Gregory T. Hughes

“ Finally, regarding the attacks on September ll, 2001, KHADR commented favorably on an interview of an individual he saw on television who had said, "It is good for America to know that it is not only the superpower that can hit, that weak people have ways too to call the world for the world to listen to them, what they are saying, what do they want." ”

“ A ten year old boy can fire a Kalashnikov in Afghanistan. So it’s not a big deal." In response to a question regarding whether his father ever talked to him about becoming a martyr for Islam, KHADR said, "Dying for Islam is hopeful for every Muslim to die for Islam. . . Every Muslim dreams of being a shaheed [martyr] for Islam. . . Like you die for your religion. Everybody dreams of this, even a Christian would like to die for his religion." 18. Asked about his response to the September ll, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, KHADR said, "The thing itself was very amazing. ”

“ KHADR said that his father, Ahmed Said Khadr ("Ahmed Said") , was a colleague of Usama Bin Laden ("Bin Laden") , whom I know to be an Al Qaeda leader. (I know from sources other than Khadr that Bin Laden is a specially designated national and blocked person on the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control list of persons and groups with whom financial transactions are prohibited. Bin Laden was so designated prior to the deployment of Coalition Forces to Afghanistan in October 2001.) ”

“ Original footnotes ↑ According to Supervisory Special Agent J. Stephen Veyera, Chief of the FBI Bomb Data Center, hydrogen peroxide is a key component in homemade explosives because it is easy to obtain and very sensitive to heat, shock and friction. Specifically, hydrogen peroxide in combination with acetone and acid forms triacetone triperoxide ("TATP") , a very volatile explosive chemical. ”