Zakariya Essabar

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Zakariya Essabar

Born| April 3, 1977

Essaouira, Morocco

Died| Unknown date

Afghanistan

Nationality| Moroccan

Zakariya Essabar (Arabic: زكريا الصبار, Zakariyā aṣ-Ṣabār) (April 3, 1977 - date of death unknown)[1] was, according to the governments of the United States, Germany, and other countries, a member of al-Qaeda and an associate of many of the organizers of the September 11 attacks.

Born on April 3, 1977, in Morocco, Essabar moved to Germany in 1997, and studied medical technology in college in Hamburg in 1998. Through the Muslim religious community there he met Ramzi bin al-Shibh and other members of the Hamburg cell. Essabar quickly became more religious while in Germany. He lived for some time at the Hamburg cell apartment.

After being radicalized in 1999, Essabar trained in Afghanistan where he learned combat skills and passport alteration. Ramzi bin al-Shibh later said that Essabar delivered the cryptic message from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, indicating the date that the September 11 attacks would be carried out, although bin al-Shibh's claim is in doubt.[2] Essabar may not have known the significance of the date,[2] but he did relay the message. The truth of bin al-Shibh's claims is in doubt, due to "inconsistent statements".[2] Despite a German arrest warrant issued a month after the attacks, Essabar was not captured and, according to al-Qaeda, was later killed in Afghanistan.[3]

## See also[edit]

* Planning of the September 11 attacks

## References[edit]

1. ^ "View Red Notices". Interpol.
2. ^ a b c "Al Qaeda sent secret message to Afghanistan before 9/11". Daily Times. Pakistan. May 21, 2005. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
3. ^ "Making Sense of Jihad: "Martyrs in a Time of Alienation" - Complete Blogger's Cut". Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2013-05-05.

## External links[edit]

* The Final 9/11 Commission Report

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Hijackers in the September 11 attacks

American Airlines Flight 11|

* Mohamed Atta
* Satam al-Suqami
* Waleed al-Shehri
* Wail al-Shehri
* Abdulaziz al-Omari

United Airlines Flight 175|

* Marwan al-Shehhi
* Fayez Banihammad
* Mohand al-Shehri
* Hamza al-Ghamdi
* Ahmed al-Ghamdi

American Airlines Flight 77|

* Hani Hanjour
* Khalid al-Mihdhar
* Majed Moqed
* Nawaf al-Hazmi
* Salem al-Hazmi

United Airlines Flight 93|

* Ziad Jarrah
* Ahmed al-Nami
* Saeed al-Ghamdi
* Ahmed al-Haznawi

20th hijacker suspects|

* Ramzi bin al-Shibh
* Mohammed al-Qahtani
* Zacarias Moussaoui
* Mushabib al-Hamlan
* Zakariya Essabar
* Ammar al-Baluchi
* Walid bin Attash
* Khalid al-Zahrani
* Fawaz al-Nashimi
* Richard Reid
* Ali Abd al-Rahman al-Faqasi al-Ghamdi
* Abderraouf Jdey

Alleged militants in the war on terror who have lived in Germany

People listed in italics have died.

Alleged al-Qaeda members|

* Mohammed Haydar Zammar
* Christian Ganczarski

Hamburg cell (September 11 attacks)|

* Mohamed Atta
* Marwan al-Shehhi
* Ziad Jarrah
* Ramzi bin al-Shibh
* Said Bahaji
* Zakariya Essabar
* Mounir el-Motassadeq

Held in Guantanamo Bay|

* Murat Kurnaz
* Ramzi bin al-Shibh

Wrongly accused|

* Murat Kurnaz
* Khalid El-Masri
* Gholam Ghaus Z.
* Abdelghani Mzoudi

2006 train-bombing plot|

* Youssef Mohamad El Hajdib
* Jihad Hamad

2007 bomb plot|

* Fritz Gelowicz
* Daniel Schneider
* Adem Yilmaz

1 Currently imprisoned.  2 Released after serving sentence.
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