Al-Qaida IDs 20th 9/11 hijacker - International Terrorism - MSNBC.com

Al-Qaida IDs 20th 9/11 hijacker - International Terrorism - MSNBC.com: "Al-Qaida names 20th Sept. 11 hijacker
Fawaz al-Nashmi couldn't get to others in time for attack, terror group says
Updated: 1:33 a.m. CT June 13, 2006

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A Saudi militant killed in 2004 was due to have been the 20th suicide plane hijacker in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, al-Qaida’s media arm said in a statement on the Internet on Tuesday.

“Turki bin Fheid al-Muteiri -- Fawaz al-Nashmi -- may God accept him as a martyr (was) the one chosen by Sheikh Osama bin Laden to be the martyrdom-seeker number 20 in the raid on September 11, 2001,” the statement said.

“The (Sept. 11) operation was brought forward for some circumstances that brother Mohamed Atta explained to the general leadership,” it said, indicating that Muteiri could not join the other hijackers, led by Atta, in time."