Nawaf al-Hazmi

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Nawaf al-Hazmi was a suspected al-Qaeda militant and one of the hijackers involved in the September 11 attacks. He and fellow militant Khalid al-Mihdhar were tracked by the CIA attending a terrorist summit in Malaysia in January 2000. Despite this, they were not added to the State Department's watch list, allowing them to enter the United States under their real names. They rented an apartment, obtained driver's licenses, and took flight lessons in California. Al-Hazmi was one of the hijackers on American Airlines flight 77, which crashed into the Pentagon.12

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…plane), the suspected al-Qaeda militants Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar. The CIA had been tracking Hazmi and Mihdhar since they attended a terrorist summit meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on January 5, 2000. The failure to watch-list the two al-Qaeda suspects with the Department of State meant that they entered…
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…plane), the suspected al-Qaeda militants Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar. The CIA had been tracking Hazmi and Mihdhar since they attended a terrorist summit meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on January 5, 2000. The failure to watch-list the two al-Qaeda suspects with the Department of State meant that they entered…
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