Money Trail and Links to Osama?

[parky76]

Conspiracy theorists often claim that the source of the hijackers funding has not been investigated and there is no hard evidence (other then the Osama tapes) linking the hijackers to Bin Laden or Al Qaeda. Is any of this true?

Did any of the hijackers train at Afghan camps? Is there any proof of communication between Al Qaeda leadership and the hijackers? Any proof of money transfers to the hijackers?

[firecoins]

Conspiracy theorists often claim that the source of the hijackers funding has not been investigated and there is no hard evidence (other then the Osama tapes) linking the hijackers to Bin Laden or Al Qaeda. Is any of this true?

Did any of the hijackers train at Afghan camps? Is there any proof of communication between Al Qaeda leadership and the hijackers? Any proof of money transfers to the hijackers?
Well OBL met with the "hamburg cell". They had gone to Pakistant to train at one point I believe.

[BeAChooser]

Did any of the hijackers train at Afghan camps?

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http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/01/hijackers.video/index.html

Video shows laughing 9/11 hijackers in Afghan hideout

POSTED: 2:09 p.m. EDT, October 1, 2006

LONDON, England (CNN) -- In January, 2000, two of the hijackers in the September 11, 2001, attacks were at one of Osama bin Laden's hideouts in Afghanistan, talking and laughing -- and then apparently reading their martyrdom messages for a video camera, according to video seen by the public for the first time Sunday.

The Sunday Times, a British newspaper, posted the video, which contains no sound, on its Web site.

Clips show Mohammed Atta, ringleader of the 9/11 attacks, alongside Ziad Jarrah, the hijacker of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania. (Watch part of the video -- 3:53)

A U.S. intelligence official told CNN the intelligence community has been aware of the video for some time.

The video does not appear to contain any revelations, but the newspaper said it marks 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 buildup to the attacks on the United States."

The video is date-stamped January 18, 2000.

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http://english.aljazeera.net/English/archive/archive?ArchiveId=35762

Al-Qaeda video takes credit for 9/11

A new videotape aired on Aljazeera television has shown Osama bin Laden and senior al-Qaeda members meeting some of the men who*carried out the attacks*against the US on September 11, 2001.

A screenshot from the professionally-produced tape


The 90-minute video apparently shows*bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda, taking part in the planning and preparation of the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.

The footage, first aired on Thursday, also shows Abu Hafsa al-Masri,*al-Qaeda's then military leader, and*Ramzi*bin al-Shaiba,*co-ordinator of the 9/11 attacks, meeting in al-Qaeda's training camps in Taliban controlled Afghanistan.

The tape also says that a previous unknown Arab Islamist, Abu al-Turab al-Urduni, supervised the training for the attacks.

The video said the preparation for the attacks included not only flight training but*also lessons in*street-fighting and how to forge official documents.

The video also*showed*two of the*19 Islamists*who took part in the attacks, Saudi nationals* Hamza al-Ramdi and Wael el-Shemari.

The men*said that their actions were inspired by an urge to avenge the suffering*of Muslims in Bosnia and*Chechnya.

Ramzi*bin al-Shaiba was captured by the US in 2002. He is now reportedly being held in Guantanamo Bay.

Aljazeera has aired only three minutes of the tape.

Afghanistan training camp

Parts of the tape show bin Laden -*wearing a dark robe and white head gear -*strolling through*an Afghan*training camp, greeting dozens of followers, some masked, some barefaced, many carrying automatic weapons.

Aljazeera said that among those he greeted in the footage were several of the 9/11 hijackers but their faces were not clear, and it was not immediately known which ones were shown.

In one scene, bin Laden addresses the camera, calling on all Muslims*to support the hijackers.

"I ask you to pray for them and to ask God to make them successful, aim their shots well, set their feet strong and strengthen their hearts," bin Laden said.

The comments were apparently filmed before the attacks but never before released.

The footage also shows scenes of training at the camp.

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Is there really any doubt?