...have been better for a safe and pleasant journey .Among the travelers were Mohamed Atta and Abdul Aziz al Omari, who arrived at the airport in Portlan... ...ckers.The operative likely intended to round out the team for this flight, Mohamed al Kahtani, had been refused entry by a suspicious immigration insp... ...nsmission was heard from United 93: Ziad Jarrah: Uh, this is the captain.W ould like you all to remain seated. There is a bomb on board and are going ... ... sweeping ide- ologies (such as those promoted by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s Arab Socialism or the Ba’ath Party of Syria and Iraq) that c... ...th, but especially the Islamic Group, was the so-called Blind Sheikh, Omar Abdel Rahman. His preaching had inspired the assassination of Sadat. After ... ...tion of Sadat. After being in and out of Egyptian prisons during the 1980s,Abdel Rahman found 56 THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT Final1-4.4pp 7/17/04 9:1... ... had begun casing targets in Nairobi for future attacks. It was led by Ali Mohamed, a former Egyptian army officer who had moved to the United States ... ...ntact Abu Musab in Duisburg, Germany. Abu Musab turned out to be Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a significant al Qaeda operative who, even then, was well known... ...ceased) Waleed al Shehri Saudi; 9/11 hijacker (AA 11) (deceased) Mohamedou Ould Slahi (a.k.a.Abu Musab) Mauritanian; recruited 9/11 hijackers in Germa...