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Hamza al-Ghamdi

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	Importance	Low
	Means of Death	Suicide Hijacker
	Date of Death	Sept. 11, 2001
	Location of Death	New York, New York, United States
	Affiliation	9-11 plotters
	Role	Member
	Supervisor	Mohamed Atta
	Affiliation	United Airlines Flight 175 Hijackers
	Affiliation	Al-Qaeda
	Full Given Name	Hamza Salih Ahmad al-Hamid al-Ghamdi
	Nationality	Saudi
	Alternate Spelling(s)	Hamza al Ghamdi, Hamza Alghamdi
	Place of Birth	Al Bahah, Saudi Arabia¹
	Gender	Male
	History	Attended training camp in postwar Afghanistan (1990-2001)

Narrative and Notes

	Reliable	"Muscle" hijacker aboard United Airlines Flight 175, bound from Boston to Los Angeles, who helped crash it into the South Tower of the World Trade Center. Muscle hijackers Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Hamza al-Ghamdi and Ahmed al-Haznawi all came from a cluster of three towns in the isolated al Bahah region of Saudi Arabia, and they shared a tribal affiliation. Devout Muslim, attended prayer services regularly.¹

	Possible	The four many have known each other from as early as the fall of 1999.¹

Sources
¹ The 9-11 Commission Final Report, July 22, 2004, Chapter 7.3.
Photos (left to right): FBI; FBI

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