(Washington Post ) - Susan Schmidt Captured in the raid last weekend in Pakistan together with al Qaeda operations chief Khalid Sheik Mohammed was Mustafa Ahmed Hawsawi, a Saudi who was the alleged paymaster to the Sept. 11 terrorists, overseeing the hijacking plot's finances through bank accounts in the United Arab Emirates. When Pakistani authorities rousted a sleeping Mohammed and two companions in Rawalpindi Saturday, Hawsawi sought to hide his identity, claiming he was a Somali. Hawsawi opened accounts at Standard Chartered Bank in Dubai in June 2001 and wired money to bank accounts opened by the hijackers in the U.S. Just before the Sept. 11 attacks, some hijackers wired their remaining funds back to the Hawsawi account.
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