Early History
He first entered the United States in 1994, and married Geneva Bowling the following year. Faris became a U.S. citizen in 1999, and allegedly returned to Pakistan the following year, and moved along to Afghanistan, where he is accused of having met Osama bin Laden. While in the region, documents provided to the court show that Faris was asked to investigate the possibility of using an ultralight aircraft as an "escape plane" for bin Laden. He used an internet cafe in Karachi, Pakistan to research ultralights and purchased 2000 sleeping bags.
At some point Faris was counseled by a local imam for suicidality, and tried to jump off a bridge in Columbus before he was restrained and taken for a psychiatric evaluation. Faris' five-year marriage ended in 2000. His ex-wife later said he had suffered from hearing imaginary voices and sudden bouts of believing that somebody was choking him.
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