PENTTBOM

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Penttbom is the codename of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the investigation of the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 in New York City and Washington, DC It was the largest criminal investigation in the history of the United States . The abbreviation penttbom represents Pen tagon / T win T owers Bom bing Investigation; to German about Pentagon / twin towers bombing investigations. The investigations were launched on September 11, 2001; 7,000 special agents were involved in them .

Identification of the kidnappers

The FBI was able to identify the 19 hijackers in a matter of days because some suspects had made no effort to hide their real names on the flights, on their credit cards, or on other records.

Identical letters

In addition, three identical Arabic handwritten letters from the kidnappers were found at three different locations.

Find the passports

According to Susan Ginsburg, a contributor to the 9/11 Commission Report , at a public hearing on Jan. 26, 2004:

Four of the hijackers passports have survived in whole or in part. Two were recovered from the crash site of United Airlines flight 93 in Pennsylvania. These are the passports of Ziad Jarrah and Saeed al Ghamdi. One belonged to a hijacker on American Airlines flight 11. This is the passport of Satam al Suqami. A passerby picked it up and gave it to a NYPD detective shortly before the World Trade Center towers collapsed. A fourth passport was recovered from luggage that did not make it from a Portland flight to Boston on to the connecting flight which was American Airlines flight 11. This is the passport of Abdul Aziz al Omari.
In addition to these four, some digital copies of the hijackers passports were recovered in post-9/11 operations. Two of the passports that have survived, those of Satam al Suqami and Abdul Aziz al Omari, were clearly doctored. To avoid getting into classified detail, we will just state that these were manipulated in a fraudulent manner in ways that have been associated with al Qaeda.

“ Four of the kidnappers' passports were preserved in whole or in part. Two were found at the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93. They are the Ziad Jarrah and Saeed Al Ghamdi passports. Another belonged to one of the hijackers on American Airlines Flight 11. It is the passport of Satam al Suqami. A passerby picked it up and handed it to an NYPD detective just before the WTC towers collapsed. A fourth passport was found in luggage that had not made it onto American Airlines Flight 11 after the connecting flight from Portland to Boston. It is the pass of Abdul Aziz al Omari.
In addition to these four passports, some digital copies of the hijackers' passports were found during the 9/11 investigation. Two of the passports obtained, those of Satam al Suqami and Abdul Aziz al Omari, were obviously forged. In order not to get into specific details, we will only find that they have been fraudulently manipulated in the way associated with al-Qaeda. "

World Trade Center

Kidnapper Satam al-Suqami's passport was found a few blocks from the World Trade Center .

United Airlines Flight 93

The commission of inquiry into the 9/11 attacks also found the passports of two hijackers from Flight 93 near the rubble field .

Atta's luggage

Abductor Abdulaziz Alomari's passport was found on Mohamed Atta's luggage.

While checking Mohamed Atta's luggage, the FBI found important clues about the kidnappers and their plans. His luggage contained papers that revealed the identity of all 19 hijackers as well as their plans, motives and backgrounds. The FBI was able to determine details such as the dates of birth and / or possible place of residence, visa status and specific identities of the alleged pilots. However, none of these documents have been examined by independent legal experts.

Press releases

  • September 11, 2001: The FBI opens investigations.
  • September 14: The FBI publishes a list of suspects.
  • September 27: The FBI releases photos of the suspects.
  • September 28: The FBI publishes a four-page letter believed to have been written by the aircraft hijackers.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Federal Bureau of Investigation - FBI History ( Memento October 3, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Federal Bureau of Investigation - Facts and Figures 2003 ( Memento of August 16, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ a b Federal Bureau of Investigation - Press Release ( Memento of March 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ The Guardian: Last Words of a Terrorist . English translation of the letters
  5. ↑ Arizona Daily Star: Attack on America ( Memento of February 9, 2002 in the Internet Archive ) (archive.org)
  6. ↑ Las Vegas Review Journal: Passport of suspected hijacker found in debris . September 16, 2001
  7. ↑ a b 9/11 Commission Hearing January 26, 2004
  8. ↑ Jessica Reaves: The Case Against Zacarias Moussaoui , Time . January 2, 2002. 
  9. ↑ FBI Press Releases I ( Memento of May 17, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ FBI Press Releases II ( Memento January 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ FBI Press Releases III ( Memento of July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

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