Talk:Ahmed al-Haznawi

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[edit] dubious anthrax connection

I think it is unlikely that a committed terrorist would seek medical treatment for a lesion if he knew it was due to handling anthrax. Seeking treatment would possibly blow the security on his operation. Hopefully public health department protocols direct them to report every anthrax infection to security officials. -- Geo Swan 13:03, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Just a note of interest, that al-Haznawi seems to have been the youngest hijacker, of ones we have birthdates for. *shrugs* There's trivial information for ya! Sherurcij ^{(talk) (Terrorist Wikiproject)} 13:27, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Photocopy of his German passport should be held by the FBI, given by landlord Charles Lisa. Any sign of a copy of this lying around anywhere? Please? Sherurcij ^{(talk) (Terrorist Wikiproject)} 08:31, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Attack

After the attacks, al-Haznawi's brother Ahmad Ibrahim told the Arab News that the photograph published by the FBI bore no resemblance to his brother.[1]

Source: "Abdul Rahman Al-Haznawi, brother of another suspect, Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Haznawi, said the picture published on Thursday by some local newspapers did not resemble his brother. “There is no similarity between the photo published and my brother,” he told Al-Madinah newspaper. He said he does not believe his brother was involved in the attacks. “He never had any such intention,” he stated categorically."

Should this really stay? A lot of the stories of living hijackers have proven to be wrong. The FBI only released their pictures the 27th of september 2001 and the article was published 22 September 2001. His brother probably saw one of the wrong photographs that circulated shortly after the attacks, and weren't actually distributed by the FBI. --Peephole 13:21, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

I changed the sentence to properly reflect the source: "After the attacks, before the release of the FBI pictures of the hijackers, Arab News reported that al-Haznawi's brother Abdul Rahman had told Al-Madinah newspaper that a photograph published by local newspapers bore no resemblance to his brother."[2]

I still believe it should just be deleted though. --Peephole 13:28, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

You have a point. Neither Cooperative Research nor What Really Happened (2 of the more reputable conspiracy sites) but any credence in any claim Haznawi could be alive. Neither do any of the far-out sites I've looked at. We don't know what photo Abdul Rahman al-Haznawi was looking at. Does this merit a mention in the article? Any other opinions? – Quadell ^{(talk) (bounties)} 13:36, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Personally I feel it does merit mention, though like 99.9999% of the world, I don't really put any stock into claims he's still alive. Still, we're not here to decide what conclusions we should be leading the reader to draw, just to present "everything encyclopaedic that's known about an infamous terrorist", and the fact his brother spoke to a newspaper decrying it is valid. Sherurcij ^{(Speaker for the Dead)} 14:27, 8 September 2006 (UTC)