In 2001 , Bin Laden had al-Ansi travel to the Philippines , where he was to qualify the mujahideen in Sharia and militarily . That same year , al-Ansi assisted As-Sahab , al Qaeda 's propaganda arm , in creating two productions : the " American Intervention " and the " State of the Islamic Ummah " . After Al-Ansi completed his mission in the Philippines , he tried to return to Afghanistan after the US-led invasion of the country in the wake of the 9/11 attacks . Al-Ansi was detained in Yemen en route to Afghanistan in early 2002 ; Yemeni authorities released him after six months imprisonment
9/11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi