Interrogation Transcript Excerpt

Regarding the substance of the questions asked

(questions and answers are recorded in the sequence in which they occurred during the interrogation)

Question: State in what form you were given instructions by Abu Umar in July 1999 regarding the acquisition of a car, cell phones, aluminum powder, granulated sugar, bags, and ammonium nitrate?

Answer: Abu Umar orally instructed me to acquire the specified items. He did not provide explanations regarding the purposes of their purchase. I was to store all the items at my home. Here I want to note that the ammonium nitrate was purchased and brought by Abaev Khakim – who instructed him to do so is unknown to me. The need to acquire bags arose during the process of preparing the mixture of ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder for its packaging. It was decided to purchase granulated sugar to mask the transported bags containing the manufactured explosive. The idea of its purchase appeared simultaneously with the idea of packing the mixture into sugar bags.

Question: State in detail the circumstances of the acquisition of the Moskvich-2141-51 "Svyatogor" car?

Answer: I purchased the specified car together with Abaev Khakim at the "Lyudmila" market on the outskirts of the city of Pyatigorsk for 2,800 US dollars from the money I received during my first trip to Chechnya in 1999 from Abu Umar. This car was green with a "Renault" engine. I find it difficult to recall the exact date of purchase. The car was registered in my wife's name because she was registered in Kislovodsk. Due to the fact that Kislovodsk is a resort town and entry into it is restricted, a car with registration in the city of Kislovodsk was needed for trips. In turn, a general power of attorney was issued in my name by my wife.

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