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to make the trip because he still carried Yemeni documentation—although born in

Mecca, Mihdhar was of Yemeni origin. In fact, it was al Mihdhar's desire to travel to
Afghanistan that led him to become a Saudi citizen in 1995. Mihdhar subsequently
received training at the Khaldan camp in Afghanistan in 1996, although he did not pledge
allegiance to Bin Ladin until after the East Africa Embassy bombings in 1998. By the
time Hazmi and Mihdhar were assigned to the planes operation in early 1999, they had
visited Afghanistan on several occasions.42

Khallad was another veteran mujahidin, like much of his family. His father had been
expelled from Yemen because of his extremist views. Khallad had grown up in Saudi
Arabia, where his father knew people like Bin Ladin, Abdullah Azzam, and the "Blind
Sheikh," Abdul Rahman. Khallad departed for Afghanistan in 1994 at the age of 15.
Three years later he lost his lower right leg in a battle with the Northern Alliance, a battle
in which one of his brothers died. After this experience, he pledged allegiance to Bin
Ladin—whom he had first met as a child in Jeddah—and volunteered to become a suicide
operative.43

Khallad had already applied for a U.S. visa, but his application had been deniedjQn early \ of
1999, Bin Ladin sent Khallad to Yemen to help Nashiri obtain explosives for the ship j
bombing plan and to try and obtain a visa to visit the United States, so that he could
participate in an operation there. Khallad applied under another name, using the cover
story that he would be visiting a medical clinic to obtain a new prosthesis for his leg.
Another al Qaeda operative gave Khallad the name of a person living in the United States
whom Khallad could use as a point of contact on a visa application. Khallad contacted
this individual to help him coordinate an appointment at a U.S. clinic. While Khallad was
waiting to receive the letter from the clinic confirming the appointment, however, he was
arrested by Yemeni authorities. Ironically, the arrest was a matter of mistaken identity;
Khallad was driving the car of another conspirator in the U.S.S. Cole bombing plot who
was wanted by the Yemeni authorities.44

Khallad was released sometime during the summer of 1999, after his father and Bin
Ladin intervened on his behalf. Khallad learned later that the al Qaeda leader, apparently
concerned that Khallad might reveal Nashiri's operation while under interrogation, had
contacted a Yemeni official to demand Khallad's release, suggesting that Bin Ladin
would not confront the Yemenis if they did not confront him. This account has been
corroborated by others. Giving up on acquiring a U.S. visa and concerned that the U.S.
might learn of his ties to al Qaeda, Khallad returned to Afghanistan.45

Travel issues thus played a part in al Qaedals-opcrStional planning from the very start. -
During the spring and summer of^9997KSM realized that Khallad and Abu Bara, both of
whom were Yemenis, would-rfotbe able to obtain U.S. visas as easily as Saudi operatives
like Mihdhar and Hazmi.Although Khallad had been unable to acquire a U.S. visa, KSM
still wanted Khallad and Abu Bara, as well as another Yemeni operative from Bin -f a
Ladin's security detail, to participate in the planes operation. Yet because individuals ^ .*
with Saudi passports could travel much more easily than Yemenis, particularly to the
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Susan Ginsburg

From: Tom Eldridge

Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 10:05 AM
To: Susan Ginsburg
Subject: RE: footnote call

Susan -

The attached State visa statistics show that Yemenis were denied tourist visas 66% of the time in fiscal year
1999, as contrasted with a 2% denial rate for the Saudis.
In addition, the attached World Bank, World Development Indicators database, July 2004, shows that the
Republic of Yemen ranks 161st in the world, with per capita income of $520, as contrasted with Saudi Arabia
which ranks 57th with per capita income of $8,530.

-- Tom

Original Message
From: Susan Ginsburg
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 10:38 AM
To: Tom Eldridge
Subject: footnote call

Tom,

I'm reviewing Chapt. 5 changes. There's a footnote call for:

Yemen is a poorer country and its nationals were often denied visas on the grounds they might be
intending to immigrate.

Would you provide something for this?

