Hawash accused of aiding Al-Qaida

The complaint alleges that in October and November 2001 Hawash stayed at the same three hotels in China on the same three occasions as some of the defendants. On Oct. 30, 2001, the complaint says, Hawash shared a hotel room with defendant Jeffrey Leon Battle in Kashgar, in northwestern China.

On Oct. 9, Hawash had turned over the title of the family house in Hillsboro, Ore., to his wife, Lisa. He left the United States through Seattle Oct. 24 and returned Nov. 18. Hawash told his wife that he traveled to China to look for opportunities for his software business, according to the complaint.

The complaint also mentions slips of paper found in the homes of three of the defendants with Hawash's Portland telephone number written on them. Bank records show Hawash wrote a check to defendant Patrice Ford for $105 on Sept. 8, 2001, according to the complaint. In a search of Ford's apartment in October 2002, investigators found a piece of paper that contained the note ``Maher -- 73 owe'' and the names of the other five Portland defendants.