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The 19 Dead Hijackers
- Read the "Terror Guide"
they used as a final instruction for performing the 9/11 hijackings in the
US. (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader). 3 copies of this were
found: 1 in a suitcase belonging to Mohammed Atta, a hijacker of AA
Flt 11 (the suitcase did not make it aboard the flight in time); 1 found at
Dulles Int. Airport near Washington DC in a vehicle belonging to Nawaf
Alhazmi, a hijacker of AA Flt 77; 1 found in PA wreckage of UA Flt 93.
- What may have been some reasons these
particular flights were chosen for the hijackings?
- 15 of them were from Saudi Arabia.
- 2
Virginia men were sentenced 2/1/02 for helping two of the
hijackers (Abdul Aziz Alomari and Ahmed Saleh Alghamdi) obtain fake ID
cards on 8/2/01.
- Victor Lopez-Flores (Salvadoran; entered the US
twice illegally; will be deported after serving his sentence)
- Herbert Villalobos (Salvadoran native with permanent legal
residence) - 4 months/time already served
- Graduate student of Bradley University in Peoria, Ali Salem Kahlah
Al-Marri, arrested 1/28/01, apparently provided aid to the
terrorists.
American Airlines Flight 11, bound
for Los Angeles
Hit north tower of NY's WTC 8:45AM
- Satam M.A. Al Suqami - from the Saudi Arabian region
of Najd
- Date of birth used: June 28, 1976
- Last known address: United Arab Emirates
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- Waleed M. Alshehri - Possible Saudi national
- Dates of birth used: September 13, 1974; January 1, 1976; March 3, 1976; July 8, 1977; December 20, 1978; May 11, 1979; November 5, 1979
- Possible residences: Hollywood, Florida; Orlando, Florida; Daytona Beach, Florida
- Special skills: A pilot
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- Wail M. Alshehri
- Date of birth used: September 1, 1968
- Possible residences: Hollywood, Florida; Newton, Massachusetts
- Special skills: A pilot
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- Mohamed Atta - from Egypt
- Date of birth used: September 1, 1968
- Possible residences: Hollywood, Florida; Coral Springs, Florida; Hamburg, Germany
(he shared this residence with Ramzi Binalshibh)
- Special skills: A pilot
- Alias: Mehan Atta; Mohammad El Amir; Muhammad Atta; Mohamed El Sayed; Mohamed Elsayed; Muhammad Muhammad Al Amir Awag Al Sayyid Atta; Muhammad Muhammad Al-Amir Awad Al Sayad
- Moved to 54 Marienstrasse in Hamburg, Germany at
the end of 1998, called the "kitchen
of the September 11 operation."
- Attended
a meeting in Amsterdam in mid-June of 1999. Also in
attendance were Marwan al-Shehhi, Ramzi Binalshibh, and Mounir El Motassadeq
(the only person under arrest in Germany for terrorist connections
9/13/02).
- Trained
in an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan for several months from
1999 through early 2000.
- July 2001 - Was attending a flight school in
Florida. On the 7th, flew from Miami to Madrid, Spain (his
second visit there in seven months). He first stopped over
in Zurich, Switzerland and bought a Swiss army knife. In
Spain:
- Checked into a hotel in Barajas, close to the
airport, accompanied by a 41-yr old man with an Irish passport
using the name Iqbal Afzal Admat. From their room, they
"made lengthy phone calls to Hamburg, Germany and Manchester, England."
- Atta
went back to the airport via hotel shuttle and paid for
his room with a credit card. He then "drove halfway across the country and
checked into Hotel Sant Jordi in Tarragona, five miles north of Salou on the Mediterranean coast",
a popular place for wealthy Arabs on holiday.
- For the following six days, there was "hardly any trace"
of Atta or of Ramzi Binalshibh who had also just arrived in
Salou. "The absence of other hotel stays, signed receipts or credit card stubs has
led investigators to believe that the men may have met in a safe house
provided by other Al Qaeda operatives in Spain."
The point man for al Qaeda in Spain was Imad Yarkas, a Syrian
national.
- The gathering in Salou is believed to be the
final face-to-face rendezvous between Atta and his European
liasons to finalize the 9/11/01 hijacking attacks.
- He flew back to Miami July 19th.
