The September 11, 2001 attacks were carried out by 19 hijackers, with planning and organization of the attacks involving numerous additional members of al-Qaeda. A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... September 11, 2001 attacks timeline Background History 1972: One World Trade Center completed. ... THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS THE PHRASE FUCK THE US GOVERNMENT HIDDEN THROUGHOUT THE ARTICLE...IT REQUIRES IMMEDIATE CLEAN UP // According to the presidents of the United States and the Philippines, the September 11, 2001 attacks originated with Operation Bojinka (a plan that was not executed), which was conceived by Khalid Shaikh... 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Communications problems and successes played an important role in the September 11, 2001 attacks and their aftermath. ... Ground Zero debris with markup showing building locations. ... The September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States spawned a number of catchphrases, terms, and slogans, many of which continue to be used a half-decade after the event. ... The Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 is the official name of the inquiry conducted by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence into the activities of the U.S. Intelligence Community in... The cover of the final 9/11 report, which can be purchased in bookstores across the United States and around the world The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... Hijackers inside flightdeck of TWA Flight 847 Aircraft hijacking (also known as skyjacking and aircraft piracy) is the take-over of an aircraft, by a person or group, usually armed. ... Al-Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة, the foundation or the base) is the name given to a worldwide network of militant Islamist organizations under the leadership of Osama bin Laden. ...

American Airlines Flight 11

Two flight attendants called the American Airlines reservation desk during the hijacking. Betty Ong reported that "the four hijackers had come from first-class seats: 2A, 2B, 9A, and 9B." ^[1]. Flight attendant Amy Sweeney called a flight services manager at Logan Airport and described them as Middle Eastern^[1]. She gave the staff the seat numbers and they pulled up the ticket and credit card info of the hijackers, identifying Mohamed Atta al-Sayed^[2]. Mohammed Atta al-Sayed (Arabic: محمد عطا السيد) was named by the FBI as the suicide pilot of American Airlines Flight 11, the first plane to crash into the World Trade Center during the September 11, 2001 attacks. ...

Mohamed Atta was heard speaking over the air traffic control system, broadcasting messages he intended for the passengers.^[3] Air Traffic Control Towers (ATCTs) at Amsterdams Schiphol Airport Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air. ...

United Airlines Flight 175

A United mechanic was called by a flight attendant who stated the crew had been murdered and the plane hijacked.[1]

American Airlines Flight 77

Two hijackers, Hani Hanjour and Majed Moqed were identified by clerks as having bought single, first-class tickets for Flight 77 from Advance Travel Service in Totowa, NJ with $1,842.25 in cash ^[1]. Renee May, a flight attendant on Flight 77, used a cell phone to call her mother in Las Vegas. She said her flight was being hijacked by six individuals who had moved them to the rear of the plane^[4]. Passenger Barbara Olson called her husband, Ted Olson, the solicitor general of the United States stating the flight had been hijacked and the hijackers had knives and box cutters ^[5]. Two of the passengers had been on the FBI's terrorist-alert list: Khalid Almihdhar, and Nawaf Alhazmi. Hani Saleh Hanjour, (Arabic: هاني صالح حنجور) was one of five men named by the FBI as hijackers of American Airlines flight 77 in the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. ... Majed Mashaan Moqed (Arabic: ماجد مشعان موقد, also transliterated Moqued) was one of five men named by the FBI to be hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77 in the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. ... Barbara Olson Barbara Olson (December 27, 1955 – September 11, 2001) was a conservative American television commentator who worked for FOX News, CNN and several other outlets. ... This photograph of Khalid al-Midhar was released by the FBI in the days following the attack. ... -1...

Forensic remains of the five hijackers were found at the Pentagon, along with remains of the victims.^[6] This article is about the United States military building. ...