Thanks.
S

7/2/2004
YEMEN

Visa Class Data FY-1999 FY-2000 FY-2001 FY-2002 FY-2003

B1 ssuances 182 189 126 71 24
Refusals 15 58 68 11 30
Total Workload 197 247 194 82 54
Overcomes 5 26 16 7 20
B1/B2 Issuances 2065 2695 2147 344 468
Refusals 4077 5875 3366 372 495
Total Workload 6142 8570 5513 716 963
Overcomes 97 469 346 97 201
B2 Issuances 657 294 73 36 54
Refusals 519 62 41 6 27
Total Workload 1176 356 114 42 81
Overcomes 53 34 17 1 18
F1/F2 Issuances 447 384 375 131 114
Refusals 159 235 326 163 145
Total Workload 606 619 701 294 259
Overcomes 51 68 68 71 97
J1/J2 Issuances 59 56 81 82 120
Refusals 1 8 5 19 75
Total Workload 60 64 86 101 195
Overcomes 1 7 3 9 54
M1/M2 Issuances 14 6 1 0 0
Refusals 6 2 0 0 0
Total Workload 20 8 1 0 0
Overcomes 3 0 0 0 0
P1/P3 Issuances 2 1 0 0 0
Refusals 0 0 0 0 0
Total Workload 2 1 0 0 0
Overcomes 0 0 0 0 0
Q1 Issuances 0 1 0 0 0
Refusals 0 0 0 0 0
Total Workload 0 1 0 0 0
Overcomes 0 0 0 0 0
R1 Issuances 0 2 0 0 0
Refusals 0 1 0 0 1
Total Workload 0 3 0 0 1
Overcomes 0 1 0 0 0

SAUDI ARABIA
Visa Class Data FY-1999 FY-2000 FY-2001 FY-2002 FY-2003
B1 Issuances 33 35 35 181 162
Refusals 7 10 9 61 254
Total Workload 40 45 44 242 416
Overcomes 0 ^.
V 1 42 163
 GNI per capita 2003, Atlas method and PPP
Purchasing
Atlas power parity
methodology (international
Ranking Economy (US dollars) Ranking Economy dollars)
1 Bermuda a 1 Luxembourg 54,430
2 Luxembourg 43,940 2 Bermuda .. a
3 Norway 43,350 3 United States 37,500
4 Switzerland 39,880 4 Norway 37,300
5 United States 37,610 5 Liechtenstein a
6 Liechtenstein .. a 6 Channel Islands .. a
7 Japan 34,510 7 Switzerland 32,030
8 Denmark 33,750 8 Denmark 31,210
9 Channel Islands a 9 Ireland 30,450
10 Iceland 30,810 10 Iceland 30,140
11 Sweden 28,840 11 Canada 29,740
12 United Kingdom 28,350 12 Austria 29,610
13 Finland 27,020 13 San Marino a
14 Ireland 26,960 14 Cayman Islands a
15 San Marino .. a 15 Belgium 28,930
16 Austria 26,720 16 Hong Kong, China 28,810
17 Cayman Islands .. a 17 Japan 28,620
18 Netherlands 26,310 18 Netherlands 28,600
19 Belgium 25,820 19 Monaco .. a
20 Monaco .. a 20 Australia 28,290
21 Hong Kong, China 25,430 21 United Kingdom 27,650
22 Germany 25,250 22 France 27,460
23 France 24,770 b 22 Germany 27,460
24 Canada 23,930 24 Finland 27,100
27 Australia 21,650 25 Italy 26,760
28 Italy 21,560 26 Sweden 26,620
29 Singapore 21,230 30 Singapore 24,180
35 Spain 16,990 33 Macao, China 27,920 a
37 Kuwait 76,340 a 35 Spain 22,020
38 Israel 76,020 a 36 United Arab Emirates 27,040 a, c
40 New Zealand 15,870 38 New Zealand 21,120
41 Bahamas, The 14,920 a 41 Greece 19,920
43 Macao, China 74,600 a 42 Cyprus 19,530
45 Greece 13,720 43 Slovenia 19,240
47 Cyprus 72,320 a 45 Israel 19,200
49 Portugal 12,130 46 Malta 77,870 a
50 Korea, Rep. 12,030 47 Kuwait 77,870 a,c
51 Slovenia 1 1 ,830 49 Portugal 17,980
52 Puerto Rico 70,950 a 50 Korea, Rep. 17,930
53 Bahrain 70,840 a 52 Bahrain 76,770 a
54 Malta 9,260 a 53 Puerto Rico 76,320 a, c
55 Barbados 9,270 54 Bahamas, The 76,740 a
56 Antigua and Barbuda 9,160 55 Seychelles 15,960
57 Saudi Arabia 8,530 a 56 Czech Republic 15,650
59 Oman 7,830 a 57 Barbados 15,060
61 Palau 7,500 58 Hungary 13,780
62 Seychelles 7,480 60 Oman 73,000 a, c
63 Trinidad and Tobago 7,260 61 Slovak Republic 13,420
65 St. Kitts and Nevis 6,880 62 Saudi Arabia 72,850 a,c
66 Czech Republic 6,740 63 Estonia 12,480
67 Hungary 6,330 67 Poland 11,450
68 Mexico 6,230 68 Mauritius 11,260
70 Croatia 5,350 69 Lithuania 11,090
71 Poland 5,270 70 St. Kitts and Nevis 11,040
72 Estonia 4,960 71 Argentina 10,920
73 Slovak Republic 4,920 73 Croatia 10,710
74 Lithuania 4,490 74 South Africa 10,270 c
75 Chile 4,390 75 Latvia 10,130
76 Costa Rica 4,280 76 Chile 9,810
77 Panama 4,250 77 Antigua and Barbuda 9,590
78 Mauritius 4,090 78 Trinidad and Tobago 9,450

