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	Ramzi Binalshibh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ramzi Binalshibh (Arabic: رمزي بن الشيبة; also transliterated as Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Ramzi bin al-Shaibah, and several other ways; born 1973), is a citizen of Yemen and according to the United States, Germany, and several other countries, a key al-Qaida member who helped in planning the September 11, 2001 attacks.
		Ramzi Binalshibh used the name Ramzi Omar while he was in Germany.
		Binalshibh was captured in Pakistan on September 11, 2002, after a gunbattle in Karachi.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ramzi_Binalshibh (238 words)

	Key al Qaeda 911 Figure Captured In Pakistan
		Binalshibh, who is wanted by Germany for his alleged role in planning and carrying out the deadly attacks, is one of the most important members of al Qaeda to be taken into custody over the past year.
		Binalshibh was one of the roommates of Mohamed Atta -- the suspected ringleader of the hijackers -- in Hamburg, Germany.
		Binalshibh was not as high in the organization as Abu Zubaydah, who was captured in Pakistan in March and turned over to U.S. authorities who have been interrogating him at a secret location outside the United States.
	www.rense.com /general29/cap.htm (660 words)

	CNN.com - Binalshibh to go to third country for questioning - September 17, 2002
		CNN's Kelli Arena reports on the capture of Ramzi Binalshibh in Pakistan and his suspected role in the 9/11 hijackings.
		Binalshibh acknowledged in the Al-Jazeera interview he played a role in planning the September 11 attacks and had hoped to be one of the hijackers but could not obtain an entry visa into the United States.
		In January, when the FBI named Binalshibh as a man it sought, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft told CNN's Larry King that Binalshibh was one of the most-wanted al Qaeda operatives.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/09/16/alqaeda.pakistan (909 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Binalshibh, a Yemini national, is said to have been a prominent member of an al Qaida cell based in the German city of Hamburg.
		Binalshibh is one of the most important al Qaida members to be taken into custody over the past year, although he was not as high in the organisation as Abu Zubaydah, who was captured in Pakistan in March.
		Binalshibh was captured in the sprawling port city of Karachi after a three-hour shootout on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1020917/asp/foreign/story_1206467.asp (732 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Ramzi Binalshibh: al-Qaeda suspect
		Ramzi Binalshibh - now in custody in Pakistan - is allegedly one of the most senior al-Qaeda members to be arrested over the past year.
		Mr Binalshibh, who is 30, is said to have become a key member of the al-Qaeda cell in Hamburg, Germany, after seeking asylum there in the late 1990s.
		Mr Binalshibh is the only person believed to have attended both of the crucial meetings held to plan the operation, one in Malaysia and the other in Spain.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/2257456.stm (436 words)

	JS Online: Sept. 11 suspect arrested
		Washington - Ramzi Binalshibh, who is accused of being a principal plotter of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, has been arrested in Pakistan and is in U.S. custody, U.S. officials said Friday.
		The U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Binalshibh was captured Wednesday in Karachi by Pakistani authorities, accompanied by FBI agents, during a raid in which three people were killed and several others arrested.
		Binalshibh told an Al-Jazeera correspondent that he had written a 112-page justification for Sept. 11, which he called "Holy Tuesday." He promised thousands of similar operations.
	www.jsonline.com /news/nat/sep02/79845.asp?format=print (869 words)

	Key suspect in 9/11 attacks in custody / Pakistan: Al Qaeda 'big fish' Ramzi Binalshibh held in Karachi shootout / ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Binalshibh, a 30-year-old Yemeni, had been the roommate and close associate in Hamburg, Germany, of the man who is considered the leader of the hijacking operation on Sept. 11, Mohamed Atta.
		Binalshibh is believed by many American investigators to have been planning to serve as the 20th hijacker in the attacks.
		Binalshibh, described as a slightly built man about 5 foot 7, was born in the Hadramaut region of eastern Yemen and moved from Yemen to Germany in about 1995.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/09/14/MN165462.DTL&type=printable (1149 words)

