It is evident they had plenty of money to buy six tickets, three to Chile and three to the US. Then there are the added operating costs of having a contact and leader, Rafid Jaboo Pati, who made arrangements for their accommodations and prepared their false documents.
He said he was in frequent contact with top executives from oil companies operating in Libya to assure them their contract with the country's national oil company would be upheld.
Ahmad said he and the four other diplomats in the mission have been in frequent contact since April with the Iraqi Foreign Ministry operating under the U.S.-led coalition.
This reasoning stems from the fact that Dbouk was in direct contact with Hassan Hilu Laqis, a Hezbollah agent operating out of Lebanon who managed many of the procurement projects in North America.
The US said that that Mr Naseer was operating under the direction of al-Qaeda and was the UK contact in a broad international network, allegations he denies.