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To: Mark Adams who wrote (121917)	9/14/2001 11:44:19 AM
From: Mark Adams	Respond to of 436258

Muslim Prisoner In Brazil Says He Tried To Warn Of Terror SAO PAULO (AP)--A Muslim prisoner in a Sao Paulo jail claimed he tried to warn Brazilian police of Tuesday's deadly attacks on the U.S. but his lawyer didn't pass on the message until after they happened, police said Friday. Inspector Gilberto Tadeu, spokesman for the federal police in Sao Paulo, said the unidentified man handed his lawyer a letter Sept. 5, claiming he "needed to speak urgently to police about a very important matter." The lawyer, whose identity Tadeu also declined to reveal, didn't deliver the letter to police until Wednesday, Tadeu said. He didn't say why the lawyer had failed to inform police earlier. Tadeu refused to comment on a report on the news service of the Terra Web site, saying the man was a Moroccan and had regularly met with a group of eight Muslims led by an Iraqi at a mosque in Rio de Janeiro. Respected daily Folha de Sao Paulo said police sources also suspected the man could have fabricated the story to get better treatment in jail. According to Terra, that group had links with the group responsible for the U.S. attacks, and the man had passed on a list of names to police. Police immediately questioned the man Wednesday, but he "now appeared afraid to talk," Tadeu said. Tadeu wouldn't say when or why the man had been jailed, but confirmed it wasn't for any reasons linked to suspected terrorism. Terra reported he had been detained because his documents weren't in order. The man claimed he had contacted the U.S. embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as the U.S. consulate in Sao Paulo and the Israeli embassy in Brasilia "well before the attacks" possibly to warn of the assault, Tadeu said. The U.S. embassy in Brasilia declined to comment on the matter. Federal police in Brasilia were now dealing with the case, Tadeu said. He wouldn't say where the man was currently being held. terra.com.br