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 directed him to then, travel to the UAE to meet al-Hawsawi. Al-Hawsawi provided him with funds to travel to the U.S.

43. Sheikh Mohammed identified the 34 individuals who were participants in the 9/11 hijackings, in addition to himself. Sheikh Mohammed broke down the names into six groups, organized by the degree of their knowledge of the details of the operation.

44. The first group [was] fully aware of the operation's details and comprised five individuals: Bin Laden, Muhammed Atif, Sheikh Mohammed, Bin al-Shibh, and Abu Turab al-Urduni. Bin Laden, Atif, and Sheikh Mohammed were the principle decision-makers of the operation. Bin al-Shibh had full knowledge because he was a would-be hijacker early in the plot and then served as a communications link between Atta and Sheikh Mohammed. Abu Turab al-Urduni, a Jordanian with long experience in al-Qaeda, had full knowledge because of his job as trainer of ten of the "muscle" hijackers at the al-Matar complex during late 2000 - early 2001. Abu Turab trained them in conducting hijackings, disarming air marshals, explosives, body-building, and basic English words and phrases. At al-Faruq camp, abu Turab also had each hijacker butcher a sheep and camel with a Swiss knife to prepare them for using their knives during the hijackings. Abu Turab, in Page 24 of 58