Waleed M. al-Shehri
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Waleed M. al-Shehri
Waleed M. al-Shehri was a hijacker on American Airlines Flight 11. He was the younger brother of hijacker, Wail al-Shehri. He grew up in Khamis Mushayet, which is located in the Aseer region of Saudi Arabia. He also frequented Al-Seqley mosque, and attended Abha teachers college for some time before dropping out.[1] Waleed also worked as a physical education teacher, but quit his job to "consult Islamic holy men about Wail's mental illness."[2]
The Shehri brothers, along with Ahmed al-Nami and Saeed al-Ghamdi, were all from the same area in Saudi Arabia. In Spring 2000, they all swore an oath to commit themselves to jihad at the Seqely Mosque in Khamis Mushayt where the al-Shehri family were members.[3]
Timeline
2000
In 2000, Waleed joined his brother and went to Afghanistan, where they trained at Al Farooq camp in Kandahar.[1]
2001
- April 23 - Waleed al Shehri and Satam al-Suqami, both Saudis, entered together at Orlando from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[4]
- April 30 - May 28 - Registered, along with Satam al-Suqami, at Bimini Motel & Apartments in Hollywood, Florida.[5]
- May 4 - Al-Shehri obtained a Florida driver’s license.[4]
- May 5 - He acquired a duplicate Florida driver’s license, this time with a different address.[4]
- May 16 - Waleed al Shehri and Suqami again traveled together, this time out of the country to the Bahamas, where they reserved three nights at the Bahamas Princess Resort. They turned in their arrival record, which was now acting as an exit record, boarded the plane, and arrived in Freeport. The trip was intended to extend Suqami’s legal length of stay in the United States. Bahamian immigration refused the two entry, however, because neither had a Bahamian visa. They therefore had to return to their starting point, in this case Fort Lauderdale. Because they never entered the Bahamas, under U.S. immigration law they had never left the United States. After being refused entry by the Bahamian INS at Freeport, they were sent through U.S. “pre-clearance” before boarding the plane back to Miami. By making possible immigration inspections of U.S.-bound travelers prior to their arrival, preclearance helped ease the burden of admission at busy U.S. airports. These stations also prevented travelers deemed inadmissible from boarding U.S.-bound planes. In this preclearance process, immigration waived them through but customs stopped Shehri. The inspection lasted one minute; Shehri was not personally searched, nor was his luggage x-rayed. They boarded a plane and returned to Miami.[4]
- June 6 - 13 - Al-Shehri and al-Suqami register and stay in Room 11 at the Lago Mar Apartments in Lake Worth, Florida.[5]
- June 13 - 15 - Waleed Al-Shehri registers at Lisa Apartments in Lake Worth, Florida.[5]
- June 21 - July 26 - Waleed Al-Shehri stays in room B308 at Homing Inn, in Boynton Beach, Florida.[5]
- July 26 - August 2 - Registered at the Crystal Cay Motel in Deerfield Beach, Florida.[5]
- July 31 - August 1 - Registered at La Quinta Inn in San Francisco.[5]
- August 2 - Waleed and Wail Al-Shehri, and al-Suqami register at Panther Motel & Apts in Deerfield Beach, Florida.[5]
- August 30 - September 6 - Al-Shehri registers (for three people) at the Spindrift Motel in Fort Lauderdale.[5]
- September 10 - Stayed at Park Inn in Newton, Massachusetts, with Waleed M. al-Shehri and Satam M. A. al-Suqami. They possibly left a discarded sheet of instructions on how to fly a transcontinental jetliner in their hotel room. (Hijackers also previously stayed at three other Boston-area hotels - Milner Hotel in Beacon Hill, the Days Hotel in Brighton, and the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square) The three men checked into the Park Inn on Sept. 5 and reportedly called a prostitute to tryst with them there. Abdul Aziz al-Omari, may have also spent a night at the Park Inn before leaving for Portland, Maine, with conspiracy mastermind Mohamed Atta on Sept. 10.[6]
Still alive?
After the 9/11 attacks, his father explained about his son, "21 years old and also studying at the Teacher’s College."[7]
Arab News went on to report that Waleed and his brother, Wail, "disappeared in December of the previous year and have not been heard from since. According to sources close to the family, both sons became very religious nine months prior to their disappearance and had spoken often of joining the Mujahedeen in Chechnya. They were hoping for martyrdom."[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Profiles of 9/11 Saudi Hijackers Revealed. Saudi Information Agency (September 11, 2002).
- ↑ Murray, Frank J.. "Killers in the cockpit: Who and why? Acts of 19 men shook civilized world to core", The Washington Times, September 10, 2002.
- ↑ Sageman, Marc (2004). Understanding Terror Networks. University of Pennsylvania Press, pp. 50.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Staff Monograph on 9/11 and Terrorist Travel. 9/11 Commission (2004).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Hijacker True Name Usage
- ↑ Noonan, Erica. "9/11 Reminder, Park Inn, Now Being Demolished", The Boston Globe, February 17, 2005.
- ↑ Ba-Isa, Molouk Y. and Saud Al-Towaim. "Another Saudi ‘hijacker’ turns up in Tunis", Arab News, October 1, 2001.
- ↑ Ba-Isa, Molouk Y. and Saud Al-Towaim. "Another Saudi ‘hijacker’ turns up in Tunis", Arab News, October 1, 2001.
External links
- Sennott, Charles M.. "Before oath to jihad, drifting and boredom", Boston Globe, March 3, 2002.