Appendix A
Mohammed Atta's Letter
00:33 29Sep2001 RTRS-Text of suspected hijacker documentWASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters)—Here is the complete text of the fourpage document found in the luggage of Mohammed Atta, the 33-year-old
Egyptian who helped hijack one of the two planes that hit the World
Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11. This is a Reuters translation from
handwritten Arabic. Portions in square brackets are explanatory additions. Other bracketed portions are bracketed in the original.Mohammed Atta's Letter
The Last Night:
| 1. | Making an oath to die and renew your intentions.
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| 2. | Make sure you know all aspects of the plan well, and expect the response, or a reaction, from the enemy. | ||||
| 3. | Read Al-Tawba and Anfal [traditional war chapters from the Holy Koran] and reflect on their meanings and remember all of the things that God has promised for the martyrs. | ||||
| 4. | Remind your soul to listen and obey [all divine orders] and remember that you will face decisive situations that might prevent you from 100 percent obedience, so tame your soul, purify it, convince it, make it understand, and incite it. God said: “Obey |
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Publication information:
Book title: For Love of the Father: A Psychoanalytic Study of Religious Terrorism.
Contributors: Ruth Stein - Author.
Publisher: Stanford University Press.
Place of publication: Stanford, CA.
Publication year: 2010.
Page number: 143.
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