United Airlines Flight 93

Jeremy Glick stated that the hijackers were Arabic-looking, wearing red headbands, carrying knives.[2][3]. ABC news acquired an apparent inadvertent radio transmission with a voice identified as Ziad Jarrah announcing "Hi, this is the captain, We'd like you all to remain seated. There is a bomb on board. And we are going to turn back to the airport. And they had our demands, so please remain quiet."[4] Jeremy Logan Glick was a Strategic Account Manager for Vividence, Inc who died in the September 11, 2001 attacks, on board United Airlines Flight 93. ... Ziad Samir Jarrah (Arabic: زياد سمير جراح) He is believed to have taken over as the pilot of the aircraft and made an unsuccessful attempt to crash the plane into the U.S. Capitol. ...

Hijacker Ziad Jarrah also mistakenly broadcast messages intended for passengers over the air traffic control system.^[7] Ziad Samir Jarrah (Arabic: زياد سمير جراح) He is believed to have taken over as the pilot of the aircraft and made an unsuccessful attempt to crash the plane into the U.S. Capitol. ...

Jarrah is also heard on the cockpit voice recorder.^[8] Forensic remains of all four hijackers were found at the crash site.^[6] In aircraft, the flight data recorder (FDR) and the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) are used to record aircraft and pilot behavior in order to analyze accidents, and are usually called black boxes by the news media. ...

Suspected hijackers

Minutes after the occurrence of the September 11, Terrorist attacks, the Federal Bureau of Investigation opened the largest FBI investigation in United States history, operation PENTTBOM. The suspects were identified within 72 hours because few made any attempt to disguise their names on flight and credit card records and they were among the few non-U.S. citizens and nearly the only passengers with Arabic names on their flights, enabling the FBI to identify their names and in many cases such details as dates of birth, known, and/or possible residences, visa status, and specific identification of the suspected pilots within hours.^[9] On September 27, 2001 the FBI released photos of the 19 hijackers, along with information about many of their possible nationalities and aliases ^[10]. All the suspected hijackers were from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon or Egypt. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), serving as both a federal criminal investigative body and a domestic intelligence agency. ... PENTTBOM is the code-name for the FBI investigation into the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, D.C, the largest criminal investigation in U.S. history. ... is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

United Airlines Flight 175: Marwan al-Shehhi (from the United Arab Emirates), Fayez Banihammad (from the United Arab Emirates), Mohand al-Shehri (Saudi Arabian), Hamza al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabian), Ahmed al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabian). They were the only people with Arabic names on the flight. United Airlines Flight 175 was a morning flight that regularly flew from Logan International Airport in East Boston, Massachusetts to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California. ... Marwan Yousef al-Shehhi (Arabic: مروان الشحي, also transliterated Alshehhi[1]) was named by the FBI as the suicide pilot aboard United Airlines flight 175 which crashed into the second World Trade Center tower on September 11, 2001. ... Fayez Rashid Ahmed Hassan al-Qadi Banihammad (Arabic: فايز راشد احمد حسن القاضي بني حمد) was named by the FBI as one of the hijackers aboard United Airlines Flight 175 in the September 11, 2001 attacks. ... This photograph of Mohand al-Shehri was released by the FBI in the days following the attack. ... This photograph of Hamza al-Ghamdi was released by the FBI in the days following the attack. ... This photograph of Ahmed al_Ghamdi was released by the FBI in the days following the attack. ...

American Airlines Flight 11: Mohamed Atta al Sayed (Egyptian), Waleed al-Shehri (Saudi Arabian), Wail al-Shehri (Saudi Arabian), Abdulaziz al-Omari (Saudi Arabian), Satam al-Suqami (Saudi Arabian). There was only one other passenger with an Arabic name who was ruled out as having any role. Flight 11 redirects here. ... This photograph of Mohamed Atta was released by the FBI in the days following the attack. ... This photograph of Waleed al-Shehri was released by the FBI in the days following the attack. ... This photograph of Wail al-Shehri was captured by an ATM just days before the 9/11 attack. ... Abdulaziz al-Omari (Arabic:عبدالعزيزالعمري, also transliterated Abdul Aziz Alomari) was named by the FBI as one of the hijackers of the first plane which was crashed into the World Trade Center in the September 11, 2001 attacks. ... Satam M. A. al-Suqami (Arabic: سطام السقامي) was one of five men named by the FBI as hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 in the September 11, 2001 attacks. ...

