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Feds Unseal Documents & Pictures in Accused Terrorist Case MEMPHIS - Never-before seen snap shots inside the Memphis apartment of an accused terrorist. Feds say Mahmoud Maawad had a bookcase of flying manuals and books, a stack of aviation DVDs, a pilot's uniform in the closet and even a bomber jacket. We showed the pictures to a former neighbor of Maawad. "It does surprise me. I was like who is this person how come I didn't know this person." The feds also say Maawad ordered pilot's merchandise and books from sporty's pilot shop on the internet. The internet receipts show...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - An illegal immigrant from Egypt, charged in Memphis with using a fake Social Security number, is set for trial in March. A federal judge put 29-year-old Mahmoud Maawad on the court's March docket today without setting a specific trial date. Maawad has drawn attention because at the time of his arrest in September he possessed a DVD on "how to look and act like a pilot" and a map of the Memphis airport. Authorities have said they have no evidence linking Maawad to terrorists but want to keep him behind bars, anyway, until he goes to...

Memphis -- A university student from Egypt was ordered held without bond after prosecutors said they found a pilot's uniform, chart of Memphis International Airport and a DVD titled "How an Airline Captain Should Look and Act" in his apartment. The FBI is investigating whether Mahmoud Maawad, 29, had any connection to terrorists. He is awaiting trial on charges of wire fraud and fraudulent use of a Social Security number. Maawad, who is in the United States illegally, told the judge during a hearing Thursday that he is studying science and economics at the University of Memphis. "My school is...

Nageeb Abdul Jabar Mohammed Al-Hadi -- if that's even his name -- is just one of nearly 750 people U.S. investigators want to know more about in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks. He has at least four aliases and two different birth dates. He is a Yemeni, with a Michigan driver's licence and a Detroit wife. He was on a plane from Frankfurt, Germany headed for Chicago when it was diverted to Toronto. He was arrested at Pearson International Airport and may be extradited to the United States to face two charges related to false passports and fraudulent misuse ...

Two key witnesses in the terror attack probe were found with a computer file labeled "killpresidentbush.exe" and documents linked to a money launderer for Osama Bin Laden, sources told the Daily News. The witnesses were identified as Saudi nationals who tried to board a flight from Kennedy Airport to Los Angeles two days after the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attack, a source familiar with the federal investigation confirmed. Their names remain secret. The two are among a group of 10 material witnesses now in custody in the FBI's probe of the attack on the World Trade Center and the ...