Abu Bara al Yemeni

According to the 9-11 Commission Report Abu Bara al Yemeni was a citizen of Yemen who was slated to participate in al Qaeda's attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.[1][2][3][4] Abu Bara al Yemeni did not end up participating in the 9-11 attacks because he was not able to get a visa to travel to the United States.

References

  1. ^ "Al Qaeda Aims at the American Heartland: The plan evolves". 9-11 Commission. July 22, 2004. pp. 172. http://www.faqs.org/docs/911/911Report-172.html. Retrieved 2008-01-20. "Bin Ladin also soon selected four individuals to serve as suicide operatives: Khalid al Mihdhar, Nawaf al Hazmi, Khallad, and Abu Bara al Yemeni." 
  2. ^ "Al Qaeda Aims at the American Heartland: The plan evolves". 9-11 Commission. July 22, 2004. pp. 173. http://www.faqs.org/docs/911/911Report-173.html. Retrieved 2008-01-20. "Travel issues thus played a part in al Qaeda’s operational planning from the very start. During the spring and summer of 1999, KSM realized that Khallad and Abu Bara, both of whom were Yemenis, would not be able to obtain U.S. visas as easily as Saudi operatives like Mihdhar and Hazmi." 
  3. ^ "9-11 Commission Report: Appendix". 9-11 Commission. July 22, 2004. pp. 451. http://www.faqs.org/docs/911/911Report-451.html. Retrieved 2008-01-20. "Abu Bara al Yemeni (a.k.a. Abu al Bara al Ta’izi, Suhail Shurabi, and Barakat) Yemeni; potential suicide bomber in original 9/11 plot" 
  4. ^ "9-11 Commission Report: Notes to Chapter 5". 9-11 Commission. July 22, 2004. pp. 509. http://www.faqs.org/docs/911/911Report-509.html. Retrieved 2008-01-20. "For the four individuals, see Intelligence report, interrogation of KSM, Aug. 18, 2003. Abu Bara al Yemeni is also known by the names Abu al Bara al Taizi, Suhail Shurabi, and Barakat."