Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Marwan al-Shehhi
Marwan al-Shehhi was born on May 9, 1978, in the United Arab Emirates. Details about his life were hard to find, but press reports show that al-Shehhi's family lived in a village in Ras-al-Khaimah. Shehhi's father was rumored to be the person who called everyone to prayer in the local mosque. During 1997, al-Shehhi moved away from home after a family crisis, and into Germany to study the German language. Then he moved into Hamburg where he enrolled in the same school as Mohamed Atta. In Hamburg, he became radicalized, after seeing how western powers were influencing his own country and began to feel alienated by them. He then went on to become an al-Qaeda member from the United Arab Emirates. al-Shehhi was motivated enough to be the leader of the hijacking of United Airlines Flight 175 on 11 September 2001, and the plane was crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
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3 comments:
Great post; it was nice to see some digging to find information on his past.
Interesting reading about how another college student ended becoming radicalized - very cool post.
It is interesting how careful manipulation can lead someone on such a radical path. Good research.
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