Nawaf al-Hazmi
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Nawaf al-Hamzi
Nawaf al-Hamzi (born: August 9, 1976) was a hijacker on American Airlines Flight 77, which crashed into the Pentagon.
Background
Al-Hamzi was born in Mecca in Saudi Arabia.[1] Al-Hamzi, along with Khalid al-Mihdhar, had previous mujahadeen experience -- both travelled together with a group in 1995 to fight in Bosnia.[1] He left for Afghanistan in 1998, and trained at Al Farooq camp in Kandahar.[2] Al Hamzi had travelled to Afghanistan numerous times before being assigned to the "planes" operation in early 1999 by Osama bin Laden.[1] Al-Hamzi may also had experience fighting in Chechnya. His brother was police chief in Jizan.
Timeline
1999
- March 21 - Hamzi obtained a new passport.[3]
- April 3 - Hazmi obtained a B-1/B-2 (tourist/business) multiple-entry visa issued at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He had obtained a new passport shortly before applying for the visa.[4]
- November: al-Hamzi moves into a ground-floor apartment at the Parkwood Apartments in San Diego. Khalid Al-Mihdhar and Nawaf Al-Hazmi struck their neighbors as odd. They had no furniture but often carried briefcases and seemed to be on their cell phones a lot.[5]
2000
- January: al-Hamzi and al-Mihdhar travel to Malaysia.[5]
- January 15 - Al-Mihdhar and Al-Hamzi arrived in Los Angeles, on a flight from Bangkok. They were both admitted as tourists for a six-month stay.[3]
- April 2 - Nawaf al Hazmi’s visa expired, but that expiration had no bearing on his legal status in the United States. Any visitor who enters the country with a valid visa may remain through the length of stay granted by an immigration inspector upon arrival.[3]
- April 5 - Al-Hamzi acquired a California driver’s license.[3]
- July 12 - Al-Hazmi filed to extend his stay in the United States, which was due to expire on July 14, 2000.[3]
2001
- June 18. The INS belatedly approved Nawaf al Hazmi’s extension of stay to January 15, 2001. Technically, the application was late, since the INS received it in July 2000, after his length of stay had expired; they therefore should not have adjudicated it. However, even with this late adjudication Hazmi was still an overstay as of January 16, 2001. Hazmi never knew that his extension had been approved—the notice was returned as “undeliverable” on March 25, 2002.[3]
- June 25 - Nawaf al Hazmi obtained a Florida driver’s license. The Hazmi brothers’ identifications were found in the rubble at the Pentagon and appeared genuine upon examination.[3]
- July 10 - Mihdhar, Nawaf al Hazmi, and Omari acquired USA identification cards.[3] The address used "161 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY" is for the Ramada Inn Eastside.
- September 7 - Salem and Nawaf al Hazmi, along with Moqed, requested that their Virginia identification cards be reissued.[3]
Documents
Partial ID card reading ALHAZMI from the Pentagon crash site |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. "Chapter 5", 9/11 Commission Report.
- ↑ Profiles of 9/11 Saudi Hijackers Revealed. Saudi Information Agency (September 11, 2002).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Staff Monograph on 9/11 and Terrorist Travel. 9/11 Commission (2004).
- ↑ National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. "Notes and references (Chapter 5, Note #41)", 9/11 Commission Report.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Goldstein, Amy. "Hijackers Led Core Group", The Washington Post, September 30, 2001.
External links
- Three Hijackers Had San Diego Ties, 10news.com