[iwar] [fc:Government.Releases.Details.in.Terror.Probe]

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By James Vicini Reuters

WASHINGTON (Sept.  22) - Some of those wanted for questioning in the
deadly airplane attacks and charged with immigration violations entered
the United States right before or just after the Sept.  11 hijackings,
according to Justice Department documents released on Friday. 

Most of the 33 charged came from Middle Eastern nations.  The 33 were
charged with violations ranging from having false passports to
overstaying their visas. 

They were wanted by the FBI for questioning about what they might know
about the hijackings of four planes that hit the World Trade Center in
New York, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field, leaving more than 6,800
people dead or missing.  None of those charged with immigration
violations has been charged in connection with the hijackings. 

Two Egyptian citizens were picked up after entering the United States on
Sept.  14 at Laredo, Texas.  A native of India was picked up for using
another person's passport after being admitted into the country in
Blaine, Washington, on Sept.  15. 

Among those who entered the United States right before the attacks were
two Pakistani citizens who entered the country on Aug.  24 in
Brownsville, Texas. 

Most of those charged had entered the country in the past few years.  A
Jordanian citizen had been in the United States since 1989, the longest
period of time among those charged. 

LUFTHANSA PASSENGER HELD

In addition, the Justice Department released a previously sealed
criminal complaint charging a man who was on a Lufthansa flight from
Germany that was bound for Chicago but diverted to Toronto on Sept.  11
with possessing and attempting to use a passport that was obtained by
making a false statement. 

Department officials said Nageeb Abdul Jabar Mohamed Al-Hadi had been
held in Canada since Sept.  11 but the United States was seeking his
extradition for questioning about the attacks.  They said the United
States presented the documents at a hearing on Friday in Toronto. 

In the same court documents filed earlier in federal court in Chicago,
the FBI said the defendant was carrying three Yemeni passports with
different names, dates of issue and dates of birth. 

His baggage arrived in Chicago on an earlier flight on Sept.  11.  U.S. 
Customs officials searching the baggage found two Lufthansa crew
uniforms, at least one identification card and a piece of paper sewn
into the pocket of a pair of pants with Arabic writing, the FBI said. 

The officials said the man worked for a Lufthansa contractor. 

80 PEOPLE IN CUSTODY

In all, 80 individuals have been taken into custody by the U.S. 
Immigration and Naturalization Service on immigration charges in
connection with the investigation into the attack, Justice Department
officials said. 

Of the 33, more than 20 were citizens of Middle Eastern countries,
including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Jordan, Syria and Israel.  Among
the others charged were citizens of Pakistan and India. 

The names of all of the individuals were blacked out for privacy
reasons, Justice Department officials said. 

Many of the violations were for allegedly staying in the United States
on expired visas.  A Pakistani citizen entered the United States on a
student visa in 1994 but had not attended a university since the fall
semester of that year, according to the documents. 

In addition to those being held on immigration charges, an unspecified
number of individuals have been arrested as potential key witnesses, and
the FBI wants to question about 200 people who may be suspects,
associates of the suspects or potential witnesses. 

The Justice Department said earlier in the week that 115 people were
being held for alleged immigration violations, but officials retracted
that number and said the correct figure was 80. 

It was the first batch of immigration charges to be released.  The
documents for two individuals were omitted because they are no longer in
the custody of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, a Justice
Department spokesman said.  He was unable to say what had happened to
them. 

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