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Hijackers

Al Qaeda, led by Osama bin Laden, organized the 9/11 attacks. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was the principle architect of the terrorist attacks.[1]
American Airlines Flight 11

Mohamed Atta Abdul Aziz al-Omari Wail M. al-Shehri Waleed M. al-Shehri Satam M. A. al-Suqami

United Airlines Flight 175

Marwan al-Shehhi Fayez Banihammad Ahmed al-Ghamdi Hamza al-Ghamdi Mohand al-Shehri

American Airlines Flight 77

Hani Hanjour Salem al-Hazmi Nawaf al-Hazmi Majed Moqed Khalid al-Mihdhar

United Airlines Flight 93

Ziad Jarrah Saeed al Ghamdi Ahmed al-Haznawi Ahmed al-Nami ?

Background

Investigation

Penttbom (Pentagon Twin Towers Bombing) is the name used by the FBI for the investigation into the 9/11 attacks.[2] The investigation was coordinated from the Special Information and Operations Center at FBI headquarters, with 4,000 special agents and 3,000 support staff initially involved.[2]
Authorities were quickly able to determine the identity of the hijackers, as they did not make attempts to disguise their identities. Investigators scrutinized the passenger lists and identified some that were trained at Huffman Aviation School in Venice, Florida. More key clues were found in vehicles left behind at the airports. When two of the hijackers arrived at Logan Airport, they got into an argument with another driver over a parking space.[3] When that other driver arrived at his destination, he learned about the attacks and recalled the other driver (and passenger) were Arab.[3] He called authorities, drawing them to the parking lot where they obtained early clues in the investigation.[3] The vehicle was a white Mitsubishi from National Car Rental, which had inside a flight manual in Arabic and clues that led authorities to Huffman Aviation.[3] Other critical clues were found in Mohamed Atta's luggage which did not make it onto American Airlines Flight 11.
Early confusion

There was some initial confusion and speculation, including the possibility that the hijackers crossed into the United States from Canada. A gas station owner in Jackman, Maine saw four Arab men stop by on August 17. There was also speculation that one hijacker took the ferry from Nova Scotia to Maine, and that two crossed into the United States from Canada at Coburn Gore, Maine.[4] These speculations turned out to be unfounded.
The Boston Globe obtained a list on September 12, but there was some confusion on spelling of names and mistaken identity of some suspects.
On September 14, the FBI released the names of the hijackers, with some confusion about names on this list, as well. Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia acknowledges that 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis.[5]
Forensic identification

In addition to identification of victims, the remains of all the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77 were found at the Pentagon and their DNA forensically identified.[6] The remains of all the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93 were found at the crash site near Shanksville and their DNA was forensically identified.[6] Remains of three of the hijackers were found and identified through DNA testing at the Ground Zero.[7] Timeline
Hijackers still alive?

Claim

At least seven of the hijackers are still alive... Fact

This claim is based on a report by the BBC on September 23, 2001.[8] The BBC has since reported about the 19 hijackers,[9] and has issued corrections to this story.[10]
In the aftermath of the attacks, there was confusion about names on the list issued by the FBI, as well as lists obtained by the Boston Globe and other media outlets.
Waleed al-Shehri

There was confusion regarding one name on the list -- Waleed Alshehri. In a case of mistaken identity, a different Waleed Alshehri (other than the real hijacker) was initially identified. This Waleed Alshehri came to Daytona Beach, Florida in 1996, took aviation lessons at Embry-Riddle Aeronautics University,[4] and was employed as a pilot for Saudi Arabian Airlines. He was living in Morocco at the time of the 9/11 attacks.
Abdul al-Omari

There was also confusion regarding Abdul al-Omari. Someone with a similar name in south Florida, Abdulrahman S. Alomari, took flight lessons at Flight Safety International. He was identified early and confused with the hijacker.[11] Abdulaziz Alomari, a 28-year old in Riyadh, said his passport was stolen while he lived in Denver in 1995, and thought his identity was stolen by one of the hijackers.
Saeed al-Ghamdi

Said Hussein al-Ghamdi, a Saudi pilot living in Tunis, was also mistaken, with CNN broadcasting his picture instead of that of Flight 93 hijacker, Saeed al-Ghamdi.
Marwan al-Shehhi

The list obtained by the Boston Globe on September 12 included the name Marwan Alshehri. (name really is Marwan al-Shehhi) [12]
Why the confusion?
  • One source of confusion is the fact that hijackers often varied the spelling of their names when renting rooms, banking, and other activities. For example, Hani Hanjour, whose full name is "Hani Saleh Hanjour", also used "Hani Hanjoor", "Hani Saleh", "Hany Saleh", and "Hami Hanjoor".[13]
  • Also, some of the names, particularly "al-Ghamdi" and "al-Shehri" are extremely common names in Saudi Arabia, as Smith is common in the United States.[14]
Arab News explained how names and photographs of Saudi pilots trained in the U.S. were published and mistaken for the hijackers.
“ In the rush to reveal information, these were published without due authentication. According to a US source, the FBI committed some errors in its inquiries at the beginning of the investigation. First, it asked about pilots or trainees at airlines whose names resembled those of the hijackers. This was on the presumption that the hijackers should be pilots or experts in aviation. This led to the confusion about the names of pilots Saeed Al-Ghamdi who turned up in Tunis, Abdul Rahman Al-Amri who was in Jeddah and Waleed A. Al-Shehri, who showed up in Rabat. These three men have been cleared of any association with the alleged hijackers.[15] ”

