Abdul Aziz al-Omari
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Abdul Aziz al-Omari
Abdul Aziz al-Omari was a hijacker on American Airlines Flight 11. Al-Omari was born in Hawran village in Al Makhawa, located in the Al Baha region.[1] He graduated with honors from high school, then attended Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University where he earned a degree.[2] At the university, he befriended some clerics, including Suliman Al Alwan, and was a student of cleric Shaikh Saleh Al-Fawzan. Al-Omari was married, with one daughter who was 28 months old at the time of the attacks.[2][1]
Timeline
2000
In December 2000, Al-Omari left for Afghanistan, where he trained at Al Farooq camp in Kandahar.[1]
2001
- June 18. Abdul Aziz al Omari applied for and received a two-year B-1/B-2 (tourist/business) visa in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. His application was incomplete, and he listed his home address as a hotel in Jeddah. He was not interviewed. His application was processed through the Visa Express program and was submitted by Attar Travel.[3]
- June 29 - Abdul Aziz al-Omari (along with Salem al-Hazmi), both Saudis, arrived at JFK Airport in New York from Dubai. Both were admitted as tourists for six months by the same immigration inspector. Omari’s passport was doctored, containing what the 9/11 Commission believes are the same fraudulent travel stamps associated with al Qaeda. The passport survived the attacks on the World Trade Center because Omari’s luggage never made it onto the plane when he transferred from his flight from Portland, Maine.[3]
- July 10 - Mihdhar, Nawaf al Hazmi, and Omari acquired USA identification cards.[3]
- August 2 - Ahmed al Ghamdi, Moqed, Salem al Hazmi, and Omari acquired Virginia identification cards, with help of Mihdhar and Hanjour. All of these identifications were obtained fraudulently.[3]
- September 10 - Drives from Boston to Portland, Maine with Mohamed Atta, where they stay overnight.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Profiles of 9/11 Saudi Hijackers Revealed. Saudi Information Agency (September 11, 2002).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 (2004) "Chapter 7: The Attack Looms", 9/11 Commission Report. 9/11 Commission.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Staff Monograph on 9/11 and Terrorist Travel. 9/11 Commission (2004).
- ↑ Cherry, Alan. "The Trail of Terror", Sun-Sentinel, September 28, 2001.