WTC repair pass, murder, Medical Examiner - bombs + Katherine Smith 9/11

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See: License suspect had WTC repair pass, but Port Authority did its own work [Tennessee License Scandal],

GoMemphis.com, February 16, 2002, by Bartholomew Sullivan (posted by Shermy).

A photo ID pass for Sept. 5 found on one of the men charged with fraudulently obtaining a Tennessee driver's license from a Memphis woman gave him access to the six underground levels of the One World Center building.
But which tenant hired Sakher ' Rocky Hammad, 24, to work on its sprinklers is lost, said Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokesman Alan Hicks on Friday.

Hammad told federal authorities that he was working on the sprinklers six days before the twin towers were brought down by terrorists, court testimony revealed this week.

But Hicks said the Port Authority, which owned the building, did its own sprinkler work, and that any other work involving sprinklers would have been arranged by an individual tenant.

"We don't know (which one) because all our records were destroyed in the World Trade Center, as were some of the people who know that," Hicks said.

Small details about the five Middle Eastern men arrested Feb. 5 with Tennessee driver's license examiner Katherine Smith are slowly surfacing. Smith died Sunday in a fiery car crash, a day before she was to appear in court. It appears that Khaled Odtllah of Cordova shared the same 2840 Morning Lake Drive address at different times over the past year with Rocky Hammad, according to an online people finder database.

Odtllah and Hammad also spent time in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn in 2000 and lived about 22 blocks apart near New York Harbor.

Calls to the telephone number for Magic Plumbing and Heating Inc. on 93rd Street in Brooklyn were answered Thursday and Friday by a recording that said "Rocky's" voice-mail box was full. Hammad had the firm's business card, according to a government exhibit introduced at this week's detention hearing.

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Hammad also had a New York City Police Benevolent Association card, a plastic Detectives Endowment Association Inc. for the Police Department of the City of New York card, two video rental cards, an ATM card and a First Consumers National Bank MasterCard.

Hammad's cousin, Abdelmuhsen Mahmid Hammad, also obtained a Tennessee driver's license last year. He's in the country illegally after overstaying a visa.

Venezuela-born Mohammed Fares, 19, allegedly told authorities that he needed a Tennessee driver's license to drive for Big Boss, an export-import clothing store in New York's garment district. Big Boss Enterprises bookkeeper Hussein Nasser said by phone Friday that he had received several recent inquiries about Fares, but that he'd never worked there. [CYA? Or did he apply for a job there?]

So far almost nothing is known of Mostafa Said Abou-Shahin, 26, a self-employed Egyptian carpenter living in the United State illegally.

All five men are being held without bail at the pretrial facility of the Federal Correctional Institution in Memphis.

Medical examiner ambushed Bomb, barbed wire, acid used in attack on Smith

By Yolanda Jones
yojones@gomemphis.com
June 3, 2002

An attacker ambushed Shelby County Medical Examiner Dr. O. C. Smith Saturday night,
wrapped him from head to toe in barbed wire and strapped a bomb to his body.

Police said Smith left his office at about 10 and was headed to the parking lot when someone threw an acid-like substance in his face to subdue him.

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For nearly three hours, he was unable to move or shout for help because of the barbed wire in his mouth.

A security guard spotted Smith's vehicle in the parking lot, became suspicious and found Smith
about 12:30 a.m. Sunday outside the office building in the medical center.

The police bomb squad was called to free Smith because of the device bound to his body.
Smith was taken to the Regional Medical Center at Memphis and treated for cuts, bruises and a chemical burn to his face.

Released early Sunday, Smith went back to his office to help investigators work the case.

"This is his character," said Deputy Chief R. G. Wright of the Memphis police.
"He is always willing to help out and always go the extra mile no matter what."

Sunday, police had more questions than answers. "Yes, this was a functioning device that could have caused serious injuries or killed somebody,"
said Gene Marquez, resident agent in charge of the federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms office in Memphis.

This is the second time in the last three months a bomb or explosive device
has been left on the doorstep of the Shelby County Regional Forensic Center,
which houses the morgue and the Medical Examiner's Office.

