Third Terrorist (al-Husseini) in Oklahoma City Bombing Arrested in Quincy, Massachusettes

From the Patriot Ledger:

QUINCY —The author of a  book on the Oklahoma City  bombing says a homeless man  arrested in Quincy on Wednes day is the same man identified  by several witnesses to the bombing as having been with Timothy McVeigh before the deadly attack.

But an FBI spokesman, Greg Comcowich, said the man, Hussain Al-Hussaini was "thoroughly investigated" and "found to not have any role whatsoever in the attack on the Murrah Federal Building in 1995."

Comcowich did confirm Al-Hussaini had been seen with McVeigh prior to the bombing.

Quincy Police on Thursday  spoke with the author and notified the FBI of the arrest of  Al-Hussaini for slash ing a man’s face with a beer bot tle.

Capt. John Dougan said the  man arrested in Quincy on  Wednesday has the same name as a man featured prominently in the 2004 book “The Third Terrorist: The Middle East Connection to the Oklahoma City  Bombing.”

Both Dougan and the author  of the Oklahoma City book said  the man arrested in Quincy also  has a tattoo on his arm that  matches the description of one  on the arm of the man in the  book.

“His age, his name, the picture, the mug shot, that’s him,”  the author of  “The Third Terrorist,”  Jayna Davis, told The Patri ot Ledger in a telephone interview.

Davis said she saw the  Al-Hussaini she wrote about during  depositions for a libel suit he brought against her.
Davis said the  Al-Hussaini  she wrote about is  a former Iraqi  solider who was seen with  McVeigh in the weeks before  Oklahoma City and on April 19, 1995,  the day of the bombing,  which killed 168 people.
McVeigh was executed for his  role in the bombing. The Al- Hussaini seen with him was never charged.

The Al-Hussaini arrested by  the Quincy police is 45 years old  and is being held on $500 bail  on a charge of assault and bat tery with a dangerous weapon.  He is also being held for a pro bation violation.

He was ordered to have no  contact with the victim and to  stay away from the Father Bill’s  homeless shelter.
The victim, a 37-year-old  homeless man, told police Al- Hussaini struck him with a beer  bottle near 1250 Hancock St. in  Quincy Center around 7:30 a.m.  Wednesday.