United Airlines Flight 93: Ziad Jarrah (Lebanese), Ahmed al-Haznawi (Saudi Arabian), Ahmed al-Nami (Saudi Arabian), Saeed al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabian). They were the only people with Arabic names on the flight. United Airlines Flight 93 was a regular flight from Newark International Airport (now known as Newark Liberty International Airport) in Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco International Airport, then continuing on to Narita International Airport in Tokyo, Japan, on a different aircraft. ... Ziad Samir Jarrah (Arabic: زياد سمير جراح) He is believed to have taken over as the pilot of the aircraft and made an unsuccessful attempt to crash the plane into the U.S. Capitol. ... Ahmed Ibrahim al-Haznawi (Arabic: احمد ابراهيم الحزناوي) // Al-Haznawi was the son of an Saudi imam from al-Baha, an isolated and underdeveloped area in Saudi Arabia and shared the same tribal affiliation with fellow hijackers Saeed al-Ghamdi, Hamza al-Ghamdi, and Ahmed al-Ghamdi. ... Ahmed Abdullah al-Nami (احمد النامي, also transliterated Alnami or al-Nawi) was named by the FBI as one of the hijackers of United Airlines flight 93 as part of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. ... Saeed al-Ghamdi (Arabic: سعيد الغامدي) was named by the FBI as one of the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93 as part of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. ...

American Airlines Flight 77: Hani Hanjour (Saudi Arabian), Khalid al-Mihdhar (Saudi Arabian), Majed Moqed (Saudi Arabian), Nawaf al-Hazmi (Saudi Arabian), Salem al-Hazmi (Saudi Arabian). There was one other passenger with an Arabic name who was ruled out as having any role. Security camera image showing American Airlines Flight 77 (far right, just above far right stone block) just before impact. ... Hani Saleh Hanjour, (Arabic: هاني صالح حنجور) was one of five men named by the FBI as hijackers of American Airlines flight 77 in the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. ... This photograph of Khalid al-Midhar was released by the FBI in the days following the attack. ... Majed Mashaan Moqed (Arabic: ماجد مشعان موقد, also transliterated Moqued) was one of five men named by the FBI to be hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77 in the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. ... Nawaf al-Hazmi (Arabic: نواف الحازمي, also transliterated Nawaq Alhazmi) who used the alias Rabia al Makki as well as Nawaf M.S. Al Hazmi, was 25 years old in September, 2001, when he became one of five terrorists named by FBI as hijackers of American Airlines flight 77, which was crashed... This is a photo of the alleged Salem al-Hazmi, released by the FBI. Salem al-Hazmi, (Arabic: سالم الحازمي, also transliterated Alhazmi) was one of five men named on September 14, 2001 by the FBI as hijackers of American Airlines flight 77 in the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. ...

Hijackers list compiled by FBI

According to the 9/11 Commission Report, 26 al-Qaeda terrorist conspirators sought to enter the United States to carry out a suicide mission. In the end, the FBI reported that there were 19 hijackers in all: five on three of the flights, and four on the fourth. On September 14th, three days after the attacks, the FBI announced the names of 19 persons.^[9] The cover of the final 9/11 report, which can be purchased in bookstores across the United States and around the world The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ...

List of the hijackers

Note: There have been variations in the spelling of the names of the alleged hijackers in differing accounts of the attacks. This is because there is no one correct way of transliterating from the Arabic alphabet to the Latin alphabet. In addition, Arabic customs regarding Arabic names differs from Western customs. In particular, most Arabs do not simply have first/middle/last names, but a full chain of names.^{[citation needed]}

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Mohamed Atta (Egyptian), believed to have been the pilot

Waleed al-Shehri (Saudi Arabian)

Wail al-Shehri (Saudi Arabian)

Abdulaziz al-Omari (Saudi Arabian)

Satam al-Suqami (Saudi Arabian)

