Mushabib al-Hamlan

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An original candidate for the September 11 attacks, Mushabib al-Hamlan (Arabic: مسحبيب الحملان‎, Musḥabīb al-Ḥamlān) became involved with militancy during secondary-school in December 1999, where he attended gatherings to watch videos about the glory of Jihad and detailing the atrocities of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Yugoslav wars. The group studied under Ban-dar Marui and read the book Gladiator of Passion.

The Hajj and Pakistan

On February 15, 2000, Hamlan received a passport and after completing the Hajj, went to Sharjah, UAE to obtain a Visa for entering Pakistan. Once in Islamabad, Pakistan, he and two co-travelers were led by Hassan Ghul to a waypoint controlled by Abu Zubaydah. By March, they had crossed the border into Afghanistan where he attended the Al Khaldan training camp.^[1] When the camp was closed, he moved with its other members to Al-Farouq outside Kandahar, where he met Osama bin Laden.^[1] After injuring himself at the camp, Hamlan was assigned to guard the Kandahar airport - a task that eventual hijackers Saeed al-Ghamdi and Waleed al-Shehri shared.

Potential Martyrs

During his time at Al-Farooq and the airport, Hamlan is thought to have befriended Ahmed al-Nami. The two of them studied under Abu Basir al-Yemeni, who coaxed them both to enlist with Abu Hafs al Mauritani as potential 'martyrs' who would carry out suicide missions inside the United States.

Hamlan and Nami were sent to meet Osama bin Laden, identifying themselves through the phrase I want to be one of this religion's bricks and glorify this religion. In October 2000, Hamlan and Nami met with Khalid Shaikh Mohammed who instructed them on encrypting telephone calls. They also had their passports falsified claiming they were world travelers visiting locations such as Singapore, Malaysia, Egypt and Turkey. After a meeting with Muhammad Atef, the pair flew to Tehran, Iran - onward to Qatar - back into the UAE before arriving in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. On instructions from Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, they drove to Jeddah, where they stayed with future hijacker Waleed al-Shehri. He also instructed them how to obtain US visas, which both received on October 28.

Return To Family

In the end Mushabib did not end up using his visa.^[2] Immediately after they were issued their visas, Hamlan phoned his family and learned that his mother was ill. He then decided not to pursue martyrdom and returned to his family. Khalid al Zahrani, an associate from Al-Farouq visited him later to try to convince him to return, but failed.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 911 Commission: Notes to Chapter 7, 911 Commission
↑ 9/11 panel describes how attackers got money: New details on hijackers' visa, immigration violations, CNN

v t e Hijackers in the September 11 attacks

American Airlines Flight 11	Mohamed Atta Satam al-Suqami Waleed al-Shehri Wail al-Shehri Abdulaziz al-Omari

United Airlines Flight 175	Marwan al-Shehhi Fayez Banihammad Mohand al-Shehri Hamza al-Ghamdi Ahmed al-Ghamdi

American Airlines Flight 77	Hani Hanjour Khalid al-Mihdhar Majed Moqed Nawaf al-Hazmi Salem al-Hazmi

United Airlines Flight 93	Ziad Jarrah Ahmed al-Nami Saeed al-Ghamdi Ahmed al-Haznawi

20th hijacker suspects	Ramzi bin al-Shibh Mohammed al-Qahtani Zacarias Moussaoui Mushabib al-Hamlan Zakariya Essabar Ammar al-Baluchi Walid bin Attash Khalid al-Zahrani Fawaz al-Nashimi

Wrongly accused	Lotfi Raissi Amer Kamfar Ameer Bukhari Adnan Bukhari Abdul Rahman al-Omari Mohammed Jaweed Azmath Ayub Ali Khan

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