Hijacker videos

Since 9/11, videos have been shown that depict Bin Laden meeting with some of the hijackers, or the last will and testament of some of the hijackers. In the past Al Qaeda has used couriers to deliver videos to media outlets, such as Al Jazeera. Now, Al Qaeda has the capability to produce high quality videos, through As Sahab, its production house, and deliver videos directly over the internet.
April 2002

In April 2002, a video surfaced that showed Ahmed al-Haznawi giving his last will and testament.[1] He is seen reciting a prepared statement, which al-Jazeera described as a last will and testament.[16]


Haznawi is quoted saying:
“ We left our families to send a message that has the color of blood. This message says, 'Oh Allah, take from our blood today until you are satisfied.' The message says, 'The time of humiliation and subjugation are over.' It is time to kill Americans in their own homeland, among their sons, and near their forces and intelligence. ”

Other videos
  • Last will and testament of Wail al-Shehri and Hamza al-Ghamdi. [2] This video was released by Al Qaeda around the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
  • A video was released by Al Qaeda in September 2002, with Bin Laden speaking and showing Abdul Aziz al-Omari speaking. "We will get you. We will humiliate you. We will never stop following you," said Abdulaziz Alomari. Bin Laden specifically mentions four other hijackers including Marwan al-Shehhi, Ziad Jarrah, Hani Hanjour, and Mohamed Atta. Of the mastermind hijacker Mohamed Atta, who flew the first plane into the World Trade Center, bin Laden said, "He carried the pains of the nation. May God accept him as a martyr." He called Hani Hanjour, the terrorist who flew the plane into the Pentagon, "a great man." [3]
  • Another video shows Mohamed Atta and Ziad Jarrah together. [4] [5]
Airport security footage

Dulles International Airport, where American Airlines Flight 77 originated, had video surveillance at security checkpoints. Video was captured, showing each of the five hijackers (Khalid al-Mihdar, Majed Moqed, Nawaq al-Hazmi, Salem al-Hazmi and Hani Hanjour) passing through security shortly before Flight 77 departed.[6]
Passenger manifests

These were originally obtained by Terry McDermott, the author of Perfect Soldiers, which details the background of the hijackers, and how they became involved in the 9/11 attacks. Connections to Al Qaeda

Al Qaeda is estimated to have spent $400,000 - 500,000, including $300,000 that passed through the hijackers' bank accounts in the United States. Before the attacks, they returned approximately $26,000 to someone in the United Arab Emirates.[17] The hijackers were not particularly adept with using the international banking system, thus they left a paper trail behind that linked the hijackers together and to Al Qaeda.[18]
Money transfers to the Mustafa Ahmad

A key piece of evidence that ties the hijackers to Al Qaeda were money transfers before the attacks, from the hijackers to a Bin Laden associate in the United Arab Emirates. Sheikh Saeed, also known as Mustafa Mohamed Ahmad, was a financial manager for Bin Laden when he was in Sudan, and remained a trusted associate.[19] Western Union form for $5000 sent to Ahmad Mustafa by Waleed al-Shehri














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References
  2. ↑ 9/11 Commission Report, chapter 5
  3. ↑ 2.0 2.1 McGeary, Johanna and David Van Biema. "The New Breed of Terrorist", TIME, Sept. 24, 2001.
  4. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Sep 14: Day the unthinkable struck at America's heart (Part III)", Financial Times, September 14, 2001.
  5. ↑ 4.0 4.1 van Rijn, Nicolaas. "Hijackers set down roots, blended in, then attacked", Toronto Star, September 15, 2001.
  6. ↑ "Official: 15 of 19 Sept. 11 hijackers were Saudi", USA Today / Associated Press, February 6, 2002.
  7. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Remains Of 9 Sept. 11 Hijackers Held", CBS News, August 17, 2002.
  8. ↑ Willing, Richard. "About half of New York remains have been identified", USA Today, September 11, 2006.
  9. ↑ Hijack 'suspects' alive and well
  10. ↑ The investigation and the evidence
  11. ↑ 9/11 conspiracy theory
  12. ↑ Stockman, Farah and Matthew Carroll. "Suspects linked by flying, Florida", The Boston Globe, September 14, 2001.
  13. ↑ Cullen, Kevin and Matthew Brelis. "12 Suspects Eyed in Hijackings; Grim Search for Victims Goes on; 3 Men Trained to be Pilots are Key to Probe", The Boston Globe, September 13, 2001.
  14. ↑ http://www.vaed.uscourts.gov/notablecases/moussaoui/exhibits/prosecution/OG00020-09.pdf
  15. ↑ Ba-Isa, Molouk Y. and Saud Al-Towaim. "Another Saudi ‘hijacker’ turns up in Tunis", Arab News, October 1, 2001.
  16. ↑ Khashoggi, Jamal. "Hijacker list raises more questions", Arab News, September 20, 2001.
  17. ↑ Borger, Julian. "Chilling, defiant: the video suicide message of a September 11 killer", The Guardian, April 16, 2002.
  18. ↑ Terrorist Financing Staff Monograph. 9/11 Commission (2004).
  19. ↑ Terrorist Financing Staff Monograph. 9/11 Commission (2004).
  20. ↑ Borger, Julian. "Smoking gun: US investigation reveals terrorist paymaster's role in financial web: Trail links Bin Laden aide to hijackers", The Guardian, October 1, 2001.
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