Khalid al-Masri (Arabic: خالد المصري; other transcriptions: Ḫālid al-Miṣrī, al-Maṣrī, Khālid, Khaled, El-Masri IPA: [ˈxæːled elˈmɑsˤɾi]) is the name of a person alleged to have approached two 9/11 hijackers on a train in Germany and suggested that they contact an alleged al Qaeda operative in Duisburg.
The 9/11 Commission Report stated: The available evidence indicates that in 1999, Atta, Binalshibh, Shehhi, and Jarrah decided to fight in Chechnya against the Russians.
According to Binalshibh, a chance meeting on a train in Germany caused the group to travel to Afghanistan instead.
When they later called Masri and expressed interest in going to Chechnya, he told them to contact Abu Musab in Duisburg, Germany.
[1][2]However, in response to Slahi's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, a U.S. District Court found only that Slahi "provided lodging for three men for one night at his home in Germany [in November 1999], that one of them was Ramzi bin al-Shibh, and that there was discussion of jihad and Afghanistan".