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Ahmed al-Ghamdi

Ahmed al-Ghamdi
Ahmed al-Ghamdi
American Airlines
Flight 11
Mohamed Atta
Abdul Aziz al-Omari
Wail M. al-Shehri
Waleed M. al-Shehri
Satam M. A. al-Suqami
United Airlines
Flight 175
Marwan al-Shehhi
Fayez Banihammad
Ahmed al-Ghamdi
Hamza al-Ghamdi
Mohand al-Shehri
American Airlines
Flight 77
Hani Hanjour
Salem al-Hazmi
Nawaf al-Hazmi
Majed Moqed
Khalid al-Mihdhar
United Airlines
Flight 93
Ziad Jarrah
Saeed al Ghamdi
Ahmed al-Haznawi
Ahmed al-Nami

Ahmed al-Ghamdi was a hijacker on United Airlines Flight 175. He came from Baljurshi in Baha Province of Saudi Arabia, which is the same town that Hamza al-Ghamdi and Ahmed al-Haznawi were from.[1]

A local official with the Red Crescent Society told the Boston Globe that Ahmed may have used a connection to the charity, to get support for his journey to jihad. The official said that it was "never clear if that would take Ahmed to Chechnya or to Afghanistan - it was all kept secret."[2]

Timeline

2000

  • September 3 - Ahmed al Ghamdi, a Saudi, applied for and received a two-year B-1/B-2 (tourist/business) visa in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He presented a new Saudi passport only 13 days old.[3]

2001

  • May 2 - Arrived at Dulles Airport, with Majed Moqed, on a flight from London originating in Dubai.[4] Both were admitted as tourists for six months by different immigration inspectors. Ghamdi’s Customs declaration indicated that he had more than $10,000 with him upon entry, but the Customs inspector who processed him did not fill out the required additional electronic forms when money in excess of $10,000 is brought into the United States.[3]
  • May - Al Ghamdi and Moqed moved into an apartment with Nawaf al-Hazmi and Hani Hanjour.[5]
  • August - Ahmed al Ghamdi and Moqed obtained 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]

Documents

Ahmed al Ghamdi’s photo as it appeared on his state of Virginia identification card

References

  1. ↑ "Some Light Shed On Saudi Suspects; Many Raised in Area of Religious Dissent", The Washington Post, September 25, 2001.
  2. ↑ "Driving a Wedge - Bin Laden, the US and Saudi Arabia (Part 1)", The Boston Globe, March 3, 2002.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Staff Monograph on 9/11 and Terrorist Travel. 9/11 Commission (2004).
  4. ↑ http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report_Notes.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report_Notes.htm
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