| Importance | Very Low |
 | Affiliation | 9-11 plotters1 |
| Role | Associate1 |
| Nationality | Iraqi1 |
 | Date of Birth | 1965 |
| Gender | Male |
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| Reliable | He met 9-11 hijacker Khalid al-Mihdhar at the airport in Kuala Lumpur on Jan. 5, 2000.1 |
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 | Invalidated | Shakir was reported to possibly be a lieutenant colonel in the Iraqi Fedayeen militia. These reports were incorrect; another man with a similar name served in the Fedayeen.
Nevertheless, Shakir is the source of much speculation by those wishing to connect the Saddam Hussein's Iraq to 9-11.1 |
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| 1 The 9-11 Commission Final Report, July 22, 2004, Footnotes. |
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