Al-Qaida video shows alleged 20th hijacker

[tyedyeto]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060621/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/al_qaida20th_hijacker

WASHINGTON - Al-Qaida has identified a would-be 20th hijacker for the Sept. 11 attacks as a Saudi operative who was killed in a 2004 shootout with his country's security forces.

In a statement accompanying a new video, the terrorist network's propaganda arm identified Fawaz al-Nashimi, also known as Turki bin Fuheid al-Muteiry, as the operative who would have rounded out a team that ultimately took over United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed into a Pennsylvania field before reaching its intended target.

A 54-minute video featuring al-Nashimi was obtained Tuesday by IntelCenter, a U.S. government contractor based in Virginia. U.S counterterrorism officials declined to comment on the authenticity of the video and its claims.

The video included a screen crediting the al-Sahab media committee with producing the message. While no one is known to have forged the group's work, its statements are often difficult to verify.

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If this fellow is the 20th, then what was Moussoui (sp?) and why was he tried for being the 20th hijacker?

[DoYouEverWonder]

1. I think there are almost as many 20th hijackers

as there are #2 in Commands in al CIAda.

[tyedyeto]

3. So true

:rofl:

[Nickster]

2. The 20th man is kind of like the number 2 man, there are tons of them.

So it's really hard to nail down all of the number 2 men and all of the number 20 men.


Hey, look at that another Saudi is involved, guess that strengthens the whole 9/11-Iraq question. *sigh*

[Hubert Flottz]

4. Opec and it's Opeckers are out to get us!

And Bush is on another vacation...