On the last day of a visit to Yemen in 1997 I was introduced to ’the Engineer’, aka Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
Thirty minutes later I was taken to another meeting in a secluded valley just one mile from Al Qa’idah town.
This timeline explains how I got there and why those meetings marked the beginning of the 9/11 plot.
14 October 1996, Manchester: Rejoining the Family Business
In 1996 my parents asked me to rejoin the family engineering business as an international …
14 April 1997, USA: A suspicious machine sale to Yemen at a printing trade show in Chicago
Executives from the London based Longulf Trading went on a $3-million shopping spree …
11 June 1997, USA: I predicted 9/11 whilst flying from Logan airport Boston to Toronto
Arriving at Logan airport Boston for a short flight to Toronto, from exiting the taxi …
12 June 1997, Canada: My 1st very specific warning of an airborne terrorist attack on the WTC
There were no secuirty checks at Logan airport for my flight to Toronto on 11 June …
September 1997, Manchester: My employer asked me to install the machine in Yemen
My six-day visit to Taiz city Yemen was made at short notice and in unusual circumstances. …
20-21 September 1997, Yemen: My travel to Taiz city & the first day inside the YemPak factory
I landed at Sanaa airport around 8 a.m. on Saturday 20 September. There was someone …
22-24 Sept 1997, Yemen: When asked about visiting New York, I repeated my 9/11 warning
Nicholas (the Italian Bielloni engineer) left YemPak on the Monday morning but not …
25 September 1997, Yemen: My detailed conversation with Yousef about a 9/11 style attack
Thursday was my last full day in Yemen and there was a relaxed atmosphere in the factory …
26 September 1997, Yemen: Meeting ‘the Engineer’ (KSM) & visiting Al Qa’idah
Meeting Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: Friday was my return journey day, departing Taiz 8:…
27 September 1997, Manchester: Trying to report my concerns about YemPak
I arrived home from Yemen late on Friday but still made it into work for 8:00 a.m. …
Sept 1997, Hamburg: 9/11 pilot switches studies from dentistry to aircraft engineering
Concurrent event: When talking about Ziad Jarrad, the future hijacker / pilot of flight …
27 Oct to 2 Nov 1997, Jakarta: I was sent to install a gravure proofing press
After my trip to Yemen in September the new managing director, my accountant uncle, …
7 Nov 1997, Aden: US Ambassador says ‘everyone knew Al Qaeda were in Yemen'
Concurrent event: In a 2012 interview with PBS former US Ambassador to Yemen (1997-…
16 Nov 1997, USA: Future 9/11 hijacker/pilot Hani Hanjour resumes flying lessons
Concurrent event: Future 9/11 hijacker/pilot Hani Hanjour re-entered the USA and …
2 December 1997, New York: My last and clearest 9/11 warning given in a Brooklyn factory
I gave my last and most specific 9/11 style attack warning whilst working at a print …
December 1997, Dubai: Installation visit, unusually I was requested by name to attend
Close to Christmas a customer called Express Flexi-Pack in Dubai’s Jebel Ali Free …
1997 / 1998, Intel: Robert Baer & the CIA are told “KSM is going to hijack some planes"
Concurrent event: In late 1997 a dissident Qatari former police chief living in exile …
18-24 February 1998, Manila: Installation visit, unusually I was requested by name to attend
Again very unusually, contrary to my 1997 job role changing from international service …
March 1998, Dubai: Very unusual return visit to the installation last December
Supposedly choosing to come out of retirement whilst on a family holiday to Dubai (…
March 1998, London: Summoned to Printo Wrappings to meet Mr Jones
In late March 1998, after my second visit to Dubai earlier in March, coming out of …
April 1998, Manchester: Made redundant from the family business
I was made redundant by the family business in April 1998. In October 1998 I started …
10 October 1998, Dubai: Ammar al Baluchi uses address close to my Dubai customer’s factory
Concurrent event: A relative of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, his nephew Ammar al-Baluchi, …
Early 2000, Manchester: A $1,000,000 payment, refenced to me
Concurrent event: Six months after my redundancy in 1998 I found equivalent employment …
11 September 2001, USA: 9/11, four hijacked planes are crashed across the USA
I was driving when reports of an aircraft striking the World Trade Centre broke. Before …
24 January 2009, London: My first call to British police about Yemen & 9/11
A few days before swearing an oath of allegiance to join the British army, about 24 …
9 February 2015, London: My first email about my 1997 Yemen visit & 9/11 conversations sent
Following up on previous correspondence with Private Eye magazine, I emailed them …
2 April 2015, London: My phone call to Met police counter terrorism unit
Prompted by the Saudi led military coalition attacking on Yemen starting 26 March …
21 April 2015, London: My email to Met police SO-15 counter terrorism unit
On my third (or fourth) call to the Metropolitan police counter terrorism hotline …
4 May 2015, London: My Yemen report & photos emailed to Met police & media outlets
On 3 May I found the photo contact sheet of thumb nail size images of my 1997 visit …