Mustafa al-HawsawiA Saudi captive held as an alleged al-Qaeda bagman reportedly admitted running a money drop in the Persian Gulf but said he didn't fund the Sept. 11 attacks and knew only scantily of them in advance.Interestingly, another Saudi involved in 9/11.
Mustafa al-Hawsawi, 39, is quoted in a transcript released Thursday by the Pentagon as telling a panel of military officers that senior al-Qaeda members instructed him to scramble from the United Arab Emirates to Pakistan on Sept. 10, 2001.
Just days before, according to the transcript, he had received about $20,000 in Western Union transfers from some of the men who commandeered the Sept. 11 aircraft. "I help all jihadists," he told the panel, at the same time flatly denying ever sending money to the Sept. 11 hijackers.
Al-Hawsawi has been in custody for over four years and the 9/11 Commission confirmed he supplied money to the 9/11 hijackers.
He has admitted that the day before 9/11, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed called and told him to flee to Pakistan...And was captured with Mohammed in Pakistan in 2003.
What's the hold up?