	Lateline - 30/9/2002: Al-Jazeera reporter speaks on terrorist plans . Australian Broadcasting Corp
		Ramzi Binalshibh would be the coordinator and, by the way, Ramzi Binalshibh came to be the coordinator of 9/11 by default because he initially wanted to join the 19 hijackers when he failed, I think he turned into being the coordinator and focused on that role, when he was in Germany.
		Ramzi Binalshibh when he knew because, as you are aware, the final details and the final few weeks were all left up to Mohammed Atta in the field to decide upon, including the zero hour.
		Ramzi Binalshibh and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed as well, would describe this in detail that they were watching the rest of us.
	www.abc.net.au /lateline/stories/s689774.htm (1712 words)

	Printer Friendly Version - Another terror nab? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The arrest of Ramzi Binalshibh — a key player in the Sept. 11 attacks — is a major catch.
		Binalshibh's capture is considered a major victory for the U.S. in its fight to shut down Bin Laden's Al Qaeda terrorist network.
		Binalshibh first went to Germany on a scholarship to study at Hamburg's Technical University, where at least five of the terrorists were students, meeting Atta early in his stay.
	www.nydailynews.com /09-15-2002/news/v-pfriendly/story/19076p-18076c.html (526 words)

	CBS News \| Bin Laden Family Passports Found \| September 18, 2002 09:00:40
		Binalshibh, 30, is believed by the FBI to have been intended to be the 20th hijacker in the Sept. 11 attacks but was unable to enter the United States.
		Binalshibh was a member of the al Qaeda cell in Hamburg, Germany, that U.S. and German investigators believe planned and carried out the Sept. 11 attacks.
		Ramzi Binalshibh, the alleged "20th hijacker," and four other al Qaeda suspects are being questioned in U.S. custody outside of Pakistan, reports Lara Logan.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2002/09/18/attack/main522380.shtml (1363 words)

	New York Daily News - Home - Commandos nab top 9/11 suspect hiding in Pakistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Ramzi Binalshibh's arrest came days after his face was broadcast around the world taking credit for coordinating what he termed the Holy Tuesday attacks.
		Born in Yemen, Binalshibh, 30, was a roommate of hijack ringleader Mohamed Atta in 1998 and 1999 in a working-class neighborhood of Hamburg, Germany.
		Binalshibh is named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the criminal case against Moussaoui, a French-born Moroccan, and the only man charged in connection with the worst terrorist attacks in U.S. history.
	www.nydailynews.com /front/story/18892p-17919c.html (695 words)

	5 al-Qaida suspects in U.S. custody - The Daily Texan - World & Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The arrests of Binalshibh and the other militants marked one of the biggest successes in the U.S.-led war against terrorism since Abu Zubaydah, the third-ranking official in the al-Qaida network, was captured in March in Faisalabad, Pakistan.
		Binalshibh was seized in a raid on an apartment building in a middle-class neighborhood Wednesday - the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
		Binalshibh boasted of his role in planning the attacks during an interview in Karachi with the Arab satellite TV station Al-Jazeera.
	www.dailytexanonline.com /news/2002/09/17/WorldNation/5.AlQaida.Suspects.In.U.Custody-499140.shtml (950 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Arab Reporter Fears Reprisal From Allies Of Al Qaeda Suspect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Now that Binalshibh has been captured by Pakistani police, Fouda is afraid, in a real sense, that he is not so popular among Binalshibh's followers -- for the moment, fearful enough not to return to the scene of the interview, Pakistan.
		Binalshibh also related a message from one of the hijackers who told him by e-mail that "the first semester begins in three weeks, two high schools and two universities.
		Binalshibh produced a document called "The New Crusade," in which Islam was used to justify such attacks.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A21959-2002Sep15?language=printer (1052 words)

	USATODAY.com - Key Pakistan suspect may be turned over to U.S. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Binalshibh was a member of the al-Qaeda cell in Hamburg that U.S. and German investigators believe planned and carried out the Sept. 11 attacks.
		Binalshibh and at least nine other al-Qaeda operatives remained under interrogation by Pakistani and U.S. intelligence agencies, four days after they were captured in a shootout in a residential area of this port city, the interior ministry official said.
		Binalshibh was apprehended during a raid at an apartment house in an upscale neighborhood, in which two Islamic militants were shot dead and seven policemen were wounded.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2002-09-15-pakistan-suspects_x.htm (789 words)

