Al-Qaeda associates detained
Counterterrorism Detention| Event Details | |||
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![]() | Primary Organization | Benevolence International Foundation | |
![]() | Other Organization | Al-Qaeda | |
![]() | Location of Capture | San Francisco, California, United States | |
![]() | Time of Capture | Dec. 16, 1994 | |
![]() | Captured | Mohammed Jamal Khalifa1, Abu Rida al Suri1,3 | |
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![]() | Reliable | They were detained after arriving in the United States from the Philippines in late 1994. | |
![]() | Possible | It appears neither were held for very long. | |
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| 1Affadavit of FBI Special Agent Robert Walker, during United States vs. Benevolence International Foundation. (2) | |||
| 2Affadavit was cited by Steven Emerson and Jonathan Levin before U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, July 31, 2003. | |||
| 3United States vs. Enaam Arnaout, government filing. | |||
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