The hijackers aboard United Airlines Flight 175 (which crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center) were reported to be: Image File history File links Mohamed_Atta. ... Image File history File links Mohamed_Atta. ... Mohamed Atta ( transliteration: ) was named by the FBI as the head suicide pilot of American Airlines Flight 11, the first plane to crash into the World Trade Center during the September 11, 2001 attacks. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This photograph of Waleed al-Shehri was released by the FBI in the days following the attack. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This photograph of Wail al-Shehri was captured by an ATM just days before the 9/11 attack. ... Abdulaziz al-Omari, an airplane hijacker in the September 11, 2001 attacks. ... Abdulaziz al-Omari, an airplane hijacker in the September 11, 2001 attacks. ... Abdulaziz al-Omari (Arabic:عبدالعزيزالعمري, also transliterated Abdul Aziz Alomari) was named by the FBI as one of the hijackers of the first plane which was crashed into the World Trade Center in the September 11, 2001 attacks. ... Satam al-Suqami, hijacker The copyright status of this work is difficult or impossible to determine. ... Satam al-Suqami, hijacker The copyright status of this work is difficult or impossible to determine. ... Satam M. A. al-Suqami (Arabic: سطام السقامي) was one of five men named by the FBI as hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 in the September 11, 2001 attacks. ... United Airlines Flight 175 was a morning flight that regularly flew from Logan International Airport in East Boston, Massachusetts to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California. ...

Marwan al-Shehhi (from the United Arab Emirates), believed to have been the pilot

Fayez Banihammad (from the United Arab Emirates)

Mohand al-Shehri (Saudi Arabian)

Hamza al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabian)

Ahmed al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabian)

The hijackers aboard American Airlines Flight 77 (which crashed into the Pentagon) were reported to be: Marwan Alshehhi - http://www. ... Marwan Alshehhi - http://www. ... Marwan Yousef al-Shehhi (Arabic: مروان الشحي, also transliterated Alshehhi[1]) was named by the FBI as the suicide pilot aboard United Airlines flight 175 which crashed into the second World Trade Center tower on September 11, 2001. ... Fayez Banihammad - http://www. ... Fayez Banihammad - http://www. ... Fayez Rashid Ahmed Hassan al-Qadi Banihammad (Arabic: فايز راشد احمد حسن القاضي بني حمد) was named by the FBI as one of the hijackers aboard United Airlines Flight 175 in the September 11, 2001 attacks. ... Mohand al-Shehri The copyright status of this work is difficult or impossible to determine. ... Mohand al-Shehri The copyright status of this work is difficult or impossible to determine. ... This photograph of Mohand al-Shehri was released by the FBI in the days following the attack. ... 9/11 hijacker File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 9/11 hijacker File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This photograph of Hamza al-Ghamdi was released by the FBI in the days following the attack. ... Ahmed al-Ghamdi was a September 11th hijacker. ... Ahmed al-Ghamdi was a September 11th hijacker. ... This photograph of Ahmed al_Ghamdi was released by the FBI in the days following the attack. ... Security camera image showing American Airlines Flight 77 (far right, just above far right stone block) just before impact. ...

Hani Hanjour (Saudi Arabian), believed to have flown Flight 77 into the Pentagon

Khalid al-Mihdhar (Saudi Arabian)

Majed Moqed (Saudi Arabian)

Nawaf al-Hazmi (Saudi Arabian)

Salem al-Hazmi (Saudi Arabian)

The hijackers aboard United Airlines Flight 93 (which crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania) were reported to be: 1 of 2 Hani Hanjour - http://www. ... 1 of 2 Hani Hanjour - http://www. ... Hani Saleh Hanjour, (Arabic: هاني صالح حنجور) was one of five men named by the FBI as hijackers of American Airlines flight 77 in the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. ... This article is about the United States military building. ... Khalid Almihdhar - http://www. ... Khalid Almihdhar - http://www. ... This photograph of Khalid al-Midhar was released by the FBI in the days following the attack. ... Majed Moqed - http://www. ... Majed Moqed - http://www. ... Majed Mashaan Moqed (Arabic: ماجد مشعان موقد, also transliterated Moqued) was one of five men named by the FBI to be hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77 in the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. ... Nawaf Alhazmi - http://www. ... Nawaf Alhazmi - http://www. ... Nawaf al-Hazmi (Arabic: نواف الحازمي, also transliterated Nawaq Alhazmi) who used the alias Rabia al Makki as well as Nawaf M.S. Al Hazmi, was 25 years old in September, 2001, when he became one of five terrorists named by FBI as hijackers of American Airlines flight 77, which was crashed... Salem AlHazmi - http://www. ... Salem AlHazmi - http://www. ... This is a photo of the alleged Salem al-Hazmi, released by the FBI. Salem al-Hazmi, (Arabic: سالم الحازمي, also transliterated Alhazmi) was one of five men named on September 14, 2001 by the FBI as hijackers of American Airlines flight 77 in the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. ... United Airlines Flight 93 was a regular flight from Newark International Airport (now known as Newark Liberty International Airport) in Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco International Airport, then continuing on to Narita International Airport in Tokyo, Japan, on a different aircraft. ...

