Walid bin Attash: The CoachWalid bin Attash, referred to as Khallad, is accused of coaching two of the hijackers on hand-to-hand preventing in 1999
Walid bin Attash: The Coach
Walid bin Attash, referred to as Khallad, is accused of coaching two of the hijackers on hand-to-hand preventing in 1999, researching flights and timetables and testing the power of a passenger to cover a razor knife on flights to Malaysia, Thailand and China. He was captured in Karachi, Pakistan, on April 29, 2003.
Mr. bin Attash was born in Saudi Arabia, and left at age 14 to hitch the jihad in Afghanistan. He misplaced his decrease proper leg preventing in opposition to the Northern Alliance in a battle that additionally claimed the lifetime of an older brother of his. A youthful brother, Hassan, can also be held at Guantánamo, in a special jail. The 2 males have by no means been allowed to satisfy there.
Ramzi bin al-Shibh: Organizing a Hijacker Cell
Ramzi bin al-Shibh is accused of organizing the Hamburg, Germany, cell of Sept. 11 hijackers, researching flight colleges from Germany and wiring cash to Mohammed Atta and different hijackers. He’s accused of appearing as a go-between for the cell and Mr. Mohammed in Afghanistan, and relaying phrase to Al Qaeda leaders that Mr. Atta had chosen the date of Sept. 11 for the assault.
Mr. bin al-Shibh repeatedly tried, and failed, to get a United States visa to participate within the hijackings. He was the primary of the 5 defendants to be captured, on Sept. 11, 2002, in a safety companies raid in Karachi, Pakistan. He was held for a time at Guantánamo when the C.I.A. had a station there as a part of his four-year odyssey by the company’s black websites. He’s Yemeni.
Ammar al-Baluchi: Cash Transfers to Hijackers
Ammar al-Baluchi is called within the fees as Abd al Aziz Ali. He’s accused of transferring cash from the United Arab Emirates, the place he lived and labored at a pc know-how enterprise from 1999 to 2001, to a number of the hijackers in the US for his uncle, Mr. Mohammed. His mom and Mr. Mohammed are brother and sister.
He left Dubai on the time of the Sept. 11 assaults and was captured in Karachi, Pakistan, on April 29, 2003, with Mr. Bin Attash. His attorneys say, primarily based on what they learn about his abuse in C.I.A. custody — water dousing, walling, sleep deprivation and being hung by his wrists — that the detainee named Ammar who’s brutalized within the Hollywood movie “Zero Darkish Thirty” relies on his expertise.
Mr. Baluchi was born in Kuwait and has Pakistani citizenship.
Mustafa al Hawsawi: Aiding the Hijackers
Mustafa al Hawsawi has the fewest fees in opposition to him and due to this fact sits furthest from the decide, in the back of the courtroom.