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OCTOBER 10, 2002 THU : (NY : JFK AIRPORT : MUSLIM CLERIC ANWAR NASSER AULAQI aka AL-AWLAKI IS DETAINED & RELEASED A FEW HOURS LATER -- See SAN DIEGO CELL, FALLS CHURCH CELL, VA JIHAD/PAINTBALL CELL, OPERATION GREENQUEST) WASHINGTON – A Muslim cleric who had closed-door meetings with two of the 9-11 hijackers was detained last October [2002] at a New York airport after federal authorities identified him as the subject of a post-9-11 terror money-laundering investigation, according to a U.S. Customs incident report obtained exclusively by WorldNetDaily.
But the cleric, Anwar Nasser Aulaqi, was released soon after being taken into custody, the report shows, and allowed to catch a connecting flight here [to Wash DC], where he'd headed a large suburban mosque [Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Va] attended by two of the hijackers who helped crash an American Airlines jetliner into the Pentagon. He has since returned to Yemen, where he was born. ...[the cleric, Anwar Nasser] Aulaqi, along with his family, arrived Oct. 10 [2002] at JFK International Airport on Saudi Arabian Airlines. After Customs agents identified him as a match in their anti-terrorist lookout database, they searched his bags and escorted him to a detention area. They notified the FBI, and the FBI informed them that "the warrant issued by the State Department had been pulled back" on the previous day, Oct. 9, according to the incident log. Aulaqi and his family were then released after more than three hours in custody. "Passengers released with thanks for their patience, and given the comment card," the log states. They were handed off to a Saudi Arabian Airlines representative "in order to continue with their flight to Washington, D.C."
It's not immediately clear why the warrant had been removed. Phone calls to the FBI and State were not returned. -------- "D.C. Immam Tied To Highjackers Subject Of Green Quest Probe Detained at JFK last Oct.[2002], but then released after State 'pulled' warrant ," WorldNetDaily.com, August 16, 2003 | Paul Sperry