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      • Mohamed Atta[ a ] (1 September 1968 – 11 September 2001) was an Egyptian terrorist hijacker for al-Qaeda.
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    Mohamed Atta [a] (1 September 1968 – 11 September 2001) was an Egyptian terrorist hijacker for 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 ...

  3. Sep 7, 2024 · Mohammed Atta was an 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 north tower of New York City’s World Trade Center. Atta studied architecture.

  4. Apr 2, 2014 · Born on September 1, 1968, in Kafr el Sheikh, Egypt, Atta was the mastermind behind the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001. He was the youngest son of a lawyer. Raised in a suburb of...

  5. Aug 25, 2021 · Mohammed Atta sat in seat 8D in Business Class. Since these were domestic flights, there was no particular means at the time for the intelligence community to receive a tip-off of a reservation.

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  6. Mohamed 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.

  7. Sep 9, 2011 · Mohammed Atta was the leader of the Sept. 11 hijackers. After a last-minute change of plans, Atta arrived in Afghanistan just as Osama bin Laden had approved the plot.

  8. Mohamed Atta was the operational leader of al-Qaedas 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.