FBI after a Saudi for links to September 11 attack

The US Federal Bureau for Investigation (FBI) has issued an international warrant of arrest against a Saudi Arabian suspected to be linked to the September 11, 2001 attacks in the USA.

Meantime, the Egyptian authorities arrested Muhammad al-Atress, an American of Egyptian origin on charge of selling two forged IDs for two of the highjackers who carried out the attacks.

The FBI explained that Saud al-Rasheed ( 21 year old) is "a dangerous armed man" and his place is not known.

The bureau which published the warrant of arrest on Tuesday evening, circulated a photo for a man whose beard has not yet appeared, noting that he is suspected to be a partner for the highjackers of the planes which carried out the attacks.

On the other hand, the New Jersey police said on Wednesday that they seized a man of Egyptian origin accused of selling two forged IDs to two of the highjackers who took part in the attacks of September 11. Muhammad al-Atrees who got the American nationality was arrested on Tuesday at John Kennedy Airport upon his landing from the plane coming from Cairo.

The spokeswoman for the office of Pasco area in New Jersey, where al-Atrees lives and works, said that al-Atrees recognized by the customs who notified the police ." She added that al-Atrees was taken after his arrest and he will be brought before the court today.