http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/atta/ en-us Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:17:04 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382989/posts Mohammed Atta and his federal loan officer No matter how dumb he was, officialdom was always dumber When last in this space, 10 days ago, I was writing about whether political correctness kills. This was apropos the 9/11 nutters: "Everything they did stuck out. But it didn't matter. Because the more they stuck out, the more everyone who mattered was trained to look the other way." I didn't know the half of it. The other day, Johnelle Bryant, an official with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, gave an interview to ABC News in which she revealed that Mohammed Atta and... National Post via Free Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382989/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:17:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374292/posts SHAWANGAI, Pakistan -- An alleged member of the Hamburg, Germany, terror cell linked to the Sept. 11 attacks is believed to be among al Qaeda leaders helping the Taliban fight Pakistani forces in South Waziristan, Pakistani authorities said Thursday. A German passport belonging to Said Bahaji, a close associate of Sept. 11 lead hijacker Mohammed Atta in the 2001 attacks, was among documents recovered this week by Pakistani troops from an abandoned militant compound in Shawangai. The mountain village in South Waziristan was used as an al Qaeda and Taliban command base until as recently as this week, a military... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374292/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:02:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2338420/posts SNIPPET: "Whatever the number is, at some point you must assume that the people admitting online that they wish to emulate the 9/11 conspirators represent a larger pool of people who not only wish this, but who are at some stage of the process leading to "martyrdom". I'm not saying Google's lax policies in policing this kind of file filth will lead directly to another 9/11 style attack. But it is clear that one of the common denominators between all -- and I mean all -- homegrown jihadis is that they like to spend their free time watching these types... JAWA REPORT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2338420/posts#comment Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:18:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337351/posts On the eve of the eight year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, an FBI informant who infiltrated alleged terrorist cells in the U.S. tells ABC News the FBI missed a chance to stop the al Qaeda plot because they focused more on undercover stings than on the man who would later become known as 9/11 ringleader Mohammed Atta. Brian Ross reports on the undercover agent in al Qaeda. In an exclusive interview to be broadcast tonight on ABC World News with Charles Gibson and Nightline, former undercover operative Elie Assaad says he spotted and became suspicious of Atta in early... ABCNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337351/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:54:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335092/posts The subject of the thesis is a section of Aleppo, Syria's second city. Atta describes decades of meddling by Western urban planners, who rammed highways through the neighborhood's historic urban fabric and replaced many of its once ubiquitous courtyard houses with modernist high-rises. Atta calls for rebuilding the area along traditional lines, all tiny shops and odd-angled cul-de-sacs. The highways and high-rises are to be removed—in the meticulous color-coded maps, they are all slated for demolition. Traditional courtyard homes and market stalls are to be rebuilt. For Atta, the rebuilding of Aleppo's traditional cityscape was part of a larger project... Slate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335092/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 02:02:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2206299/posts IT sounds like parody, but it's not: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week an nounced a four-year program of US scholarships and "opportunity grants" for "disadvantaged young Palestinians" to attend universities. What next? Mortgage-refinancing seminars for Somali warlords? Universal health-care for at-risk children of homeless (caveless?) al Qaeda refugees? New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2206299/posts#comment Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:51:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1035932/posts COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- A University of Idaho graduate student who is under investigation for suspected terrorism ties obtained unauthorized access to a campus lab containing radioactive material, court documents allege. Sami Omar Al-Hussayen, a Saudi national working on his computer science doctoral degree, quietly moved his student office from the Computer Science Department into the school's engineering isotope lab, apparently without his adviser's knowledge, according to the documents. "The investigation of Sami Al-Hussayen has, from its outset, been focused on suspected material support to terrorism, particularly to Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network," FBI agent Michael Gnecknow said in the... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1035932/posts#comment Mon, 8 Dec 2003 03:51:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938643/posts War On Terror: The question above, assuming we had 9/11 mastermind Mohammed Atta in custody on 9/10, is what those grilling the director of the CIA on interrogation techniques ought to be required to answer.One of the ironies of the Senate inquiry into the destruction of the CIA tapes showing the waterboarding of captured jihadists is that the point is essentially moot. Thanks to the enhanced scrutiny of enhanced interrogation techniques, those who'd kill us all know first of all that nobody has died from waterboarding or ever will. And it's unlikely to ever be used again. Democrats have created... IBD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938643/posts#comment Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:42:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893163/posts The prime suspect in the alleged German terror plot to blow up hundreds of people may have had contact with Mohammed Atta, the suicide pilot who smashed a hijacked plane into the Twin Towers. German police reports are vague about the encounter, but it has helped investigators to trace Fritz Gelowicz’s path from average Bavarian schoolboy to Islamic radical. His case has also highlighted the curious and sinister role of Neu-Ulm — a small township in the Roman Catholic heart of southern Germany — as a cradle of Islamic extremism. The connection between Gelowicz, 28, who was arrested this week,... Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893163/posts#comment Sat, 8 Sep 2007 17:26:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830868/posts the 9/11 plot with testimonies of experts and pictures of the terrorists. How they looked like Westerners (watch their original clothes) and worked with Iraq to do 9/11. How they were trained in Salman Pak, Iraq. And how Ahmed Al Haznawi was treated in Holy Cross Hospital in June 2001 for sknin infection by anthrax. The first anthrax attacks happened in September 18 2001, with a letter which stated: "Death to America, Allah is great." Experts link Iraq before both 9/11 and the anthrax attacks which remained unsolved. Watch the video. The enemy is stronger than we thought. Video http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830868/posts#comment Wed, 9 May 2007 18:45:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1721129/posts THE CLINTONS TARGET CURT WELDONPUT SELF-INTEREST ABOVE NATIONAL INTEREST... AGAIN Clinton targets Weldon in Fox tirade Posted: September 28, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Jack Cashill   Last week, I wrote on these pages that the Clinton shadow government, or CSG, has set its sights on Curt Weldon, a veteran Republican congressman from Pennsylvania's Democrat-leaning 7th District. I mentioned Sandy Berger's role in launching the campaign of his opponent, Joe Sestak, as well as the active financial support of Sestak by people like Madeleine Albright, Anthony Lake, John Deutch and Richard Clarke. On Sunday, during former president Bill Clinton's... WorldNetDaily.com, FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1721129/posts#comment Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:49:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1720328/posts Agents raid homes of Rep. Curt Weldon’s daughter, close friend By John Shiffman, Mitch Lipka and Patrick Kerkstra INQUIRER STAFF WRITERS Federal agents raided the home of the daughter of U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon (R., Pa.) and his longtime friend Charlie Sexton this morning. The agents departed Karen Weldon's three-story brick home on Queen Street in Philadelphia with arms loaded with boxes. A government car pulled into the alley to the back door of the house and loaded boxes into it. Three agents standing in an alley declined to identify themselves. "I can confirm that we conducted a number of... philly.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1720328/posts#comment Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:17:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1719689/posts The FBI is investigating whether Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., used his influence to secure lobbying and consulting contracts for his daughter, two people familiar with the inquiry said Saturday. The inquiry focuses on lobbying contracts worth $1 million that Weldon's daughter, Karen Weldon, obtained from foreign clients and whether they were assisted by the congressman, they said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because of the confidentiality of the criminal investigation. Weldon, a 10-term Republican from the Philadelphia suburbs, long has denied any wrongdoing, and his top aide said Saturday no one had notified him of an investigation. "I think... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1719689/posts#comment Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:21:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1719581/posts WASHINGTON - The FBI is investigating whether U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon used his influence to secure lobbying and consulting contracts for his daughter, two people familiar with the inquiry said Saturday. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1719581/posts#comment Sun, 15 Oct 2006 02:26:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1720407/posts MEDIA, Pa. - The FBI raided the homes of Rep. Curt Weldon (news, bio, voting record)'s daughter and a close friend Monday as it investigates whether the congressman improperly helped the pair win lobbying and consulting contracts. Agents searched four locations in the Philadelphia area and two in Jacksonville, Fla., said Debbie Weierman, an FBI spokeswoman in Washington. The congressman's home and his offices were not among the locations searched, she said. Earlier Monday, Weldon called the investigation politically motivated and called the timing suspect. The Republican, who is locked in a tight re-election bid and has clashed with the... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1720407/posts#comment Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:22:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1720496/posts The FBI raided the homes of Rep. Curt Weldon's daughter and a close friend on Monday as it investigates whether the congressman improperly helped the pair win lobbying and consulting contracts. Agents searched four locations in the Philadelphia area and two in Jacksonville, Fla., said Debbie Weierman, an FBI spokeswoman in Washington, DC. The congressman's home and his offices were not among the locations searched, she said. Earlier Monday, Weldon (in file photo at right) called the investigation politically motivated and called the timing suspect. A Republican locked in a tight re-election bid (see related story), he denied wrongdoing and... KYW Newsradio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1720496/posts#comment Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:40:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1719539/posts The FBI is investigating whether Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., used his influence to secure lobbying and consulting contracts for his daughter, two people familiar with the inquiry said Saturday. The inquiry focuses on lobbying contracts worth $1 million that Weldon's daughter, Karen Weldon, obtained from foreign clients and whether they were assisted by the congressman, they said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because of the confidentiality of the criminal investigation. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1719539/posts#comment Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:24:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1719057/posts WASHINGTON - The Justice Department is investigating whether Republican Rep. Curt Weldon of Pennsylvania traded his political influence for lucrative lobbying and consulting contracts for his daughter, according to sources with direct knowledge of the inquiry. The FBI, which opened an investigation in recent months, has formally referred the matter to the department's Public Integrity Section for additional scrutiny. At issue are Weldon's efforts between 2002 and 2004 to aid two Russian companies and two Serbian brothers with ties to strongman Slobodan Milosevic, a federal law enforcement official said. The Russian companies and a Serbian foundation run by the brothers'... McClatchy Newspapers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1719057/posts#comment Fri, 13 Oct 2006 23:12:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1717748/posts Conservative Republican Curt Weldon, running for re-election to the U.S. House, says some of his former "political enemies" are stepping up to the plate in hopes of defeating him. Weldon, who represents Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District, says "the Clintonistas" are going after him in full force. "From Sandy Berger to John Deutsch, John Kerry to Tony Lake, to Jamie Gorelick, Mary McCarthy. They're all involved in my opponent's campaign," says Weldon. Why? According to Weldon, it is because he is in line to chair the House Armed Services Committee - and plans to expose flaws in policies put in place... The Evening Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1717748/posts#comment Wed, 11 Oct 2006 22:26:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711709/posts Watch the video: Osama Bin Laden's HQ [This video has no sound] clip 1 Speech by Osama Bin Laden on January 8, 2000, to 100 hardcore members of Al-Qaeda at his family clan base at Tarnak Farm, near Kandahar airport, Afghanistan. clip 2 Faces in the audience include Ramzi Binalshibh, who was the co-ordinator of the September 11 attacks. He shared a flat in Hamburg with Mohammed Atta, the Egyptian-born leader of the team of 19 suicide attackers, and was arrested in Pakistan four years ago. clip 3 Mohammed Atta, flanked by an AK-47, toys with a Pashtun hat and... UK Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711709/posts#comment Sun, 1 Oct 2006 18:50:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711606/posts LONDON (AP) -- Mohamed Atta, the ringleader of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, smiles and jokes with another hijacker before the two turn serious and speak intently to a camera in a video posted Sunday on a British newspaper's Web site. The Sunday Times said the video, which was dated Jan. 18, 2000 - about a year and a half before the attacks against the United States - was made in Afghanistan for release after the men's deaths. For more than 30 minutes, the video shows Atta, who flew one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center,... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711606/posts#comment Sun, 1 Oct 2006 14:24:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711454/posts A video shows two of the world’s most infamous terrorists joking and laughing while filming their ‘death wills’ at Osama Bin Laden’s lair in Afghanistan. The journalist and author Yosri Fouda explains the terrible significance of the new find See the video from noon today Two bearded young men laugh and joke for the camera. They appear relaxed, well groomed, intelligent; they might be high-achieving students quietly celebrating an exam success. They look at a piece of paper and laugh some more. What is so funny? Certainly not the piece of paper. There is Arabic script on it. Easily decipherable... Times On Line http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711454/posts#comment Sun, 1 Oct 2006 02:57:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711433/posts Paper Says It Has Unseen Video by Atta Sunday October 1, 2006 2:16 AM LONDON (AP) - A previously unseen video made by Mohamed Atta, ringleader of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, has been obtained by Britain's The Sunday Times, the newspaper reported Saturday. In editions available late Saturday, the paper said it had been handed the so-called martyrdom video, but did not reveal the source of the tape. It reported that Atta was filmed reading a document marked in Arabic as a will as he sat beside fellow hijacker Ziad Jarrah - who seized control... Tyhe Guardian (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711433/posts#comment Sun, 1 Oct 2006 01:54:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711389/posts Exclusive film of suicide pilots at Bin Laden’s HQ See the video live from noon today (Link to front page) FILM of the ringleader of the September 11 hijackers reading his “martyrdom” will inside Afghanistan at Osama Bin Laden’s headquarters has emerged five years after the Al-Qaeda outrage. It is the first time that a videotape has appeared of Mohammed Atta — who flew an American Airlines plane into the north tower of the World Trade Center — at a training camp in Afghanistan. It fills in a significant gap in the timing of the build-up to the attacks on... The Sunday Times (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711389/posts#comment Sat, 30 Sep 2006 23:33:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711062/posts If you think former President Bill Clinton has been in a sour mood, what with all the finger-pointing of late surrounding his administration's reaction (or lack thereof) to global terrorism, wait until he sees three television ads that will start airing in the coming days. The group Move America Forward, based in Sacramento, Calif., says it's had enough of Mr. Clinton Continues... ============================================================== Bill Clinton: At least I tried and I failed The truth is, I tried to make this essay about the leaked N.I.E. report, but I failed. Do I think I did enough? No, because I failed. But... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711062/posts#comment Sat, 30 Sep 2006 06:24:43 GMT