ASIO To Probe Al-Qaeda Suspect

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ASIO To Probe Al-Qaeda Suspect

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ASIO To Probe Al-Qaeda Suspect
by theage.com.au
4/10/06

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ASIO and the government will investigate why an alleged senior al-Qaeda operative was allowed into Australia and whether he lied to immigration authorities about his past.

Ahmad al-Hamwi, who has lived in suburban Sydney's Riverwood for the past ten years, has been accused of being a senior al-Qaeda bagman linked to the 1993 World Trade Centre bomber, Ramzi Yousef.

Also known as Abu Omar, Mr al-Hamwi was given asylum in Australia in June 1996.

He told the Refugee Review Tribunal in 1996 he had no involvement in terrorism.

According to Philippines police documents obtained by The Australian, Mr al-Hamwi was allegedly a key figure in the Manila-based Islamic charity called the International Research and Information Centre (IRIC) that funded Yousef's terrorist cell which conspired to blow up US airliners and assassinate Pope John Paul II.

He is also a relative by marriage to al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

An immigration department spokeswoman told The Australian newspaper that Mr al-Hamwi's file would be reopened and examined to determine whether he had committed citizenship fraud.

If there was sufficient evidence, his citizenship or residency could be revoked, the spokeswoman said.

A spokeswoman for Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said the information would be of interest to ASIO and other agencies.

"If there are people of a security concern our agencies would obviously be concerned and investigating that," the spokeswoman said.

The federal opposition has called for the government to explain why a person with close ties to bin Laden had been given refuge in Australia.

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