Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2123-1001042259-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 20 Sep 2001 20:19:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 10378 invoked by uid 510); 21 Sep 2001 03:18:09 -0000 Received: from n27.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.77) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 21 Sep 2001 03:18:09 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2123-1001042259-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.223] by fh.egroups.com with NNFMP; 21 Sep 2001 03:17:47 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 21 Sep 2001 03:17:39 -0000 Received: (qmail 22958 invoked from network); 21 Sep 2001 03:17:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by 10.1.1.223 with QMQP; 21 Sep 2001 03:17:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta1 with SMTP; 21 Sep 2001 03:17:46 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id UAA05575 for iwar@onelist.com; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 20:17:46 -0700 Message-Id: <200109210317.UAA05575@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 20:17:46 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Hijackers.caught.on.airport.tape] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hijackers caught on airport tape by Hugh Muir They hurried through the departure lounge ... anxious passengers slightly late for a flight. But the two men pictured by security cameras were on their way to commit the world's worst terrorist outrage. US government officials today released a photograph of Mohammed Atta and a man they think is Abdulaziz Alomari, key members of the terrorist team who flew American Airlines Flight 11 into the north tower of the World Trade Center, killing 81 passengers and crew. They were filmed as they passed through Portland Airport on their way to Boston, where they hijacked the flight to Los Angeles. Atta, 33, who had received pilot's training, is believed to have flown the doomed airliner. The security picture appears to end the debate about whether Atta really was one of the hijackers. Yesterday his father claimed he had spoken to him since the disaster. In a second breakthrough, officials now say they are succeeding in following the money trail used by the hijackers to fund their operation. It is now believed that all 19 hijack suspects shared a single contact within the US who provided them with cash. The money was used to pay for flight lessons, rent and even withdrawals at automatic cashpoints. Two of the hijackers, Hani Hanjour and Majed Moqed, were pictured together withdrawing money from a cash machine in Florida. The FBI and the Federal Reserve have sent letters to banks throughout the country, asking for any records of financial transactions involving the 19 suspects, including credit card receipts. Investigators hope recent changes in international banking agreements will allow them to follow the money back to sources outside the US, particularly the prime suspect Osama bin Laden. Analysts are also checking reports of unusual trading in the US stock options market before the attack. An extraordinary number of trades were betting that American Airlines stock price would fall. A similar inquiry has been launched in Britain. But the investigation into the terrorists is being hampered by questions of identity. It appears that five of the hijackers were using stolen identities. Many of them seem to have adopted the personas of real-life commercial and military pilots. In Saudi Arabia, five of the alleged hijackers have emerged, alive and astonished to see their names and photographs appearing on satellite television. Yesterday, the Londonbased Asharq al-Awsat newspaper said it had interviewed Mr Alomari in Riyadh, and that he had left the US in April 2000. It said the American-educated engineer had reported to police that his passport was stolen when his flat in Denver was burgled in 1995. Ahmed al-Shehri, a Saudi diplomat told another newspaper that details of another hijacker matched his son Waleed, who now lives in Morocco. The pilot with Saudi Arabian Airlines graduated four years ago from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida. Another Saudi pilot, Said Hussein al-Ghamdi, whose picture was released by the US authorities may in fact be living in Tunis and may have been falsely accused. While the American authorities remain convinced that Bin Laden masterminded the attacks, they are also hinting that a number of states may have helped. The first criminal charges arising from the attacks have been filed against three Detroit men - Karim Koubriti, 23, Ahmed Hannan, 33, and Farouk Ali-Haimoud, 21, who are accused of fraud and misuse of visas, passports and other immigration documents. Further details are also emerging about what happened on the hijacked planes themselves. Federal investigators believe that some of the pilots and co-pilots of the aircraft were murdered before the planes crashed. FBI technicians have recovered fragments of conversations from within one of the doomed cockpits; much of it is described however as "a jumbled mixture of grunts and screams". They have confirmed that the bodies of two stewardesses from United Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania, were found with their hands bound. The FBI has launched a nationwide manhunt for 190 people it believes may have information relating to the terrorist attacks. As many as 37 on the bureau's "watch list" are believed to have had flight training. Some had booked reservations on flights scheduled to take place after last week's attacks, including flights coming out of Boston and San Antonio this weekend. FBI officials are seeking to play down fears of a second wave of attacks on Saturday. Spokeswoman Mindy Tucker said there is "no credible evidence", although Americans have been warned to be vigilant. There is, however, new evidence of the extent to which Bin Laden has been seeking to arm himself. According to the Russian news agency Itar-Tass, the Russian secret services prevented a deal to buy weapons grade uranium by a Pakistani company controlled by Bin Laden. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Pinpoint the right security solution for your company- Learn how to add 128- bit encryption and to authenticate your web site with VeriSign's FREE guide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/JNm9_D/33_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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