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EVD-018

Anwar al-Awlaki in the San Diego mosque circle

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Provenance

Source
9/11 Commission Report
Date
2004-07-22
Page
SHA-256
78c9d42faef1fe792a6c4087f927822273a1ecd42453ad4670bfdd328c130eaf
Classification
unclassified
Copyright
public domain
Quality 3.75 / 5components retained
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Observation

Documented social/religious contact between Awlaki and the two hijackers in 2000–2001.

Interpretation

Weak on H007 unless additional evidence shows Awlaki was tasked by Saudi officials or knew the plot. Currently insufficient for that leap.

Source text

The Commission records contacts between the two hijackers and Anwar al-Awlaki in San Diego and later Virginia. Awlaki's later AQAP role is not retroactive proof of 2000 plot knowledge.

Association is an observation. Knowing facilitation is a claim that needs separate evidence, which this item does not contain.

Hypothesis linkage

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