Atta's Checklist

[Ryanamur]

Hi everyone,

I was just roaming around the internet and I found this on the Washington Post Website. It's Mohamed Atta's last night report and check list before the hijacking... it's quite chilling and interesting.

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'Oh God, Open All Doors for Me'

The Washington Post
Friday, September 28, 2001; Page A18


Excerpts from a five-page handwritten document that the FBI found in Mohamed Atta's luggage. Translated from Arabic:

• "In the name of God, the most merciful, the most compassionate. . . . In the name of God, of myself and of my family . . . I pray to you God to forgive me from all my sins, to allow me to glorify you in every possible way."

• "Remember the battle of the prophet . . . against the infidels, as he went on building the Islamic state."

• In upper right hand corner of Page 3: "The last night."

• "Remind yourself that in this night you will face many challenges. But you have to face them and understand it 100 percent."

• "Obey God, his messenger, and don't fight among yourself where you become weak, and stand fast, God will stand with those who stood fast."

• "You should engage in such things, you should pray, you should fast. You should ask God for guidance, you should ask God for help. . . . Continue to pray throughout this night. Continue to recite the Koran."

• "Purify your heart and clean it from all earthly matters. The time of fun and waste has gone. The time of judgment has arrived. Hence we need to utilize those few hours to ask God for forgiveness. You have to be convinced that those few hours that are left you in your life are very few. From there you will begin to live the happy life, the infinite paradise. Be optimistic. The prophet was always optimistic."

• "Always remember the verses that you would wish for death before you meet it if you only know what the reward after death will be."

• "Everybody hates death, fears death. But only those, the believers who know the life after death and the reward after death, would be the ones who will be seeking death."

• "Remember the verse that if God supports you, no one will be able to defeat you."

• "Keep a very open mind, keep a very open heart of what you are to face. You will be entering paradise. You will be entering the happiest life, everlasting life. Keep in your mind that if you are plagued with a problem and how to get out of it. A believer is always plagued with problems. . . . You will never enter paradise if you have not had a major problem. But only those who stood fast through it are the ones who will overcome it."

• "Check all of your items – your bag, your clothes, knives, your will, your IDs, your passport, all your papers. Check your safety before you leave. . . . Make sure that nobody is following you. . . . Make sure that you are clean, your clothes are clean, including your shoes."

• "In the morning, try to pray the morning prayer with an open heart. Don't leave but when you have washed for the prayer. Continue to pray."

• "When you enter the plane:

"Oh God, open all doors for me. Oh God who answers prayers and answers those who ask you, I am asking you for your help. I am asking you for forgiveness. I am asking you to lighten my way. I am asking you to lift the burden I feel."

• "God, I trust in you. God, I lay myself in your hands. I ask with the light of your faith that has lit the whole world and lightened all darkness on this earth, to guide me until you approve of me. And once you do, that's my ultimate goal."

• "There is no God but God. There is no God who is the God of the highest throne, there is no God but God, the God of all earth and skies. There is no God but God, I being a sinner. We are of God, and to God we return."


© 2001 The Washington Post Company

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If I am because I think, then, if I talk without thinking, I'm not really talking! Am I?

[Kaz]

TALK about religious fanatic...
there are a LOT of verses in the Koran that are peaceful and basically say "Only attack in self-defense". OMG...
And, btw, isn't the Islam God called Allah?

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Kazara

Sapphire Dragoness of ALSB
Waitress at Cloudy's Cafe
Guardian of the Temple of Aerie (specialized in GenCon and BG)

[Sazerac]

The God of Islam is the same as the God of Abraham (Judeo-Christianity). "Allah" is the Arabic word for God, just as "Dieu" is in French, "Dios" in Spanish, "Dio" in Latin, "Gott" in German, etc. There IS NO DIFFERENCE.

And yes, there are religious fanatics in every culture and walk of life. One thing that must be remembered is that the Taliban and the particular flavor of Islam that it supports is a cult, just like David Koresh and the Branch Davidians were a Christian-based cult formed out of the Seventh-Day Adventists, who were horrified and embarrassed at the actions of the Branch Davidians. One must not judge the mainstream religion by the actions of its extremists.



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I know who you are...I saw what you did!

[Ryanamur]

Originally posted by Kaz: TALK about religious fanatic... there are a LOT of verses in the Koran that are peaceful and basically say "Only attack in self-defense". OMG... And, btw, isn't the Islam God called Allah?

I think that they translated it so that We (non-Islam) could understand it without trying to figure it out. Let's face it, most people just call God, God. They don't bother about Allah, Yaveh (spelling), Jehovah...

But don't forget that for these fanatics, they are attacking in self-defense as they consider that we are threatening both them, their religious believes and their way of life.

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If I am because I think, then, if I talk without thinking, I'm not really talking! Am I?

[This message has been edited by Ryanamur (edited 09-28-2001).]

[Silver Cheetah]

Originally posted by Ryanamur: Hi everyone, I was just roaming around the internet and I found this on the Washington Post Website. It's Mohamed Atta's last night report and check list before the hijacking... it's quite chilling and interesting.

They just read this out on the radio, the hairs prickled on the back of my neck. Feel really odd now.......



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