Ziad Jarrah (Lebanese), believed to have crashed Flight 93 into the Pennsylvania countryside to prevent or end an assault by the passengers.

Ahmed al-Haznawi (Saudi Arabian)

Ahmed al-Nami (Saudi Arabian)

Saeed al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabian)

Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Hamza al-Ghamdi, and Ahmad al-Haznawi came from three neighboring towns and belonged to the same tribe. Wail al-Shehri was Waleed al-Shehri's older brother. Salem al-Hazmi was a younger brother of Nawaf al-Hazmi. Ziad Samir Jarrah - http://www. ... Ziad Samir Jarrah - http://www. ... Ziad Samir Jarrah (Arabic: زياد سمير جراح) He is believed to have taken over as the pilot of the aircraft and made an unsuccessful attempt to crash the plane into the U.S. Capitol. ... Ahmad Al Haznawi - http://www. ... Ahmad Al Haznawi - http://www. ... Ahmed Ibrahim al-Haznawi (Arabic: احمد ابراهيم الحزناوي) // Al-Haznawi was the son of an Saudi imam from al-Baha, an isolated and underdeveloped area in Saudi Arabia and shared the same tribal affiliation with fellow hijackers Saeed al-Ghamdi, Hamza al-Ghamdi, and Ahmed al-Ghamdi. ... Ahmed al-Nami. ... Ahmed al-Nami. ... Ahmed Abdullah al-Nami (احمد النامي, also transliterated Alnami or al-Nawi) was named by the FBI as one of the hijackers of United Airlines flight 93 as part of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. ... Saeed Alghamdi - http://www. ... Saeed Alghamdi - http://www. ... Saeed al-Ghamdi (Arabic: سعيد الغامدي) was named by the FBI as one of the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93 as part of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. ... This photograph of Ahmed al_Ghamdi was released by the FBI in the days following the attack. ... Saeed al-Ghamdi (Arabic: سعيد الغامدي) was named by the FBI as one of the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93 as part of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. ... This photograph of Hamza al-Ghamdi was released by the FBI in the days following the attack. ... This photograph of Ahmed al_Haznawi was released by the FBI in the days following the attack. ... This photograph of Wail al-Shehri was captured by an ATM just days before the 9/11 attack. ... This photograph of Waleed al-Shehri was released by the FBI in the days following the attack. ... This is a photo of the alleged Salem al-Hazmi, released by the FBI. Salem al-Hazmi, (Arabic: سالم الحازمي, also transliterated Alhazmi) was one of five men named on September 14, 2001 by the FBI as hijackers of American Airlines flight 77 in the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. ... Nawaf al-Hazmi (Arabic: نواف الحازمي, also transliterated Nawaq Alhazmi) who used the alias Rabia al Makki as well as Nawaf M.S. Al Hazmi, was 25 years old in September, 2001, when he became one of five terrorists named by FBI as hijackers of American Airlines flight 77, which was crashed...