- He
called Ramsi Binalshibh (the "20th hijacker", captured
9/11/02) the morning of the attacks to advise him of the
hijacking date, saying it was, "Two sticks, a dash and a cake with a stick
down," meaning two sticks (the number "11"), a dash
(the "-"), and a cake with a stick down (the number
"9").
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- Abdulaziz Alomari - Possible Saudi national
- Dates of birth used: December 24, 1972; May 28, 1979
- Possible residence: Hollywood, Florida
- Special skills:
- Got
his fake ID from Mohamed el-Atriss, a naturalized US citizen
from Egypt who was arrested 8/20/02 as he returned to Kennedy
Airport in New York from Egypt, where he fled 7/31/02.
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"We will get you. We will humiliate you. We will
never stop following you." From
an Al Jazeera tape.
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United Airlines Flight 175, bound
for Los Angeles
Hit south tower of NY's WTC 9:05AM
- Marwan Al-Shehhi - from United Arab Emirates
- Date of birth used: May 9, 1978
- Possible residence: Hollywood, Florida
- Special skills: A pilot
- Alias: Marwan Yusif Muhammad Rashid Al-Shehi; Marwan Yusif Muhammad
Rashid Lakrab Al-Shihhi; Abu Abdullah
- Attended a meeting in Amsterdam in mid-June of
1999. Also in attendance were Mohamed Atta, Ramzi Binalshibh,
and Mounir El Motassadeq (the only person under arrest in Germany
for terrorist connections 9/13/02).
- Believed to have attended the final get-together
in Salou, Spain in mid-July 2001 to finalize the 9/11/01
attacks. (Attended by fellow hijackers Mohamed Atta, Ziad Samir Jarrah,
and also Ramzi Binalshibh and two other Arab men.) He was
seen on 7/17/01 with Jarrah at the customer service center at Universal
Studios Port Aventura theme park next to Salou asking about
rides. The meeting was apparently over.
- Trained
in an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan for several months from
1999 through early 2000.
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- Fayez Rashid Ahmed Hassan Al Qadi Banihammad - from
the Saudi Arabian region of Asir
- Date of birth used: unknown
- Possible residence: Delray Beach, Florida
- Alias: Fayez Ahmad; Banihammad Fayez Abu Dhabi
Banihammad; Fayez Rashid Ahmed; Banihammad Fayez; Rasid Ahmed
Hassen Alqadi; Abu Dhabi Banihammad Ahmed Fayez; Faez Ahmed
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- Ahmed Alghamdi
- Date of birth used: unknown
- Possible residence(s): unknown
- Alias: Ahmed Salah Alghamdi
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- Hamza Alghamdi
- Date of birth used: unknown
- Possible residence: Delray Beach, Florida
- Alias: Hamza Al-Ghamdi; Hamza Ghamdi; Hamzah Alghamdi;
Hamza Alghamdi Saleh
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- Mohand Alshehri
- Date of birth used: unknown
- Possible residence: Delray Beach, Florida
- Alias: Mohammed Alshehhi; Mohamd Alshehri; Mohald Alshehri
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American Airlines Flight 77, bound
for Los Angeles
Hit Pentagon in Washington D.C. 9:39AM
- Khalid Almihdhar - from Mecca, in western Saudi
Arabia (Islam's holiest place)
- Date of birth used: unknown
- Possible residences: San Diego, California; New York
- Alias: Sannan Al-Makki; Khalid Bin Muhammad; 'Addallah Al-Mihdhar; Khalid
Mohammad Al-Saqaf
- Got
his fake ID from Mohamed el-Atriss, a naturalized US citizen
from Egypt who was arrested 8/20/02 as he returned to Kennedy
Airport in New York from Egypt, where he fled 7/31/02.
- He and his hijack-buddy Nawaf Alhazmi moved
to California 1/15/00 and may have been "assigned to identify San Diego-based Navy ships to attack".
A few days before arriving, they went to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
and met with Tawfiq Attash Khallad, an al Qaeda lieutenant who
masterminded the attack on the USS Cole. In California, they
worked at a gas station, attended a mosque, and took some flight
lessons. They left California for good by the end of 2000.
