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Waleed al Shehri was one of the hijackers of [[9/11]]. He was one of the five hijackers on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_11 American Airlines Flight 11], which was crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. | Waleed al Shehri was one of the hijackers of [[9/11]]. He was one of the five hijackers on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_11 American Airlines Flight 11], which was crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. | ||
Born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia Saudi Arabia], Shehri had been a student until he accompanied his mentally ill brother to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medina Medina]. He later went to fight in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chechnya Chechnya] along with his brother [ | Born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia Saudi Arabia], Shehri had been a student until he accompanied his mentally ill brother to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medina Medina]. He later went to fight in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chechnya Chechnya] along with his brother [[Wail al-Shehri|Wail]], but was redirected to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan Afghanistan], where he was recruited for the attacks. | ||
Shehri arrived in the United States in April 2001 on a tourist visa. On September 11, 2001, Waleed along with his brother, Wail, boarded [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_11 American Airlines Flight 11] and was one of five that helped hijack it, so that [[Mohammed Atta|Mohamed Atta]] could fly the plane into the North Tower of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center World Trade Center]. | Shehri arrived in the United States in April 2001 on a tourist visa. On September 11, 2001, Waleed along with his brother, Wail, boarded [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_11 American Airlines Flight 11] and was one of five that helped hijack it, so that [[Mohammed Atta|Mohamed Atta]] could fly the plane into the North Tower of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center World Trade Center]. |