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9-11 Suicide Hijacker

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Salem al-Hazmi

Details
	Importance	Low
	Means of Death	Plane crashed into Pentagon
	Date of Death	Sept. 11, 2001
	Location of Death	Arlington, Virginia, United States
	Affiliation	9-11 plotters
	Role	Member
	Supervisor	Mohamed Atta
	Affiliation	American Airlines Flight 77 Hijackers
	Affiliation	Al-Qaeda
	Full Given Name	Salem Muhammed Salem al-Hazmi
	Nationality	Saudi
	Alternate Spelling(s)	Salim al-Hazmi, Salem Alhazmi, Salem al Hazmi, Salim Alhazmi, Salem al-Hamzi
	Age at Death	20
	Date of Birth	Feb. 2, 1981
	Place of Birth	Mecca, Saudi Arabia¹
	Gender	Male

Narrative and Notes

	Reliable	One of the "muscle" hijackers who assisted in the takeover of American Airlines Flight 77 before it crashed into the Pentagon. He was the younger brother of fellow 77 hijacker Nawaf al-Hazmi, who probably recruited him into the plot. His family described him as a "quarrelsome teenager." He was not terribly pious and drank alcohol until about three months before he broke with his family. He had a minor criminal record in Saudi Arabia, apparently involving petty theft. U.S. intelligence, through intercepted communications, learned of his possible connection to extremists as early as 1999, but he was not placed on any watchlists.^1,2

	Possible	One al-Qaeda member claimed Nawaf begged bin Laden to allow Salem to take part in 9-11. Tawfiq bin Attash claims he encouraged him to take part in a suicide operation.^1,2

Sources
¹ The 9-11 Commission Final Report, July 22, 2004, Chapter 7.3.
² The 9-11 Commission Final Report, July 22, 2004, Footnotes.
Photos (left to right): FBI; Government exhibit, United States vs. Moussaoui; Government exhibit, United States vs. Moussaoui

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