World Development Indicators database, World Bank, July 2004

 GNI per capita 2003, Atlas method and PPP
Purchasing
Atlas power parity
methodology (international
Ranking Economy (US dollars) Ranking Economy dollars)
79 Latvia 4,070 79 Costa Rica 9,040 c
80 St. Lucia 4,050 80 Mexico 8,950
81 Lebanon 4,040 81 Malaysia 8,940
82 Uruguay 3,820 82 Russian Federation 8,920
83 Grenada 3,790 83 Uruguay 7,980
84 Malaysia 3,780 84 Botswana 7,960
85 Argentina 3,650 85 Bulgaria 7,610
86 Gabon 3,580 86 Brazil 7,480
87 Venezuela, RB 3,490 87 Thailand 7,450
88 Botswana 3,430 88 Iran, Islamic Rep. 7,190
89 Dominica 3,360 89 Romania 7,140
90 Belize 3,190 a 90 Tonga 6,890 c
90 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3,300 91 Tunisia 6,840
92 Turkey 2,790 92 Macedonia, FYR 6,720
93 South Africa 2,780 93 Grenada 6,710
94 Jamaica 2,760 94 Turkey 6,690
95 Brazil 2,710 95 Namibia 6,620 c
95 Marshall Islands 2,710 96 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 6,590
97 Russian Federation 2,610 97 Colombia 6,520 c
99 Fiji 2,360 98 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6,320 c
100 Romania 2,310 99 Panama 6,310
101 Maldives 2,300 100 Dominican Republic 6,210 c
102 Tunisia 2,240 101 Kazakhstan 6,170
103 El Salvador 2,200 102 Belize 5,840 a
104 Thailand 2,190 103 Belarus 6,010
105 Peru 2,150 105 Algeria 5,940 c
106 Bulgaria 2,130 106 Turkmenistan 5,840
107 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 2,090 108 Gabon 5,700
108 Dominican Republic 2,070 108 Samoa 5,700 c
109 Suriname 1,940 * 111 Cape Verde 5,440 c
110 Iran, Islamic Rep. 2,000 112 Fiji 5,410
111 Macedonia, FYR 1,980 112 Ukraine 5,410
112 Guatemala 1,910 114 St. Lucia 5,220
112 Serbia and Montenegro 1,910 d 115 Dominica 5,090
114 Algeria 1,890 115 Peru 5,090
115 Namibia 1,870 118 China 4,990 e
116 Jordan 1,850 121 El Salvador 4,890 c
117 Colombia 1,810 122 Swaziland 4,850
118 Ecuador 1,790 123 Lebanon 4,840
119 Kazakhstan 1,780 124 Paraguay 4,740 c
120 Albania 1,740 124 Venezuela, RB 4,740
121 Samoa 1,600 126 Albania 4,700
122 Belarus 1,590 127 Philippines 4,640
123 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,540 128 Jordan 4,290
124 Cape Verde 1,490 129 Guatemala 4,060 c
124 Tonga 1,490 130 Guyana 3,950 c
126 Egypt, Arab Rep. 1,390 130 Morocco 3,950
127 Swaziland 1,350 132 Egypt, Arab Rep. 3,940
128 Morocco 1,320 133 Jamaica 3,790
129 Vanuatu 1,180 134 Armenia 3,770
130 Syrian Arab Republic 1,160 135 Sri Lanka 3,730
131 Turkmenistan 1,120 136 Ecuador 3,440
132 West Bank and Gaza 1,110 137 Syrian Arab Republic 3,430
133 China 1,100 138 Azerbaijan 3,380
133 Paraguay 1,100 141 Indonesia 3,210
135 Philippines 1,080 142 Lesotho 3,120 c
137 Honduras 970 143 India 2,880 c
137 Ukraine 970 143 Vanuatu 2,880 c
139 Armenia 950 146 Honduras 2,580 c
140 Sri Lanka 930 147 Georgia 2,540
141 Djibouti 910 149 Vietnam 2,490

