 abdulaziz al-omari (, , also transliterated as alomari or al-umari; may 28, 1979 â september 11, 2001) was a saudi airport security guard and imam, best known for being one of five hijackers of american airlines flight 11 as part of the september 11 attacks. omari arrived in the united states in june 2001, on a tourist visa, obtained through the visa express program. on september 11, 2001, omari boarded american airlines flight 11 and assisted in the hijacking of the plane, which was crashed into the north tower of the world trade center, as part of the coordinated attacks. ==early life and education== little is known about omari's life, and it is unclear whether some information refers to omari or another person by that name. he has used birth dates of december 24, 1972 and may 28, 1979. omari came from 'asir province, a poor region in southwestern saudi arabia that borders yemen, and graduated with honours from high school, attained a degree from the imam muhammad ibn saud islamic university, was married, and had a daughter.cia analytic report,"the plot and the plotters," june 1, 2003, p. 25. ==career== he is alleged to have often served as an imam at his mosque in saudi arabia and is believed by american authorities to have been a student of a saudi cleric named sulaiman al-alwan, whose mosque is located in al-qassim province. according to tawfiq bin attash, omari was one of a group of future hijackers who provided security at kandahar airport after their basic training at an al-qaeda camp. during the 2000 al qaeda summit in kuala lumpur, american authorities claim that immigration records show that a person named abdulaziz al-omari was visiting the country, although they say they are not sure that this was the same person. in the autumn of 2001, after the september 11 attacks, al jazeera television broadcast a tape they claim was made by omari. the speaker made a farewe
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