On March 13, a bomb and two smaller explosive-type devices were found in a stairwell of the building at 1060 Madison.

At the time, local and federal agents couldn't say for sure if Smith and his staff were the targets. Saturday's attack on Smith left police with little doubt about the focus of the attack but no answers as to why.

"We don't know a motive and aren't making any assumptions as to why anyone would want to hurt Dr. Smith," said Wright.

During a noon press conference, Memphis police and ATF agents wouldn't disclose specifics of the investigation such as information about a suspect or details about the device. Authorities said Smith was found on an outside stairway on the west side of the forensic center building. It was near the area where the bomb and other devices were found in March.

"All we can say is the components of this device are similar to the one found in March," said Marquez.
"Both are not very sophisticated and are very similar, but until we finish the investigation we can't say if the two are connected."

When the device was removed from Smith, police X-rayed it to see if it was an explosive device.
When they determined it was a bomb, they sent it to the ATF lab in Atlanta for further analysis.

Today, the ATF's National Response Team, made up of agents who are experts on explosive devices
and who specialize in profiling bombers, will arrive in Memphis.

"This is the cream of the cream," Marquez said.
"We are planning to saturate this investigation and team up with local police on this matter immediately."

The ATF also is offering a $5,000 reward for information about the case.

The Commercial Appeal could not reach Smith, who was placed under heavy security, for comment.

Smith, 49, is one of several local forensic science specialists who help investigate criminal cases.

Last year, anonymous letters threatened harm to Smith, a prosecution witness in the long-running case of convicted Memphis cop killer Philip Workman.

Smith said at the time that he had not received any letters himself but was taking the threats "very seriously."

Workman's attorneys had challenged the validity of Smith's ballistics and laboratory tests.
Smith said the tests proved Workman's bullet killed Memphis police Lt. Ronald Oliver in 1981.

In one letter, the writer called Smith a liar and said, "Long have I waited for my HOLY ORDER
to fight against the DOCTOR-KILLER abortionists but now I know OUR LORD was saving me for something larger."

"I know Dr. Smith has worked several big cases, but I can't imagine who would want to hurt him," said Wright.
"That is what we are working on now to find out."

Known for his precision and thorough work, Smith is highly regarded by police and prosecutors and defense attorneys as well.

"In the 1994 case where we found three homicide victims hidden in the cemetery,
Dr. Smith was right there down in the graves working hard like always," said Wright.

Police are asking anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 528-CASH or the ATF hotline at (888) ATF-BOMB.

- Yolanda Jones: 529-2380

At the time of the attack, Smith's office had not yet made a determination for Katherine Smith's death, homicide vs. suicide.
How many women burn themselves alive with gasoline in a suicide?

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Memphis medical examiner, O.C. Smith
This is the same medical examiner who did the autopsy on Don Wiley, the Harvard microbiologist.

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From the photo cutline from the C-A story pic:

Khaled "Kal Odtllah, 31. Came to the United states from Jurusalem 13 years ago. Lived in Shelby County past 2½ years. Owned Phippips 66 gas station until recently.Buys and sells cars, including 1992 Accura bought by Katherine Smith. Formerly lived at 2840 Morning Lake in unincorporated Cordova. Used this address on multiple driver's license applications.

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That appears to be a multi-unit apartment complex, per several other listings I've found for that same address:

American Society of Exercise Physiologists

Directory

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G) (H) (I) (J) (K)-Page 2-

Members by State

Michael F. Criqui, R.D.
Student Member
2840 Morning Lake Drive
Apartment 304
Cordova,TN 38016
901-874-4268(work) 901-874-6831 (fax)
-P/ 2001-2002-
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THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

Program in Sports Medicine

Program in Sports Medicine Alumni

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | W

Ashly Benton Lord, ATC
(H) 2840 Morning Lake Drive, Apt. 201, Cordova, TN 38018
(H) Phone: 901-373-6632
(W) Address:
(W) Phone:

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