Manifest of Sept. 19, 2001, Flight From U.S. Is Released At least 13 relatives of Osama bin Laden,
accompanied by bodyguards and associates, were allowed to leave the
United States on a chartered flight eight days after the Sept. 11,
2001, attacks, according to a passenger manifest released yesterday.
One passenger, Omar Awad bin Laden, a nephew of the al Qaeda leader,
had been investigated by the FBI because he had lived with Abdullah bin
Laden, a leader of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth, which the FBI
suspected of being a terrorist organization. The passenger list was
made public by Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), who obtained the
manifest from officials at Boston's Logan International Airport.
Lautenberg's office was given the document in recent weeks and released
it before today's issuance of the final report of the commission
investigating the Sept. 11 attacks. The aircraft, tail number N521DB,
has been chartered frequently by the White House for the press corps
traveling with President Bush. [more]and [more]
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