Mohamed Atta
Mohamed Atta (محمد عطا (September 1, 1968 – September 11, 2001) was a known associate of al-Qaeda[1][2] and the leader of the nineteen hijackers who carried out the September 11 attacks. He personally participated in the hijacking of American Airlines Flight 11, the first plane to crash into the World Trade Center during the September 11, 2001 attacks.[3] He was said to be 'the best candidate for the job'.
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![]() A photograph of Mohamed Atta, released by in may 2001 | |
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Died | September 11, 2001 | (aged 33)
Cause of death | Plane Crash |
Mohamed Atta Media
- Mohammed Atta Pekka Tanner TUHH.jpg
Mohamed Atta (left) as a student in Germany, 1993
The apartment Atta, Bahaji, and bin al-Shibh shared from 1998 until 2001 in Marienstrasse, Hamburg, Germany
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Atta's flight record from Huffman
- Mohamed Atta's Floridian driver's license, 2001.jpg
Mohamed Atta's Florida Driver's license, which he received on May 2, 2001
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Atta (blue shirt) and Omari in the Portland International Jetport in Portland, Maine, on the morning of 11 September
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The burning and catastrophically damaged North Tower just minutes after being struck by American Airlines Flight 11.
References
- ↑ Richard Bernstein: On Path to the U.S. Skies, Plot Leader Met bin Laden. The New York Times, 2002-09-10
- ↑ Yosri Fouda: Chilling message of the 9/11 plots. The Sunday Times, 2006-10-1
- ↑ Federal Bureau of Investigation (September 27, 2001). "The FBI releases 19 photographs of individuals believed to be the hijackers of the four airliners that crashed on September 11, 01". Press release. Archived from the original on October 1, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20011001123059/http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel01/092701hjpic.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-19.