	NZOOM - ONE News - World
		Ramzi Binalshibh, a key al Qaeda member accused of helping plan the September 11 hijacked plane attacks on the United States, has been captured in Pakistan, according to US officials.
		Binalshibh was one of the flatmates of Mohamed Atta, the suspected ringleader of the hijackers, in Hamburg.
		Binalshibh is mentioned repeatedly in the indictment of Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person charged in the United States in connection with the September 11 attacks.
	onenews.nzoom.com /onenews_detail/0,1227,131454,00.html (375 words)

	U.S. spirits al Qaeda suspect away / Binalshibh rushed from Pakistan to secret location (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Binalshibh and four other al Qaeda suspects captured in raids in Karachi last week were turned over to the United States despite earlier statements by a Pakistani official that they first would have to be brought before a magistrate.
		Binalshibh's Al-Jazeera interview had been an embarrassment to the Pakistani government, which has been sensitive to criticism that al Qaeda and Taliban operatives have been able to find sanctuary in Pakistan with ease.
		Binalshibh, a Yemeni national, is considered the most important al Qaeda member to be taken into custody since the arrest of Abu Zubaydah, a top- echelon official captured in Pakistan in March.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/09/17/MN18268.DTL (917 words)

	Hamburg cell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 9/11 Commission Report notes in Chapter 5 that "according to Binalshibh [who is now in U.S. custody], a chance meeting on a train in Germany caused the group to travel to Afghanistan instead.
		An individual named Khalid al Masri approached Binalshibh and Shehhi (because they were Arabs with beards, Binalshibh thinks) and struck up a conversation about jihad in Chechnya.
		When Binalshibh and Shehhi visited Slahi in Duisburg, he convinced them that it would be best to train in Afghanistan first, because further experience would be useful, and anyway it was difficult at that time to get into Chechnya.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hamburg_cell (840 words)

	Middle East Online
		Ramzi Binalshibh tells US Moroccan was unaware of 9/11 plot, a statement that could see him acquitted.
		In documents faxed to the court in Hamburg, northern Germany, by the US Justice Department, Ramzi Binalshibh, a Yemeni who has boasted he masterminded the suicide hijackings, reportedly told US authorities that Motassadeq was unaware of the plot.
		That fax, believed to be a summary of US interrogations of Binalshibh provided by Washington, also stated that Binalshibh and the three suicide pilots were the only members of the Hamburg group in on the plot.
	www.middle-east-online.com /english/morocco?id=10931 (516 words)

	Key 9/11 suspect arrested after Pakistan gun battle
		WASHINGTON -- Ramzi Binalshibh, who is accused of being a principal plotter of the Sept. 11 attacks, has been arrested in Pakistan and is in U.S. custody, U.S. officials said Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity.
		The U.S. officials said Binalshibh was captured Wednesday in Karachi by Pakistani authorities, accompanied by FBI agents, during a raid in which three people were killed and several others arrested.
		Binalshibh told a reporter he had written a 112-page justification for Sept. 11, which he called "Holy Tuesday." He promised thousands of similar operations.
	www.freep.com /news/nw/ramzi14_20020914.htm (707 words)

	Moussaoui Linked to Plot (washingtonpost.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Binalshibh's disclosures place Moussaoui in direct contact with Mohammed, believed to be al Qaeda's director of operations, who allegedly spent two years planning the terror attacks.
		Binalshibh has told investigators that he and Mohammed ultimately lost confidence in Moussaoui's discretion and decided to use him in the hijack plot only as a last resort, the sources said.
		Binalshibh has told interrogators that he and Mohammed talked by phone in July, and discussed their concerns that Moussaoui was drawing attention to himself, acting in conspicuous ways and talking too much.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A12551-2002Nov19 (1474 words)

