FREED terror suspect Mamdouh Habib allegedly trained with al-Qaeda and its south Asian offshoot, Lashkar-e-Taiba five times since 1998 and was at an advanced terror course in Afghanistan during the 9/11 attacks, the federal Government has claimed. At least three other alleged terrorists under detention have identified Mr Habib as being present at several of the camps, including the al-Qaeda graduate course he is accused of attending for two months from August 2001. The former Sydney cleaner is also alleged to have been in contact in Afghanistan with the man who once led the terror group's military committee, Mohammed Atef, before he was killed during an air strike in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in late 2001. He is believed to have met in Afghanistan the one Australian still detained in Guantanamo Bay, David Hicks, and associated with Melbourne man Jack Thomas, who was arrested late last year on terrorism charges. The allegations form the backbone of the federal Government's case against Mr Habib and are in part spelled out in documents tendered to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in support of a decision to refuse him a new Australian passport. Other material has been gleaned through interviews conducted by The Weekend Australian with two well-placed government insiders, both of whom insist that, despite the alleged terror links, Mr Habib cannot be charged under Australian law.