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Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi

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Details
	Importance	High
	Location of Detention	U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba¹
	Capturing Authority	U.S. and Pakistani officers
	Date of Capture	March 1, 2003
	Location of Capture	Rawalpindi, Pakistan
	Affiliation	9-11 plotters
	Role	Terrorist Operations Facilitator
	Supervisor	Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
	Affiliation	Al-Qaeda
	Affiliation	Al-Qaeda Media Committee²
	Nationality	Saudi
	Alias(es)	Hashim Abdulrahmn¹, Hashim 'Abd al-Rahman¹, Zahir¹, Ayyub¹, Muhammad Adnan¹
	Alternate Spelling(s)	Mustafa Ahmad al-Hisawi, Mustafa Ahmad al-Hasawi
	Gender	Male

Narrative and Notes

	Reliable	He was one of 14 key al-Qaeda operatives transferred from CIA custody to the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2006. In 2001, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed dispatched him to Dubai to assist in helping 9-11 operatives transiting to the United States. He worked on several other plots with KSM until they were captured together in 2003.¹

Sources
¹ 'Detainee Biographies,' press release, Director of National Intelligence, Sept. 6, 2006.
² The 9-11 Commission Final Report, July 22, 2004, Chapter 7.3.
Photo: Government exhibit, United States vs. Moussaoui

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