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Some Hijackers Named, Blessed, Study of bid Laden Tape Reveals
Friday, December 21, 2001
The Associated Press

Bin Laden appeared calm and at times amused as he talked about the attacks on the hourlong tape, dated Nov. 9, that the Bush administration said was found in Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON -- AP
Osama bin Laden names some of the Sept. 11 hijackers and commends them to Allah, according to a more thorough translation by one of the experts hired by the government to review a videotape of the suspected terrorist.

A more leisurely review of the tape, which was released by the government last week, came up with “a whole bunch of names,” translator George Michael said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press. He would identify only three: Nawaq Alhamzi, Salem Alhamzi and Wail Alshehri.

Alshehri was on American Airlines Flight 11, one of the planes that hit the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York; Nawaq Alhamzi and Salem Alhamzi were on American Airlines flight 77, which hit the Pentagon.

“You'll have to talk to the Pentagon about the rest,” Michael said.
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