The Hamburg cell and other conspirators

The terrorist attack itself was planned by Khalid Sheik Mohammed and approved by Osama bin Laden, according to the 9/11 Commission Report, Mohammed personally chose the hijackers, and bin Laden approved of the decision. Sheik Mohammed and Abu Zubaydah became the organizers of the plot. Investigators say that Mohammed Haydar Zammar acted as the "travel agent" to Afghanistan. Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Arabic: خالد شيخ محمد; also transliterated as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, and other ways) (March 1, 1964 or April 14, 1965 – present) was an important figure in Osama bin Ladens al-Qaeda organization, where he... Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden (Arabic: ‎; born March 10, 1957[1]), most often mentioned as Osama bin Laden or Usama bin Laden, is a Saudi Arabian militant Islamist and is widely believed to be one of the founders of the organization called al-Qaeda. ... Abu Zubaydah is the highest_ranking al-Qaida leader in U.S. custody Abu Zubaydah (1973 - present) (Arabic: ابو زبيدة) was a high_ranking member of al-Qaida and close associate of Osama bin Laden. ... Mohammed Haydar Zammar recruited Muslims for al-Qaida membership, reportedly including many of the 9/11 hijackers. ...

Three of the hijackers, along with Ramzi Binalshibh, Said Bahaji, and Zakariyah Essabar were members of the Hamburg cell. After Atta, al-Shehhi, and Jarrah left for the United States, Binalshibh provided money to the conspirators. Riduan Isamuddin, aka Hambali, met with two of the hijackers in Kuala Lumpur during the 2000 Kuala Lumpur al-Qaeda Summit. Hambali also gave money to alleged 20th hijacker Zacarias Moussaoui. The members of the cell fled Germany before the terrorist attacks. Wikisource has original text related to this article: CSRT Summary of Evidence memo for Ramzi Binalshibh Ramzi Binalshibh (Arabic: رمزي بن الشيبة; also transliterated as Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Ramzi bin al-Shaibah, and several other ways; born May 1, 1972[2]), is a citizen of Yemen and according to the United States... Said Bahaji is an at-large al-Qaida member, wanted for his role in the September 11 attacks. ... Zakariyah Essabar is a known member of al-Qaida Zakariyah Essabar (Arabic: زكريا الصبار) is, according to the governments of the United States, Germany, and other countries, a member of al-Qaida and an associate of many of the organizers of... The Hamburg cell was, according to U.S. and German intelligence agencies, a group of radical Islamists that included students who eventually came to be key operatives in the 9/11 attacks. ... Riduan Isamuddin (also transliterated as Riduan Isamudin, Riduan Isomuddin, and Riduan Isomudin, better known by the nom de guerre Hambali, born as Encep Nurjaman, born April 4, 1966) is an Indonesian Islamist militant. ... Nickname: Motto: Maju dan makmur (Malay: Progress and Prosper) Location in Malaysia Coordinates: , Country Malaysia State Federal Territory Establishment 1857 Granted city status 1974 Government  - Mayor (Datuk Bandar) Datuk Abdul Hakim Borhan From 14 December 2006 Area  - City 243. ... The 2000 al-Qaeda Summit was a meeting of several high-level al-Qaeda members held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ... A 20th hijacker is a hypothetical additional terrorist in the September 11, 2001 attacks who was not able to participate. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ...

Some of the money that financed the terrorist attack seems to have originated from Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Mohammed Yousef Mohamed Alqusaidi, who may be Marwan al-Shehhi's brother. Another conspirator is Abu Abdul Rahman. Tawfiq bin Attash, also known as Khallad, assisted the hijackers in many ways, and unsuccessfully sought a visa to enter the United States and participate in the attacks. Ali Abdul Aziz Ali (Arabic: علي عبدالعزيز علي) is a member of the al-Qaida terrorist organization and reportedly a nephew or cousin of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, an important leader in the organization. ... Mohammed Yousef Mohamed Alqusaidi is the name or alias of an imdividual who was responsible for a great deal of the funding of the September 11, 2001 attacks against the World Trade Center. ... Tawfiq bin Attash, aka Khallad, is an Al Qaeda member of long standing. ...

