Word: binalshibh
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...most: a martyr for their cause, and a brother to avenge. And for what? Because he got caught before he could do whatever it was he was trying to, and was in jail when the others attacked on Sept. 11? They are dead, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Ramzi Binalshibh are under arrest. But it's Zacarias they want to execute. Who will benefit from that? The ones who need martyrs, of course...
...RAMZI BINALSHIBH Yemeni Helped plan the 2001 attacks; was a key member of the Hamburg cell...
...9/11 attacks and supporting a terrorist organization - is on trial again. And last week, the U.S. unexpectedly turned over intelligence reports based on questioning of two top al-Qaeda operatives. It was a victory for the Germans - except that the testimony seems to exonerate el-Motassadeq. Ramzi Binalshibh, the only surviving member of the core Hamburg cell that carried out the attacks, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected 9/11 mastermind, were questioned independently. Both men claimed el-Motassadeq was not a member of the cell, which included Binalshibh and three hijackers, according to copies of the reports reviewed by Time...
Mohammed and a second captured al-Qaeda leader, Ramzi Binalshibh, told interrogators different stories about the role of Zacarias Moussaoui, a possible 20th hijacker, according to the commission. Mohammed said Moussaoui was supposed to participate in a second wave of attacks, on the West Coast, after Sept. 11, while Binalshibh believed that Moussaoui was to be part of the primary plot. There are also indications that Moussaoui was viewed as a possible replacement for Ziad Jarrah, the eventual pilot of United Airlines Flight 93, whom al-Qaeda officials feared might drop out. The operation ultimately cost only...
...Laden chose or accepted oaths from all 19 of the eventual hijackers and tapped Mohammed Atta to be the mission's leader. Throughout the planning stage, bin Laden was the one who scaled back the more ambitious proposals. The key sources of the new information are Mohammed and Binalshibh. Both were in a position to have extensive knowledge of the plot, but some details they gave U.S. interrogators remain largely uncorroborated...