During 2002, while he attended Abu Bakar Islamic University in Pakistan, he took over as the "intermediary" for e-mail messages between al-Qaeda and his older brother Hambali, who at the time was hiding in Cambodia.
Selama tahun 2002, sementara ia belajar di Universitas Islam Abu Bakar di Pakistan, ia mengambil alih peran sebagai "perantara" untuk mengirim pesan surel antara al-Qaeda dan kakaknya, Hambali, yang pada waktu itu bersembunyi di Kamboja.