Editing Ramzi bin al-Shibh (section)

==Early life==
Ramzi bin al-Shibh was born on May 1, 1972 in [[Ghayl Ba Wazir]], [[Hadhramaut]], [[South Yemen]].<ref name="odni14"/><ref name="indictment2">[http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/moussaouiindictment.htm Indictment of Zacarias Moussaoui], with supporting conspirators, Ramzi bin al-Shibh and Mustafa al-Hawsawi. Filed in the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia]].</ref><ref name="mcdermott-p39">{{cite book |title=Perfect Soldiers |author=McDermott, Terry |publisher=Harper |year=2005 |pages=39}}</ref><ref
name="chapter5">{{cite web |url=http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report_Ch5.htm |title=9/11 Commission Report, Chapter 5 |publisher=National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States |year=2004}}</ref> When he was young, his family moved to a [[working class|working-class]] neighborhood in the capital, [[Sana'a]].<ref name="mcdermott-p41">{{cite book |title=Perfect Soldiers |author=McDermott, Terry |publisher=Harper |year=2005 |pages=41}}</ref> In 1987, his father died. He was cared for by his older brother, Ahmed, and his mother.<ref name="mcdermott-p41"/>

In 1987, while still in high school, bin al-Shibh began working part-time as a clerk for the International Bank of Yemen.<ref name="mcdermott-p42">{{cite book |title=Perfect Soldiers |author=McDermott, Terry |publisher=Harper |year=2005 |pages=42}}</ref> He continued working there until 1995.<ref name="chapter5"/>

Bin al-Shibh applied for a U.S. [[Visa (document)|visa]] in 1995, but his request was denied.<ref name="chapter5"/> He instead went to [[Germany]], where he requested [[political asylum]], claiming that he was a political refugee from [[Sudan]]. He lived in [[Hamburg]] until 1997, when a judge refused his asylum request.<ref name="chapter5"/>

Bin al-Shibh returned to the [[Hadramaut]] region of Yemen. A short while later he received a German [[visa (document)|visa]] under his real name.<ref name="chapter5"/> While he was in Germany, bin al-Shibh used the name '''Ramzi Omar'''. In 1997, bin al-Shibh met [[Mohamed Atta]] at a [[mosque]]; he was the leader of the [[Hamburg cell]].<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2257456.stm |title=Ramzi Binalshibh: al-Qaeda suspect |publisher=BBC |date=September 14, 2002}}</ref> For two years, Atta and bin al-Shibh were roommates in Germany.<ref name="bbc"/>