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Doubts creep in about identities of hijackers

An agency report said United States officials investigating the September 11 terror attacks on New York and Washington are now probing whether some or all of the 19 hijackers on the four hijacked aircraft used stolen identities.

Such a probe is expected to complicate efforts to link the hijackers to the prime suspect Osama bin Laden.

The report said the investigators were forced to take the new line of probe after doubts crept in when at least four men with names matching those on an FBI list of the hijackers turned up alive in Saudi Arabia and Tunisia.

Another report in Washington Post quoting an unnamed senior US official said, "There may be some question with regard to the identity of at least some of them."

Meanwhile, another four people have been arrested as material suspects -- individuals believed to have information vital to the case -- and the Immigration and Naturalisation Service is holding between 75 and 115 people on immigration concerns, who may also be able to help the investigation.

Another 200 are being sought.

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