Abdulaziz al-Omari

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Abdulaziz al-Omari

Abdulaziz al-Omari ( Arabic عبدالعزيز العمري, DMG ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-ʿUmarī ; * May 28, 1979 in Asir Province , Saudi Arabia ; † September 11, 2001 in New York City ) was an Islamist terrorist .

Practically nothing is known about his life and profession. According to a 2003 CIA report , he was a graduate of Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud University , married, and had a daughter. On June 29, 2001, al-Omari traveled to the United States for the first time and lived for a long time in Vero Beach ( Florida ), where he used a flight simulator from the FlightSafety Academy together with Mohand al-Schehri and Said al-Ghamdi.

Al-Omari is a member of the group of hijackers who were the first to fly into the World Trade Center (north tower) in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 . A Boeing 767-223ER from American Airlines Flight 11 was used as a Renegade for this. At 8:46 am, it hit the skyscraper on purpose; 1366 people died in the building and 92 occupants of the aircraft.

The leader and later pilot was the Egyptian Mohammed Atta ; other helpers on board were the Saudis Walid al-Schehri, Wail al-Schehri and Satam al-Suqami.

Al-Omari and Atta flew from Portland Airport to Boston early in the morning of September 11th , where they boarded the plane. Al-Omari's passport was discovered in a piece of luggage at Portland Airport that did not go on the connecting flight to Boston. A total of four passports of the 9/11 hijackers were found.

Until September 15, 2001, the FBI suspected the innocent Saudi Arabian and pilot of the Saudi Arabian Airlines Abdul Rahman Alomari, who also lived in Vero Beach and attended a flight school there. However, Alomari was alive with a wife and four children and returned to his home country shortly before the attacks. Then the name of the assassin was corrected to Abdulaziz al-Omari.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Abdul Aziz al Omari - Profile globalsecurity.org, accessed February 5, 2012
  2. ↑ a b Press release of the FBI National Press Office ( memento of October 1, 2001 in the Internet Archive ) of September 27, 2001 (web archive)
  3. ↑ 9/11: Photo protocol - 102 minutes of horror sueddeutsche.de; Retrieved February 4, 2012
  4. ↑ Public Hearing. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORIST ATTACKS UPON THE UNITED STATES, January 26, 2004, accessed February 5, 2012 .
  5. ↑ Mike Fish: Fla. flight schools may have trained hijackers. CNN , September 14, 2001, accessed February 4, 2012 .
  6. ↑ Kevin Sack: Saudi May Have Been Suspected in Error, Officials Say. The New York Times , September 16, 2001, accessed February 4, 2012 .

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personal data
SURNAME al-Omari, Abdulaziz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES عبدالعزيز العمري
BRIEF DESCRIPTION arab islam fundamentalist terrorist
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Asir Province , Saudi Arabia
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 2001
Place of death New York City