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– THE 20’S HIJACKER

Each team of hijackers on The 9/11 included a so called “pilot” and 4 muscle hijackers except the flight 93 team with only 3 muscle hijackers . Because only 19 took part in the hijackings a question was raised who and if there was a 20ies hijacker. there are few candidats to the title the 20's hijacker. Continue reading

– KUALA LUMPUR CONVENTION

On 01/03/2000 a convention took place in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, with some of the people that become later key figures in the global Jihad and Islamist terror. Continue reading

– KHALID AL-MIHDHAR

Khalid al Mihdhar was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on 05/16/1975 . In 1995 he went with Nawaf al-Hazmi, another 77 team member, to Bosnia to fight there for Islam. Since then they were together and did the same route to The 9/11 except in one case. Continue reading

– SHEIKH OMAR ABDEL RAHMAN

Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman was born in Egypt on 05/03/1938. He became blind in young age because of a disease. After Egypt signed a Peace treaty with Israel in 11/1978 an Islamic opposition group, that revoked any recognition of Israel, Jama’a al Islamiyya, emerged in Egypt. The blind Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman became the spiritual leader of that group. Continue reading

– MAJED MASHAAN MOQED

Majed Moqed was born in a small village Annakhil, near Medina Saudi Arabia, in the end of the seventies and learned in the King Fahed University in Medina. Continue reading

– ZIAD SAMIR JARRAH

Jihad Jarrah Born in Mazraa, Lebanon, 05/11/1975, to a wealthy Sunnite family with business and bank links with Germany. In contrast to Jihad Jarrahs’ religion he was educated in a Catholic school in Beirut – La Sagesse. Since his youth was interested in flying planes. Continue reading

– MOHAMED ATTA

Mahamed Atta a member of the Hamburg Cell and Commander of the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers in New York in 2001. Born in Egypt 01/09/1968 in al Shaikh village. Probably with family relation to Marwan al Shehi. Mahamed Atta studied architecture in the Technological Institute of Hamburg till 11/1999, using a passport issued by the United Emirates. Continue reading

– ABDULAZIZ AL-OMARI

Abdulaziz al Omari was born in the middle seventies in Asir Province, a poor region in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the Yemen border. Abdulaziz al Omari was married, and had a daughter. Continue reading

– SATAM AL-SUQAMI

Satam al Suqami was born in Riyadh the capital of Saudi Arabia in 06/28/1976. Satam al Suqami studied law in the local King Saud University where he met Majed Moqed, later a muscle hijacker in flight 77 team Continue reading

– WALEED & WAIL AL-SHEHRI

Waleed al-Shehri was born in the middle seventies in Asir Province, a poor region in south western Saudi Arabia near the Yemen border. In beginning of 2000 he went with his older brother Wail al-Shehri to Afghanistan and they got military training in al-Qaedas’ al-Farouq camp. With them in the camp were Ahmed al-Nami and Saeed al-Ghamdi who became later muscle hijackers in flight 93 team on the 9/11. Somewhere in spring 2000 all four pledged themselves to Jihad. Continue reading
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