Interviews with detained al Qaida members have identified ten hijacker candidates who did not participate in the attacks for various reasons. These people were identified as Mohamed Mani Ahmad al Kahtani, Khalid Saeed Ahmad al Zahrani, Ali Abd al Rahman al Faqasi al Ghamdi, Saeed al Baluchi, Qutaybah al Najdi, Zuhair al Thubaiti, Saeed Abdullah al-Ghamdi, Saud al Rashid, and Mushabib al Hamlan, and Abderraouf Jdey.^[11] A Saudi candidate to become one of the September 11th hijackers, Khalid Saeed Ahmad al Zahrani was an al-Qaeda member, and has been imprisoned in the Guantánamo Bay detainment camp since at least April 20, 2002 when his first interrogation is recorded. ... Visa application photo Muddying the waters of the 9/11 Commission, was the fact that a second Saeed al-Ghamdi had initially been involved in the plotting of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack. ... Photo Found Alongside Suicide Note Abderraouf Jdey (a. ...

Claims of stolen identity

Several reports, from shortly after the attacks, said that some of the men named as hijackers on 9/11 were alive, and had been victims of identity theft. These thefts were said to have occurred as long ago as 1995. More recent reports have corrected the earlier mistaken articles.

• BBC News - Hijack 'suspects' alive and well
• LA Times - FBI Chief Raises New Doubts Over Hijackers' Identities
• Islam Online - Saudi Suspects in U.S. Attacks Were Not in the U.S.
• CNN - Details of hijacking suspects released
• Spiegel Online - Mistaken identity rumors incorrect

See also

• 20th hijacker
• Operation Bojinka
• 2001 anthrax attacks
• Taliban
• War on Terrorism
• War in Afghanistan (2001–present)

A 20th hijacker is a hypothetical additional terrorist in the September 11, 2001 attacks who was not able to participate. ... Operation Bojinka (also known as Project Bojinka, Bojinka Plot, Bojinga, from Arabic: بجنكة – slang in many dialects for explosion and pronounced Bo-JIN-ka, except in Egyptian where it is Bo-GIN-ka) was a planned large-scale attack on airliners in 1995, and was... The 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States, also known as Amerithrax from its FBI case name, occurred over the course of several weeks beginning on September 18, 2001 (a week after the September 11, 2001 attacks). ... The Taliban (Pashto: ) are a fundamentalist Sunni Muslim and ethnic Pashtun movement that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when their leaders were removed from power by American aerial bombardment and Northern Alliance ground forces. ... Combatants Participants in operations  United States  United Kingdom  Israel  Canada  Australia  Poland  Iraq  Afghanistan  India  Pakistan  Philippines  Somalia  Ethiopia  Lebanon Fatah et al. ... Combatants Taliban al-Qaeda IMU Hezbi Islami Afghanistan Northern Alliance United Nations NATO ISAF Commanders Mohammed Omar Obaidullah Akhund # Dadullah  Jalaluddin Haqqani Osama bin Laden Ayman al-Zawahiri Mohammad Atef  Juma Namangani  Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Bismillah Khan Mohammed Fahim Abdul Rashid Dostum William J. Fallon Bantz J. Craddock Egon Ramms Dan...

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External links

• The Final 9/11 Commission Report
• Search the 9/11 Commission Report indexed by individual paragraphs, with clustered search results
• Network Map of how hijackers were connected to each other and color-coded by their flight.
• A Terrorist Profile Emerges That Confounds the Experts The New York Times 15-September-2001
• F.B.I. Documents Detail the Movements of 19 Men Believed to Be Hijackers The New York Times 15-September-2001 To be incorporated
• FLIGHT SCHOOL: Learning Where Suspects Studied Is 'Trickier Than It Sounds' The New York Times 15-September-2001 To be incorporated
• FBI Press Release, September 27, 2001.
• The Immigration and Naturalization Service's Contacts With Two September 11 Terrorists: A Review of the INS's Admissions of Mohammed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi, its Processing of their Change of Status Applications, and its Efforts to Track Foreign Students in the United States U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General 20-May-2002 To be incorporated
• portal.telegraph.co.uk (UK report that not all of the "hijackers" were actually on the planes)
• Independent reporting of alleged hijacker claims with additional links
• Saudis Say Cash to Friend of Hijackers Was Charity, The New York Times, November 24, 2002 to be incorporated
• Evidence against the theories that some of the named hijackers are still alive.
• Saudis Arabia Admit Hijackers of Sept. 11 Attacks were Citizens
• The 9/11 Hijackers, 2005, Washington Post.