World Development Indicators database, World Bank, July 2004

 GNI per capita 2003, Atlas method and PPP
Purchasing
Atlas power parity
methodology (international
Ranking Economy (US dollars) Ranking Economy dollars)

142 Guyana 900 150 Bolivia 2,450

143 Bolivia 890 152 Nicaragua 2,400 c
144 Kiribati 880 154 Zimbabwe 2,180 a
145 Georgia 830 155 Papua New Guinea 2,240 c
146 Azerbaijan 810 156 Djibouti 2,200 c
146 Indonesia 810 157 Ghana 2,190 c
148 Equatorial Guinea 930 a 158 Guinea 2,100
149 Angola 740 159 Cambodia 2,060 c
150 Nicaragua 730 159 Pakistan 2,060
152 Bhutan 660 161 Mauritania 2,010 c
152 C6te d'lvoire 660 162 Cameroon 1,980
154 Cameroon 640 163 Angola 1,890 c
154 Congo, Rep. 640 164 Sudan 1,880
156 Solomon Islands 600 165 Bangladesh 1,870
157 Lesotho 590 166 Gambia, The 1,820 c
157 Moldova 590 167 Mongolia 1,800
159 Senegal 550 168 Comoros 1,760 c
160 India 530 169 Moldova 1,750
161 Yemen, Rep. 520 170 Lao PDR 1,730
162 Papua New Guinea 510 171 Uzbekistan 1,720
163 Zimbabwe 480 a 173 Kyrgyz Republic 1,660
164 Mongolia 480 173 Senegal 1,660
164 Vietnam 480 175 Haiti 1,630c
166 Pakistan 470 175 Solomon Islands 1,630c
167 Sudan 460 177 Togo 1,500
168 Comoros 450 178 Uganda 1,440c
169 Benin 440 179 Nepal 1,420
170 Guinea 430 180 C6te d'lvoire 1,390
170 Mauritania 430 182 Rwanda 1,290
170 Timor-Leste 430 183 Burkina Faso 1,180 c
173 Uzbekistan 420 184 Benin 1,110
174 Bangladesh 400 184 Eritrea 1,110 c
175 Kenya 390 186 Chad 1,100 c
176 Haiti 380 187 Central African Republic 1,080 c
176 Zambia 380 188 Mozambique 1,070c
178 Kyrgyz Republic 330 189 Tajikistan 1,040
179 Ghana 320 190 Kenya 1,020
179 Lao PDR 320 192 Mali 960
179 Nigeria 320 193 Nigeria 900
179 S§o Tom6 and Principe 320 194 Zambia 850
183 Cambodia 310 195 Niger 820 c
183 Gambia, The 310 195 Yemen, Rep. 820
183 Togo 310 199 Madagascar 800
186 Burkina Faso 300 201 Congo, Rep. 710
187 Madagascar 290 201 Ethiopia 710 c
187 Mali 290 203 Guinea-Bissau 660 c
187 Tanzania 290 f 204 Congo, Dem. Rep. 640 c
190 Central African Republic 260 205 Burundi 620 c
191 Chad 250 206 Tanzania 610 f
192 Nepal 240 207 Malawi 600
192 Uganda 240 208 Sierra Leone 530
194 Rwanda 220
195 Mozambique 210 Afghanistan
196 Niger 200 American Samoa
197 Eritrea 190 Andorra
197 Tajikistan 190 Aruba
200 Malawi 170 Bhutan
201 Sierra Leone 150 Brunei
202 Guinea-Bissau 140 Cuba
205 Liberia 130 Equatorial Guinea
206 Burundi 100 Faeroe Islands

