He subsequently facilitated the movement of two of the September 11 hijackers, Khalid al Midhar and Nawaq al Hamzi, through passport control and customs en route to an operational meeting in Kuala Lumpur on January 5, 2000.

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On the Libyan side, there were "no officials, no passport control, no customs, " Wedeman reported.

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So does Dubai's spanking new airport, from which it took this correspondent just seven minutes to exit, including passport control, luggage pick-up and customs.

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