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duringthistimetol,..:Gonzalesdidnotfmd.thisexplanationtobebelievableandthenproceededtodescribeseveralcircumstances,inadditiontothisstrangebehaviorandtheallegedSeptember10meeting,thatwouldsuggestAbdullahmayhavehadadvanceknowledgeofthe
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attacks.'.InAugust2001,AbdullahwaslivingwithSharif
el-Arbi,
Abdullahwasstillontheleaseforthd~partment,buthesaidthat'theapartmentwastoobusyforhimtostudysohehaddecidedtomoveout.Sharifel-ArbiwasthefatherofKhalilel-Arbi,whosubsequentlyidentifiedHazmiandMihdarasfriendswithwhomheplayedsoccer.GonzalesstatedthatwhenKhalilidentifiedthetwohijackers,hisfatherinterruptedtheinterviewandsaidhis
son
didnotknowanything(apparentlythemotherwasalsopresentandagreed).
Notably;
accordingtoGonzales,neitherparentindicatedthattheirolderson,Sharif,hadalsometthehijackers.AccordingtoGonzales,SharifwasstudyingabroadinJordanduringAugust2001andhadarrangedforAbdullahtomoveintohisfather'sapartmentwhile~ewasaway..
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GonzalesstatedthatAbdullahsteppedusingthephoneattheArbi'sapartmentonAugust24,2001-infact,fromthat
date'
forward,therewasnophoneactivity
on.
.thatline(Gonzalessaidthatthemajorityofcalls
on
theArbilinepriortothattimeweremadebyAbdullah).GonzalesfoundthissuspiciousinviewofAbdullah'sallegedbehavior
'a~
thistime,aswellasthefactthatthehijackersmusthavepickedthedatefortheattackaroundthistimesinceHazmiboughthisplaneticfetonAugust27.GonzalesalsofounditsuspiciousthatAbdullahapparentlywantedtomarryayoungwomanhehadmetmonthsearlierohtheoihtofSetember10,2001
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AbdullahmetthewomaninJune,ancaeeragamonAugustwhenhewasapparentlyadamantaboutwantingtomarryher.AlthoughGonzalescouldnotconfionwhethertheyactuallyweremarriedonthenightofSeptember10,hestatedthatasofthemorningofSeptember11heap\parentlycalledherhiswife.Inviewofthesesuspicious
circumstances
(Abdullah'soddbehaviorasofAugust25,thesharpdropinregularphoneactivity
as:
ofthattime,hissuddeninterestingettingmarriedasofthattime,hisallegedmarriageontheeveofSeptember10,andtheallegedgatheringattheTexacostationonthemorningofSeptember10-combined
with
thefactthatthehijackersmusthavemadetheirdecisionaboutthedateoftheattacksroughlyatthesametimeallofthisstarted),GonzalesaskedAbdullahdurinhisrofferaboutthephonecallhereceivedfromHazmionAuust
25.
u
nu
iayresponeyasmgonzaes.torefreshhismemoryaboutthecaewasaskingabout,andhislawyerthenadvised'himnottorespond.Interestingly,itwasasaresultofthisquestionthatAbdullahlateraskedGonzaleswhetherhehadtapedthecall.:....
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Healsostated,however,
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atepone.recorallincomingcallstothepayphoneattheTexacos~~tio·~:.w.ere.unavaitabfe·~...
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