linked - Investigating the Terror

FD—3021 (Rev 11—15—83)
Continuition of FD-302 of ABDUL BASIT MAHMOUD ABDUL KARIM on 2/7—2/8/95 Pagel4
FINANCING OF WTC BOMBING:
BASIT would not elaborate
bombing was financed, n exactly how the WTC
from family and fthends.
except to say that he had
received money
the interview that However, BASIT maintained
the plan suffered from throughout
and that his explosive insufficient funding,
if additional funds
device would have been
had been avajlabl3.
much more effective
During the course of the
questjone about telephone interview, BASI'r was
calls to an individual in
Minnesota, named ABtJ MY Minneapolis,
Griffin.
(Phonetic), also known as Daniel Patrick
BASIT related that he
Pakistan, and that they had
had met ABtJ HI by chance in
one hour at that time. spoken for a period of
During this initial approximately
ABtJ HI exchanged meeting, BASIT and
address in BASIT'5 address information, with ABU HI writing his
address book.
BASIT noted that, just prior to the bombing, BASIT had
telephoned ABU HI with the intention of asking him for financial
assistance in the bombing. As BASIT did not want to discuss the
matter over the telephone, he requested ABtJ HI to travel to the
New York area to meet. However, ABU MY reportedly told BASIT
that, du: to a lack of funds, ABU MY could not make such a t.;
BASIiaet -hese er th-c only con-tactbetw
ABU HI arid himself, and that ABU HY was not involved in the WTC
bombing plot.
TIMING OF THE WTC BOMBING:
BASh' stated that, despite news accounts which
speculated that the date of the WTC bombing intentionally
Coincided with an anniversary of the Gulf War, there was actually
no signjfjca to the February 26 date. BASIT maintained that
he and the others involved in the plot were not even aware of the
Gulf War anniversary date; the bombing took place when it did
because the next month's rent at 40 Painrapo Avenue was clue at the
end of the month, and they had run out of money.
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