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Originally Posted by stickyfingerzdotnet
Yes because we know everything about what the terrorists did prior to the attack. How do you know he didnt train other places? huh?
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You can't even click a fucking link on your own ???? Geez, you are dumb!
[QUOTE]While in the United States, Atta was reported as owning a red 1989 Pontiac[7]
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2000
In March 2000, while still in Germany, Atta contacted 31 different U.S. flight schools to discuss training to fly planes.
Atta traveled to Prague, stayed overnight, and then entered the U.S. on June 3. Atta and earlier arrived hijackers opened bank accounts and continue to check on flight schools.
In July, Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi enrolled at Huffman Aviation in Venice, Florida. Atta claimed to be of royal Saudi descent and presented Marwan as his bodyguard.
Both earned their instrument certificates from the FAA in November. On November 5th, Atta purchased flight deck videos for Boeing 747-200 and Boeing 757-200 models from Sporty's Pilot Shop in Batavia, Ohio.
On December 11th, Atta purchased additional flight deck videos for Airbus A320 and Boeing 767-300ER models from the same store in Ohio. On December 21st, both Atta and Marwan are granted their pilot licenses. On the 26th or 27th, Atta and Marwan abandoned a Piper Cherokee that had stalled on the runway of Miami International Airport. On the 29th, Atta and Marwan went to the Opa-Locka Airport and practised on a Boeing 727 simulator.
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2001
Atta's cellphone was recorded phoning the Moroccan embassy in Washington on January 2nd, just before Marwan flew to the country. Atta flew to Spain, January 4, 2001 to coordinate with Binalshib, returning to the U.S. on January 10, 2001.
While in the United States he traveled to Decatur, Georgia for unknown reasons, where he and Marwan attended a health club. On February 19th, Atta and Marwan rented a postal box in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
On April 11th, Atta and Marwan rent an apartment in Coral Springs, Florida, and assist with the arrival of the "muscle" hijackers. On April 16th Atta is given a citation for not having a valid driver's license, so begins steps to get one.
Atta's driver's license
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Atta's driver's license
On May 2nd, Atta received his driver's license from Lauderdale Lakes, Florida
On June 27th, Atta flew from Fort Lauderdale to Boston, where he spent a day, and then continued on to San Francisco for a short time, and from there to Las Vegas, Nevada. On June 28th, Atta arrives at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas to meet with the three other pilots, he rented a Chevrolet Malibu from an Alamo Rent A Car agency. It is not known where he stayed this night, but on the 29th he registered at the EconoLodge at 1150 South Las Vegas Blvd. Here he presented an AAA membership for a discount, and pays cash for the $49.50/night. During his trip to Las Vegas, he is thought to have used a video camera that he had rented from a Select Photo outlet back in Delray Beach, Florida.[8]
Atta left again in July 2001 for Spain to meet with Binalshibh for the last time. They coordinated the details of the attacks, but did not reach a firm agreement on all the targets or the date. They did decide that the World Trade Center would be hit, and they ruled out a strike on a nuclear plant. They also discussed the personal difficulties Atta was having with fellow hijacker Ziad Jarrah. Binalshibh was worried that Jarrah might even abandon the plan. The 9/11 Commission Report speculates that Zacarias Moussaoui was being trained as a possible replacement for Jarrah. On July 8th, Atta is recorded withdrawing 1000 Swiss francs from an ATM, and using his credit card to purchase two swiss army knives and some chocolate in Zurich, Switzerland. On July 9th Atta disembarked Iberia Airlines Flight 656 in Madrid Airport and registered with Iqbal Afzal Admat at a nearby hotel, and then rented a car to drive to Salou where he rented a room at the Hotel Sant Jordi, and is thought to have met with brothers Wail and Waleed al-Shehri.[9]
On August 4th, Atta was believed to have been at Orlando International Airport waiting to pick up suspected '20th Hijacker' Mohamed al-Kahtani from Dubai, who ended up being held by immigration as 'suspicious'. The person, assuming it was Atta, used a payphone at the airport to phone a number 'linked to al-Qaeda' after Kahtani was revoked.[10]. On August 23rd, Atta's driver license was revoked in absentia after he failed to show up in traffic court to answer the earlier citation for driving without a license.[11] On the same day, Israeli Mossad reportedly gives his name to the CIA as part of a list of 19 names they say are planning an attack in the near future. Only four of the names are known for certain - Nawaf, Atta, Marwan and al-Mihdhar.[12][13] On August 30th he was recorded purchasing a utility knife from an unknown source.
