In October 2000, a "senior operative of Hezbollah" was involved in co-ordinating activities and facilitating travel of the 9/11 hijackers from Saudi Arabia to Beirut. Also in October 2000, two future muscle hijackers, Mohand al Shehri and Hamza al Ghamdi,flew from Iran to Kuwait. Ahmed al Ghamidi, one of the hijackers, flew to Beirut, traveling on the same flight as a senior Hezbollah operative. In the same month, Salem al Hazmi flew from Saudi Arabia to Beirut. In mid-November, three future hijackers Wail al Shehri,Waleed al Shehri, and Ahmed al Nami, traveled as a group from Saudi Arabia to Beirut and then to Iran alongside a "senior Hezbollah operative". Senior Hezbollah figures in Beirut and Iran were expecting the arrival of an important group during the same period. Later in November, two future muscle hijackers,Satam al Suqami and Majed Moqed,flew to Iran from Bahrain. In February 2001,another hijacker, Khalid al Mihdhar may have taken a flight from Syria to Iran. Detainees offered varying reasons for use of many Saudi operatives. Ramzi Bin al Shibh argued that "al Qaeda wanted to send a message to the government of Saudi Arabia about its relationship with the United States". However, others such as Khalid Shaykh Mohammed denied that Saudis were chosen for the 9/11 plot to drive a wedge between the United States and Saudi Arabia,rather stressing upon practical reasons for considering ethnic background when selecting operatives.