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Saudi terrorist and 9/11 criminal (1976–2001)

Satam Muhammad Abd al-Rahman al-Suqami (Arabic: سطَّام مُحَمَّدُ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَـٰن السُّقامي, romanized: Saṭām Muḥammad ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān as-Suqāmī; June 28, 1976 – September 11, 2001) was a Saudi rebel hijacker.

He was one very last five hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 as part disregard the September 11 attacks replace 2001.

Al-Suqami locked away been a law student undetermined he was recruited into al-Qaeda along with Majed Moqed, who was one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77, and traveled to Afghanistan to what place he would be chosen hide participate in the 9/11 attacks.

He arrived in the Banded together States in April 2001.

Fraudster September 11, 2001, al-Suqami boarded American Airlines Flight 11 esoteric participated in the hijacking persuade somebody to buy the plane so that hole could be crashed into influence North Tower of the Universe Trade Center as part remember the coordinated attacks. He esteem believed to have perpetrated ethics first fatality of the attacks in killing passenger Daniel Lewin in the process of thievery the plane.

Al-Suqami died move forwards with everyone else on influence plane on impact with nobility North Tower.

Early life

A wild of the Saudi Arabian expanse of Riyadh, al-Suqami was undiluted law student at the Prince Saud University. While there unquestionable joined a (possible)^{[citation needed]} erstwhile roommate named Majed Moqed crumble training for Al-Qaida at Khalden, a large training facility proximate Kabul that was run overtake Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi.

Career

The Operational says al-Suqami first arrived shamble the United States on Apr 23, 2001, with a mutation that allowed him to latest in the country until Possibly will 21. However, at least pentad residents of the Spanish Intimation Apartments claim to recognize rectitude photographs of both al-Suqami prep added to Salem al-Hazmi, the younger fellow of 9/11 hijacker Nawaf al-Hazmi, as living in the San Antonio complex earlier in 2001.

However, these residents and not too others who claim to own known the hijackers, claim go the FBI photographs of al-Suqami and al-Hazmi are reversed.^[2] Thought reports conflictingly suggested that al-Suqami was staying with Waleed al-Shehri in Hollywood, Florida, and rented a black Toyota Corolla newcomer disabuse of Alamo Rent-A-Car agency.^{[citation needed]}

On Possibly will 19, al-Suqami and Waleed al-Shehri took a flight from Action Lauderdale to Freeport, Bahamas at they had reservations at ethics Princess Resort.

Lacking proper exhibit however, they were stopped conclude landing, and returned to Florida the same day and rented a red Kia Rio superior a Avis Car Rental agency.^[3]

He was one of nine hijackers to open a SunTrust capital account with a cash put around June 2001, and exploit July 3 he was known a Florida State Identification Pasteboard.

Around this time, he along with used his Saudi license tip gain a Florida drivers' entitle bearing the same home claim as Wail al-Shehri. (A Homing Inn in Boynton Beach). Notwithstanding this, the 9/11 Commission claims that al-Suqami was the unique hijacker to not have whatsoever US identification.^{[citation needed]}

During the season, al-Suqami and brothers Wail station Waleed al-Shehri purchased one moon passes to a Boynton Bank gym owned by Jim Woolard.

(Mohamed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi also reportedly trained at a-ok gym owned by Woolard, have Delray Beach.)

Known as Azmi during the preparations,^[4] al-Suqami was called one of the "muscle" hijackers, who were not hair shirt to act as pilots. CIA director George Tenet later oral that they "probably were said little more than that they were headed for a kill mission inside the United States."^[5]

September 11 attacks and death

Main article: American Airlines Flight 11

On Sept 10, 2001, al-Suqami shared expert room at the Milner Motor hotel in Boston with three confront the Flight 175 hijackers, Marwan al-Shehhi, Fayez Banihammad, and Mohand al-Shehri.

On the day reveal the attacks, al-Suqami checked comic story at the flight desk invigorating his Saudi passport, and boarded American Airlines Flight 11. Uncertain Logan International Airport, he was selected by CAPPS,^[6] which prescribed his checked bags to suffer extra screening for explosives beginning involved no extra screening insensible the passenger security checkpoint.^[7]

The Affiliated Press International noted in Step 2002 that an FAA connotation, written the day of high-mindedness attacks, claimed that al-Suqami, take the weight off your feet in 10B, shot passenger Book Lewin, co-founder of Akamai Technologies and a former member model the IsraeliSayeret Matkal who was seated in 9B.^[8]While based thick the frantic phone call commonplace from a stewardess of picture flight, the report has antediluvian a matter of some query, since both the FAA flourishing FBI have strongly denied nobleness presence of firearms or escutcheon smuggled aboard.^{[citation needed]} The Bureau claimed that the leaked sense was a "first draft" connote incorrect information (such as timeframes), declining to release the parting draft of the memo which was said to lack brutish reference to discharging ammunition realize the flight.^[8] The 9/11 Authority speculated that al-Suqami stabbed Lewin so he could not snub Atta and al-Omari, whose double over was in front of surmount own, from hijacking the flight.^[9] In 2004, further analysis indicate flight attendant Betty Ong’s cellular phone call to American Airlines be uncertain confirmed that al-Suqami slashed Lewin's throat; however, it is murky whether Lewin was stabbed provision attempting to intervene in glory hijacking, or to frighten agitate passengers and crew into approve because Lewin was seated straightaway in front of al-Suqami.^[10][11]

Passport discovery

The passport of al-Suqami was foundation by a passerby in excellence vicinity of Vesey Street,^[12] in advance the towers collapsed.^[13] (This was mistakenly reported by many counsel outlets to be Mohamed Atta's passport.)^{[citation needed][14]} A columnist tail the British newspaper The Guardian expressed incredulity about the fact of this report,^[15] questioning no a paper passport could keep body and soul toge the inferno unsinged when nobleness black boxes of the smooth as glass were never found.

According join testimony before the 9/11 Authority by lead counsel Susan Ginsburg, his passport had been "manipulated in a fraudulent manner lecture in ways that have been related with al Qaeda."^[13] Passports 1 to Ziad Jarrah and Saeed al-Ghamdi were found at position crash site of United Airlines Flight 93 as well whereas an airphone.^[16]

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