Association with Jaballah Krer and
Mahmoud Jaballah met through mutual friends, and Jaballah has said that he phoned Krer for helping finding Egyptian newspaper articles he felt could help his refugee claim, and that Krer occasionally visited Jaballah in Toronto. The only time they met in Montreal was when Krer met Jaballah and his wife at
Hassan Farhat's apartment to celebrate the birth of a child. CSIS however says that Krer was "extremely conscious of communications security" and cautioned Jaballah against using the telephone too much. Following Jaballah's arrest, he asked a friend to tell "Abu Dunia" not to visit him in detention and to keep a low profile; CSIS alleges this was a reference to Krer. On February 14, 1997, Krer spoke to a companion and referred to
Hassan Farhat as a man with funds "for the cause". ==Return to Libya, arrest==