[iwar] [fc:Money.links.to.terrorism]

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BERLIN (Reuters) - One of the suspected U.S.  hijackers who had lived in
Hamburg in Germany had contact with a man who authorities have long
believed has links with Osama bin Laden, a magazine has reported. 

In a report released on Saturday ahead of publication on Sunday, Der
Spiegel weekly said Marwan Yusef al-Shehhi, one of three of the hijack
suspects who had lived in Germany, had contact with a 43-year-old Syrian
who was thought to have ties to bin Laden. 

Al-Shehhi is believed to have been behind the controls of the plane that
crashed into the second World Trade Centre tower. 

The magazine said the Syrian had come under suspicion because he
controlled a bank account belonging to Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, who was
arrested in Germany in 1998 on suspicion of being a top financial aide
and arms buyer for bin Laden. 

At least six associates with links to bin Laden have been captured in
Germany in recent years.  Salim is now awaiting trial in the United
States. 

The Saudi-born exile, believed to be hiding in Afghanistan, is
Washington's chief suspect for the attacks that left more than 6,500
dead or missing.  Bin Laden denies all involvement. 

Federal Prosecutor Kay Nehm said on Friday investigations in Germany had
not revealed any links with bin Laden, but said authorities were
investigating in that direction. 

Der Spiegel said the Syrian man in question also had contact to Wadih
El-Hage, who was convicted in May for helping bin Laden carry out the
1998 bombings of two U.S.  embassies in Africa. 

The magazine said police were also investigating another Syrian man in
Hamburg who also had links to Salim as well as with Said Bahaji, a
German citizen of Moroccan origin who investigators are seeking in
connection with the attack. 

German prosecutors issued arrest warrants on Friday for Bahaji and
another man on suspicion of membership of a "terrorist organisation",
the murder of several thousand people and other serious crimes. 
Prosecutors said the two were believed to have been planning the attacks
at least since 1999. 

Der Spiegel also said German authorities had tried to launch an in-depth
investigation last year into groups with links to bin Laden but had
failed to get permission for lack of evidence. 

Meanwhile, Germany's Focus weekly reported that U.S.  intelligence had
observed Mohammed Atta, another of the suspected hijackers who lived for
a time in Hamburg, buying large quantities of chemicals from pharmacies,
possibly for the production of explosives. 

A German regional security minister said on Thursday around 100
undercover guerrillas trained by the Taliban in camps in Afghanistan
might be lying in wait in Germany, ready to participate in new attacks. 

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