User:Nukerebel/Fouzi Khalid Abdullah Al Awda

Activities in Afghanistan prior to capture
Al Odah claims that he entered Afghanistan to do charity work and teach Koran for two weeks prior to the start of the next school term, however the U.S. government counters that his aim was to join the Taliban in its fight against the Northern Alliance. Upon entering Afghanistan, al Odah met with an official in the Taliban government. Al Odah claims that this was to find out where he could teach the Koran in Afghanistan, however, the U.S. government holds that it was to get information about joining the Taliban and al Qaeda. Al Odah says that he did indeed teach at several schools in the countryside, though he was unable to provide any information as to whom he taught with, whom he taught or where he taught.

Alleged affiliation with al Qaeda
The U.S. Government contends that al Odah's true purpose in Afghanistan was to join the Taliban and al Qaeda. Supporting this, al Odah's name and phone number appeared in a document found on the official al Qaeda website, and his passport was recovered from an al Qaeda safehouse in Karachi.