his father
between 180,000 and 200,000 United States dollars to invest in their company as a loan. Paracha
stated he knew the money was al Qaida money and that al Qaida wanted to keep the money
liquid so they could have it back at a moments notice. Paracha felt it was implied that he had to
perform tasks for the detainee and the individual on behalf of al Qaida because of the money
being loaned to their business.
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