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- Nawaf Alhazmi - from Mecca, in western Saudi Arabia
(Islam's holiest place)
- Date of birth used: unknown
- Possible residences: Fort Lee, New Jersey; Wayne, New Jersey; San Diego, California
- Alias: Nawaf Al-Hazmi; Nawaf Al Hazmi; Nawaf M.S. Al Hazmi
- He and his hijack-buddy Khalid Almihdhar moved
to California 1/15/00 and may have been "assigned to identify
San Diego-based Navy ships to attack". A few days
before arriving, they went to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and met with
Tawfiq Attash Khallad, an al Qaeda lieutenant who masterminded the
attack on the USS Cole. In California, they worked at a gas
station, attended a mosque, and took some flight lessons.
Alhazmi flew home to Saudi Arabia once, was back for the summer,
and both left California for good by the end of 2000.
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- Salem Alhazmi - from Mecca, in western Saudi Arabia
(Islam's holiest place)
- Date of birth used: unknown
- Possible residences:
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- Hani Hanjour - from Taif, in western Saudi Arabia
- Date of birth used: unknown
- Possible residences: Phoenix, Arizona; San Diego, California
- Special Skills - A pilot
- Alias: Hani Saleh Hanjour; Hani Saleh; Hani Hanjour, Hani Saleh H. Hanjour
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United Airlines Flight 93, bound
for San Francisco
Crashed in field in Stony Creek Township, PA
10:03AM
- Saeed Alghamdi
- Date of birth used: unknown
- Possible residence: Delray Beach, Florida
- Alias: Abdul Rahman Saed Alghamdi; Ali S Alghamdi; Al- Gamdi; Saad M.S. Al
Ghamdi; Sadda Al Ghamdi; Saheed Al-Ghamdi; Seed Al Ghamdi
- As
"Abdul Rahman", he sent a message in an Internet chat
room to a pretend German girlfriend, who was really Ramsi
Binalshibh (the "20th hijacker"). The encoded
message: "The first semester commences in three weeks. Two high
schools and two universities. ... This summer will surely be hot ...19 [the
eventual number of hijackers] certificates for private education and four
exams. Regards to the professor. Goodbye." About three
weeks before the 9/11/01 attacks, "targets were assigned to four
teams, with three of them bearing a code name: The U.S. Capitol was called "The Faculty of
Law;" the Pentagon became "The Faculty of Fine Arts;" and the North Tower of
the World Trade Center was code-named..."The Faculty of Town Planning."
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- Ahmed Ibrahim A. Al Haznawi - Possible Saudi national
- Date of birth used: October 11, 1980
- Possible residence: Delray Beach, Florida
- Alias: Ahmed Alhaznawi
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- Ahmed Alnami - from Abha, in southwest Saudi Arabia
- Date of birth used: unknown
- Possible residence: Delray Beach, Florida
- Alias: Ali Ahmed Alnami; Ahmed A. Al-Nami; Ahmed Al- Nawi
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- Ziad Samir Jarrah - from Lebanon
- Date of birth used: unknown
- Possible residence: his Virginia driver's license
showed 6601 Quicksilver Drive in Springfield
- Special skills - A pilot
- Alias: Zaid Jarrahi; Zaid Samr Jarrah; Ziad S. Jarrah; Ziad Jarrah Jarrat, Ziad
Samir
- Wrote
a letter to his girlfriend (postmarked 9/10/01) in Germany:
"I have done what I had to do. You should be very proud, it is an honor, and you
will see the result, and everyone will be happy. Hold on to what you have
until we meet each other again." The letter was contained in
a package which was addressed incorrectly, and was returned to the
US.
- Shortly
after midnight on 9/9/01, he was stopped by Maryland State
Police for doing 90 mph in a 65 mph zone on northbound I95 in
Cecil County near Delaware. He was driving a 2001 red Mitsubishi
Gallant, owned by Garden State Car Rental at Newark, NJ International Airport.
(The car was found at the airport after the hijackings.)
Jarrah was on a CIA watch list, which was "not
available" at the time he was ticketed.
- Believed to have attended the final get-together
in Salou, Spain in mid-July 2001 to finalize the 9/11/01
attacks. (Attended by fellow hijackers Mohamed Atta, Marwan
Al-Shehhi,
and also Ramzi Binalshibh and two other Arab men.) He was
seen on 7/17/01 with Al-Shehhi at the customer service center at Universal
Studios Port Aventura theme park next to Salou asking about
rides. The meeting was apparently over.
- Trained
in an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan for several months from
1999 through early 2000.
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