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By JOHN SOLOMON, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The month before the Sept. 11 hijacking attacks, the CIA (news - web sites) received information suggesting Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) was increasingly determined to strike on U.S. soil. In the days since, the FBI (news - web sites) has linked the hijackers to bin Laden's network through phone intercepts, money transfers and training camps. U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, …

…officials said, also indicates four of the hijackers trained at Afghan camps tied to bin Laden's network. Officials said the four included Wail Alshehri. Uncorroborated intelligence indicates he received several months of training last year in hand-to-hand combat, bomb-making and poison-mixing at Al Farooq camp in Khandhar, Afghanistan, officials said. The others linked to Afghan camps are Waleed Alshehri, believed to be a brother of Wail Alshehri, Hamza Alghamdi and Nawaq Alhamzi, the officials said.