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Jordanian A Jordanian-born college student held for three months in connection with the investigation of the September 11 attacks was released Thursday after posting $500,000 bail on charges he lied to a federal grand jury. Osama Awadallah, 21, a permanent U.S. resident who has lived in San Diego for three years, left a federal courthouse with his attorney without commenting. Attorney Jesse Berman said his client had nothing to do with the September 11 attacks. Prosecutors say Awadallah acknowledged before a grand jury he knew two of the men who hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 and steered it into the Pentagon. According to the indictment, Awadallah's name was also on a scrap of paper found in the car Pentagon hijacker Nawaf Al Hazmi abandoned at Washington Dulles International Airport. The indictment also says Awadallah admitted knowing Khalid Almidhar, another of the Flight 77 hijackers. Leaving court Thursday, Berman said his client was tortured while jailed at Manhattan's Metropolitan Correctional Center. He said Awadallah was kicked and awadallah, said, san, diego, muslim, jury, grand, federal, berman, awadallah's, attacks, thursday, three, september, say, put, pentagon, october, left, investigation, indictment, hazmi, flight, family, court, client, charges, bail, attorney, american, al, york, years