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1. Mohamed Atta - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Atta
Description: WEBAl-Qaeda. (1990s–2001) Known for. Ringleader of the 9/11 attacks as the hijacker - pilot of American Airlines Flight 11. Height. 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Mohamed Mohamed el-Amir Awad el-Sayed Atta ( Arabic: محمد محمد الأمير عوض السيد عطا; 1 September 1968 – 11 September 2001) was an Egyptian terrorist hijacker from al-Qaeda.
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2. Mohammed Atta | 9/11 Terrorist, Egyptian Militant | Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mohammed-Atta
Description: WEBFeb 20, 2024 · Mohammed Atta Egyptian militant Islamist and al-Qaeda operative who helped plot and lead the September 11 attacks. He led the team of hijackers who took control of American Airlines flight 11 and flew it into the …
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3. Mohamed Atta - Terrorist Attack, 9/11 & Hijacker - Biography
Link: https://www.biography.com/crime/mohamed-atta
Description: WEBApr 2, 2014 · Best Known For: Mohamed Atta is believed to have been the pilot of the first plane that crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Industries Crime and Terrorism
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4. Personal Stories - Who Were They? | Inside The Terror Network ... - PBS
Link: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/network/personal/whowere.html
Description: WEBMohamed Atta. He piloted the first plane, American Airlines Flight 11, into the World Trade Center. Investigators say that he was the ringleader of the Sept. 11 plot. Mohamed Atta was born...
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5. Why Mohammed Atta Chose That Particular Tuesday in September ... - Newsweek
Link: https://www.newsweek.com/why-mohammed-atta-chose-that-particular-tuesday-september-attack-1621913
Description: WEBAug 25, 2021 · In this series, Newsweek maps the road to 9/11 as it happened 20 years ago, day by day. The date for the planes operation is set. At 2:12 p.m. on August 25, Mohammed Atta logged into his ...
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6. Mohamed Atta | Counter Extremism Project
Link: https://www.counterextremism.com/extremists/mohamed-atta
Description: WEBOverview. Mohamed Atta was the operational leader of al-Qaeda ’s 9/11 attacks and the hijacker-pilot of American Airlines Flight 11, flown into the World Trade Center’s north tower as the first of the four 9/11 plane hijackings. * Atta was personally selected by then-al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to organize and lead the attacks in the ...
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7. Personal Stories - Chronology Of The Sept. 11 Terror Plot - PBS
Link: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/network/personal/cron.html
Description: WEBAt the age of 24, Mohamed Atta, the suspected ringleader of the Sept. 11 plot, travels to Hamburg, Germany, and enrolls at a technical university to do graduate study in urban planning. Shortly ...
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8. Mohamed Atta - Wikiwand
Link: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Mohamed_Atta
Description: WEBMohamed Mohamed el-Amir Awad el-Sayed Atta was an Egyptian terrorist hijacker from al-Qaeda. Ideologically a pan-Islamist, he was the ringleader of the September 11 attacks and served as the hijacker-pilot of American Airlines Flight 11, which he crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center as part of the coordinated suicide attacks.
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9. A NATION CHALLENGED: THE MASTERMIND; A Portrait of the …
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/10/world/nation-challenged-mastermind-portrait-terrorist-shy-child-single-minded-killer.html
Description: WEBOct 10, 2001 · Mohamed Atta's path to Sept 11, pieced together from interviews with people who knew him across 33 years and three continents, was quiet and methodical evolution of resentment that somehow...
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10. AFTER THE ATTACKS: THE INVESTIGATION; An Unobtrusive Man…
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/15/us/after-attacks-investigation-unobtrusive-man-s-odyssey-polite-student-suicide.html
Description: WEBSep 15, 2001 · Profile of Mohammed Atta, 33-year-old terrorist who was one of hijackers on first plane that smashed into World Trade Center; FBI traces Atta's 14-month international odyssey from unobtrusive ...
