Farouk Ali-Haimoud

_ Allegations: providing material support to terrorists, document fraud, conspiracy to engage in fraud and misuse of visas, permits and other documents, fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents.

_ Current Location: Wayne County Jail in Detroit.

_ Details: Arrested in Detroit on Sept. 17. Was released a short time after he was arrested, then indicted on document fraud charges again in March.

Ahmed Hannan

_ Allegations: providing material support to terrorists, document fraud, conspiracy to engage in fraud and misuse of visas, permits and other documents, fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents.

_ Current Location: Wayne County Jail

_ Details: Arrested in Detroit on Sept. 17. Described the layout of the U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan in June; and traveled to Detroit Metro airport to check for gaps in security, according to indictment.

Karim Koubriti

_ Allegations: providing material support to terrorists, document fraud, conspiracy to engage in fraud and misuse of visas, permits and other documents, fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents.

_ Current Location: Wayne County Jail

_ Details: Arrested in Detroit Sept. 17. Tried to get a commercial driver's license to transport hazardous materials, according to indictment.

Abdella (last name unknown)

_ Allegations: providing material support to terrorists, and conspiracy to engage in fraud and misuse of visas, permits and other documents.

_ Current Location: At large

_ Details: Also known as Jean Pierre Tardelli, George Labibe, Hussein Mohsen Safiddine, Nabil Hayamm. He's from Chicago.

Youssef Hmimssa

_ Allegations: Fraud and misuse of visas, permits and other documents and fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents and information. Also accused in a federal credit card fraud case in Chicago.

_ Current Location: Milan Federal Correction Institution in Milan, Mich.

_ Details: Moved between Chicago, Detroit and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Also known as Michael Saisa, Patrick Vuillaume and Jalali.

Timeline of alleged terrorist cell's plot

Federal prosecutors cited these key events in Wednesday's indictment as evidence that four Middle Eastern men operated a terrorist cell in Dearborn and Detroit. The government gave this account of the alleged scheme:

February 1998: The terrorist cell begins to take root in Dearborn. A band of conspirators seeks to recruit "like-minded brothers" as part of a holy war.

May 2001: Beginning this month and into July, Karim Koubriti and Ahmed Hannan (now defendants in the case) find work with a vendor at Detroit Metro Airport. At the request of Abdella, another defendant, they attempt to discover security breaches that allow direct access to planes. Another alleged conspirator, Farouk Ali-Haimoud, is doing the same.

June 2001: A person, not identified, moves into an apartment with Koubriti and Hannan at 1335 Riverside in Dearborn. Ali-Haimoud is a frequent visitor. Koubriti, Hannan and Ali-Haimoud seek to convince the new resident to help acquire false documents for new recruits sneaking into the country.

July 2001: The unidentified person moves into another apartment on Tuxedo in Dearborn. Ali-Haimoud then moves into the apartment on Riverside. Working out of the apartment on Tuxedo, the unidentified person _ in alliance with others _ allegedly uses a stolen credit card number to buy computer equipment for making false IDs. The documents are later stolen _ and wind up with Koubriti and Hannan, who say they'll return them for money.

July 16, 2001: Abdella receives a $1,206 wire transfer from a person identified as Khaled Aly, who is described as one of the brothers operating in Europe.

Late summer 2001: Koubriti, Hannan and Ali-Haimoud by now are deeply involved in plans to obtain weapons to help overseas operatives. They are seeking recruits and are trying to help some sneak into the country illegally to be trained in terror. The group has what appear to be attack plans depicted in a day planner. The targets are a U.S. air base in Incerlik, Turkey, and a hospital in Amman, Jordan. Also, videotapes appear to depict surveillance of Disneyland in California and the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Sept. 17, 2001: Agents catch up with them as part of terror probe.

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