U.S. investigators say that Atta sent a package via FedEx to financier Mustafa Ahmed in the United Arab Emirates on September 4, and it was received four days later. On the 8th, Atta was also recorded sending Ahmed two wire payments, first for $2,860, and then for $5000. Over the next two days, Waleed and Marwan al-Shehhi would also both wire Ahmed several thousand dollars.
Atta traveled twice to Las Vegas on "surveillance flights" rehearsing how the 9/11 attacks would be carried out. Other hijackers traveled to Las Vegas at different times in the summer of 2001. Some reportedly drank alcohol, gambled, and paid strippers to perform lap dances for them. [14]
Staff at Shuckum's Oyster Bar later claim that they recognised both Atta and Marwan, as two of the men who had been at the restaurant on either September 7th or 8th. While there are varying stories about Atta's activities, all sources indicate that Marwan drank rum and coke while talking to the others.
The attacks
Abdulaziz al-Omari (center) and Mohamed Atta al Sayed withdrawing money from an ATM
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Abdulaziz al-Omari (center) and Mohamed Atta al Sayed withdrawing money from an ATM
On September 10, Atta picked up al-Omari from the Milner Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, and the two drove their rented Nissan to a Comfort Inn in South Portland, Maine, where they arrived at 5:43pm and spent the night in room 232. It is unknown why they drove from Boston to Maine, only to catch a flight to Boston in the morning. It was initially reported that Adnan and Ameer Bukhari were the two hijackers who had rented and driven the car. The FBI also states that Atta made a credit-card purchase in Manhattan, New York on the 10th[15][16]
Atta (blue shirt) and al-Omari in the Portland, Maine airport on the morning of 9/11
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Atta (blue shirt) and al-Omari in the Portland, Maine airport on the morning of 9/11
The two spent their last night pursuing ordinary activities: making two ATM withdrawals, and a 20-minute stop at Wal-Mart. FBI reports specified that "two middle-eastern men" were seen in the parking lot of a Pizza Hut, but despite alluding to Atta and Marwan, does not explicitly say it was them.
In the morning of September 11, they drove to the Portland International Jetport, and took the 6am flight on Colgan Air (U.S. Airways Express) to Logan International Airport in Boston.
At Logan Airport, the pair boarded American Airlines Flight 11, where Atta was checked in under the abbreviation "Moham Atta", and was seated in 8D. At 6:45 a.m., while at the Boston airport, Mohamed Atta took a call from Marwan al-Shehhi, another hijacker. This call was apparently to confirm the attacks were ready to begin.
At 7:59 a.m., the plane departed from Boston, carrying 81 passengers. The plane's transponder was turned off at 8:28.[17]At 8:24:38, a voice believed to be Atta's was heard by air traffic controllers, saying: "We have some planes. Just stay quiet and you will be OK. We are returning to the airport. Nobody move, everything will be OK. If you try to make any moves you'll endanger yourself and the airplane. Just stay quiet.." [18].
Atta is believed to have been the pilot of the plane when it crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center 23 minutes later at 8:47 a.m.
Because the flight from Portland to Boston had been delayed, his bags did not make it onto Flight 11. When later found by U.S. authorities, they contained airline uniforms, flight manuals, and a four-page document in Arabic, copies of which were also found with the terrorists of the other three planes. It contains a list of instructions, such as "make an oath to die and renew your intentions," "you should feel complete tranquility, because the time between you and your marriage in heaven is very short," "check your weapon before you leave and long before you leave. You must make your knife sharp and you must not discomfort your animal during the slaughter."
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Mistaken identity
Initially, Mohamed Atta's identity was confused with that of a native Jordanian, Mahmoud Mahmoud Atta, who bombed a bus in 1986 on the Israel-occupied West Bank, killing one and severely injuring three. Mahmoud Mahmoud Atta, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was subsequently deported from Venezuela to the United States, extradited to Israel, tried and sentenced to life in prison. The Israeli supreme court later overturned his extradition and set him free; his whereabouts are unknown. He is 14 years older than Mohamed Atta. After the September 11 attacks, a general furor arose over the supposed failure of immigration authorities and the U.S. intelligence community to stop a known terrorist from entering the country under his true name. Eventually, The Boston Globe reported details from records at the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals detailing the detention and subsequent extradition of Mahmoud Mahmoud Atta from the U.S.
Atta's father declines an interview with Liz Jackson
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Atta's father declines an interview with Liz Jackson