	cbc.ca
		Binalshibh, 30, is accused of helping mastermind the Sept. 11 attacks, and has appeared on Arabic TV in the past boasting about his role.
		Germany said Saturday that it wants Pakistan to extradite Binalshibh to Hamburg, where he is accused of being a member of an al-Qaeda cell.
		Binalshibh was arrested after a four-hour gun battle in Karachi.
	www.cbc.ca /cgi-bin/templates/email.cgi?/2002/09/15/binalshibh_020915 (520 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation > America's War on Terror -- Suspected Sept. 11 organizer captured in ...
		Ramzi Binalshibh, the former roommate of hijacker Mohamed Atta, who is suspected of planning to be the 20th hijacker in last year's attacks, was captured in Pakistan nearly a year after he became one of America's top terror targets, U.S. officials said.
		The capture of Binalshibh was first reported by ABC News and the apprehensions of the suspects in the Buffalo area was initially reported by CBS News.
		Before Sept. 11, Binalshibh was frustrated in his attempts to receive a visa to enter the United States in 2000, where, U.S. officials allege, he planned to join the other 19 hijackers.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/terror/20020913-1824-attacks-suspects.html (1027 words)

	CNN.com - Sources: Top al Qaeda operative captured - September 14, 2002
		Binalshibh is believed to have played a direct role in planning the September 11 terrorist hijackings.
		In that interview, Binalshibh said he and other al Qaeda followers were elated when they watched the news of the hijacked planes slamming into the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
		U.S. authorities have said they believe Binalshibh was to be on one of the hijacked planes, but he couldn't obtain a U.S. visa to enter the country -- statements Binalshibh confirmed on Al-Jazeera.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/09/13/alqaeda.capture (656 words)

	CBS News \| Al Qaeda Big Fingers Moussaoui \| February 7, 2003 17:17:31
		Binalshibh told investigators that he and Mohammed ultimately lost confidence in Moussaoui's discretion and decided to use him in the hijack plot only as a last resort, sources said.
		Ramzi Binalshibh told interrogators that Moussaoui met with Khalid Sheik Mohammad in Afghanistan in the winter of 2000, the Post reported Wednesday, citing unidentified sources familiar with the interrogation.
		Binalshibh told investigators that he and Mohammed ultimately lost confidence in Moussaoui's discretion and decided to use him in the hijack plot only as a last resort, sources told the Post.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/02/07/attack/main539908.shtml (410 words)

	CNN.com - Al-Jazeera offers accounts of 9/11 planning - September 12, 2002
		The documentary contains accounts and quotes attributed to Ramzi Binalshibh, described in the documentary as the "coordinator of the September 11 operation," and Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, a Kuwaiti who is on the United States' "most wanted" terrorist list and is believed by authorities to be one of the primary planners.
		Binalshibh told Al-Jazeera he hoped to have been one of the hijackers but could not obtain an entry visa to the United States.
		Binalshibh and Mohammed say that when al Qaeda forces attacked the USS Cole in Yemen in October 12, 2000, leaders of the organization were already preparing for a larger operation they knew would kill large numbers of civilians.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/meast/09/12/alqaeda.911.claim (849 words)

	News India-Times.com, Online Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Ramzi Binalshibh was held in Karachi on Sept. 11, at an apartment 10 miles from U.S. Consulate
		Binalshibh and the other men spent their days using three satellite phones and five laptop computers to log on to the Internet, the officials said.
		Binalshibh and the other men, who never left the apartment, spent their days using three satellite phones and five laptop computers to log on to the Internet, the officials said.
	www.newsindia-times.com /2002/11/15/terrorism-top.html (838 words)

	InFact - The 9/11 Commission Report - Page 161 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Ramzi Binalshibh Ramzi Binalshibh was born on May 1,1972,in Ghayl Bawazir,Yemen.There does not seem to be anything remarkable about his family or early background.A friend who knew Binalshibh in Yemen remembers him as "religious, but not too reli- gious." From 1987 to 1995, Binalshibh worked as a clerk for the International Bank of Yemen.
		Binalshibh continually had academic problems, failing tests and cut- ting classes; he was expelled from one school in September 1998.67 According to Binalshibh, he and Atta first met at a mosque in Hamburg in 1995.
		Like Atta, by the late 1990s Binalshibh was decrying what he perceived to be a "Jewish world conspiracy." He proclaimed that the highest duty of every Muslim was to pursue jihad, and that the highest honor was to die during the jihad.
	www.insightful.com /products/infact/911/corpus/report_173_161.html (419 words)

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