World Development Indicators database, World Bank, July 2004

 GNI per capita 2003, Atlas method and PPP
Purchasing
Atlas power parity
methodology (international
Ranking Economy (US dollars) Ranking Economy dollars)
206 Congo, Dem. Rep. 100 French Polynesia
208 Ethiopia 90 Greenland
Guam
Afghanistan 9 Iraq
American Samoa h Isle of Man
Andorra i Kiribati
Aruba i Korea, Dem. Rep.
Brunei i Liberia
Cuba j Libya
Faeroe Islands i Maldives
French Polynesia i Marshall Islands
Greenland i Mayotte
Guam i Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
Iraq j Myanmar
Isle of Man i Netherlands Antilles
Korea, Dem. Rep. g New Caledonia
Libya h Northern Mariana Islands
Mayotte h Palau
Myanmar g Qatar
Netherlands Antilles i S3o Tome and Principe
New Caledonia i Serbia and Montenegro
Northern Mariana Islands h Somalia
Qatar i Suriname
Somalia g Timor-Leste
United Arab Emirates i Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Virgin Islands (U.S.) i West Bank and Gaza
World 5,500 !'
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Low income 450 Low income 2,190
Middle income 1,920 Middle income 6,000
Lower middle income 1,480 Lower middle income 5,510
Upper middle income 5,340 Upper middle income 9,900
Low & middle income 1,280 Low & middle income 4,320
East Asia & Pacific 1,080 East Asia & Pacific 4,680
Europe & Central Asia 2,570 Europe & Central Asia 7,570
Latin America & Caribbean 3,260 Latin America & Caribbean 7,080
Middle East & North Africa 2,250 Middle East & North Africa 5,700
South Asia 510 South Asia 2,660
Sub-Saharan Africa 490 Sub-Saharan Africa 1,770
High income 28,550 High income 29,480
European Monetary Union 22,850 European Monetary Union 26,260

.. Not available. GNI is gross national income (gross national product, or GNP, in previous editions). PPP is purchasing power parity.
Note: Rankings include all 208 World Bank Atlas economies, but only those with confirmed Atlas GNI per capita estimates or those that rank among the top twenty are
shown in rank order. Figures in italics are for 2002 or 2001. a. 2003 data not available; ranking is approximate, b. Data include the French overseas departments of French
Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Reunion, c. Estimate is based on regression; other PPP figures are extrapolated from the latest International Comparison Programme
benchmark estimates, d. Excludes data for Kosovo, e. Estimate is based on a bilateral comparison between China and the United States (Ruoen and Kai, 1995). f. Data refer
to mainland Tanzania only. g. Estimated to be low income ($765 or less), h. Estimated to be upper middle income ($3,036 to $9,385). i. Estimated to be high income ($9,386
or more), j. Estimated to be lower middle income ($766 to $3,035).

World Development Indicators database, World Bank, July 2004