Editing Ahmed al-Haznawi (section)

==Early activities==

===1999&ndash;2000===
al-Haznawi announced he was leaving his family in 1999 to [[Second Chechen War|fight in Chechnya]], although his father forbade him from travelling to [[Chechnya]].<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/international/story/0,3604,685102,00.html | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Chilling, defiant: the video suicide message of a September 11 killer | first=Julian | last=Borger | date=April 16, 2002 | access-date=April 23, 2010}}</ref> His father and brother, Abdul Rahman al-Haznawi, reportedly last heard from him in late 2000, after he made references to [[Afghan training camp|training in Afghanistan]].

On 12 November 2000, al-Haznawi applied for and received a two-year U.S. [[B-1/B-2 Visa|B-1/B-2
(tourist/business) visa]] in [[Jeddah, Saudi Arabia]].<ref name="visa">{{cite web |url=http://www.9-11commission.gov/staff_statements/911_TerrTrav_Monograph.pdf |title=Staff Monograph on 9/11 and Terrorist Travel |publisher=9/11 Commission |year=2004 |access-date=2009-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040923223220/http://www.9-11commission.gov/staff_statements/911_TerrTrav_Monograph.pdf |archive-date=2004-09-23 |url-status=live }}</ref>

From 27 November 2000, through 27 December that year, al-Haznawi was in [[Saudi Arabia]] for [[Ramadan]]. It is theorized that during this trip, he may have initially told [[Saeed al-Ghamdi|Saeed]] and [[Hamza al-Ghamdi]] about the operation.

Some time late in 2000, al-Haznawi traveled to the [[United Arab Emirates]], where he purchased [[traveler's cheque]]s presumed to have been paid for by [[Mustafa al-Hawsawi]].  Five other hijackers also passed through the UAE and purchased travellers cheques, including [[Majed Moqed]], [[Saeed al-Ghamdi]], [[Hamza al-Ghamdi]], [[Wail al-Shehri]], and [[Ahmed al-Nami]].

===2001===
He was one of four hijackers believed to be staying at a [[Kandahar]] [[guest house (lodging)|guest house]] in March 2001, where they were seen by [[Mohammed Jabarah]]. Jabarah remembered al-Haznawi specifically, saying that he was "very devout and could [[Hafiz (Quran)|recite the entire Koran from memory]]."<ref name="seeds">{{cite book |last=Ressa |first=Maria |title=Seeds of Terror: An Eyewitness Account of Al-Qaeda's Newest Center of Operations in Southeast Asia |date=2 December 2003 |page=[https://archive.org/details/seedsofterroreye00ress/page/165 165] |publisher=[[Free Press (publisher)|Free Press]] |isbn=9780743251334 |url=https://archive.org/details/seedsofterroreye00ress |url-access=registration |access-date=2018-12-07 }}</ref>

On 8 June, he arrived in [[Miami]], Florida, with fellow hijacker [[Wail al-Shehri]].  He was one of nine hijackers to open a [[SunTrust]] bank account with a cash deposit around June 2001.  He is believed to have moved in with [[Ziad Jarrah]], who got a new apartment on Bougainvilla Dr. in [[Lauderdale-by-the-Sea]], after both men gave the landlord photocopies of their German passports, which he later turned over to the FBI.<ref>{{cite news |url=//www.miami.com/herald/special/news/worldtrade/digdocs/046328.htm |newspaper=[[Miami Herald]] |title=Hijack plotters used S. Florida as a cradle for conspiracy |date=19 October 2001 |access-date=16 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011019090410/http://www.miami.com/herald/special/news/worldtrade/digdocs/046328.htm |archive-date=October 19, 2001 |first1=Andres |last1=Viglucci |first2=Manny |last2=García}}</ref>

On 25 June, Jarrah took al-Haznawi to [[Holy Cross Hospital (Fort Lauderdale)|Holy Cross Hospital]] in [[Fort Lauderdale]] on advice of his landlord. Al-Haznawi was treated by Dr. Christos Tsonas, who gave him antibiotics for a cut on his left calf. While he told staff that he had bumped into a suitcase,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2002/03/29/memo-on-florida-case-roils-anthrax-probe/2c443112-67d6-4554-9a02-a48dec8890b5/ |title=Memo on Florida Case Roils Anthrax Probe |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=March 29, 2002 |access-date=7 December 2018 |first1=Steve |last1=Fainaru |first2=Ceci |last2=Connolly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207103015/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2002/03/29/memo-on-florida-case-roils-anthrax-probe/2c443112-67d6-4554-9a02-a48dec8890b5/ |archive-date=2018-12-07 |url-status=live }}</ref> the media briefly reported it as a sign of [[cutaneous anthrax]] and a possible link to the [[2001 anthrax attacks]], although FBI later addressed the rumors stating that "[e]xhaustive testing did not support that anthrax was present anywhere the hijackers had been."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/03/23/anthrax/?related |work=[[CNN]] |title=Report raises question of anthrax, hijacker link |date=March 23, 2002 |access-date=April 23, 2010 |publisher=[[Time Warner Company]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015122327/http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/03/23/anthrax/?related |archive-date=2012-10-15 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 10 July, al-Haznawi obtained a Florida driver's license, later obtaining another copy on 7 September 2001, by filling out a change-of-address form. Five other hijackers also received duplicate Florida licenses in 2001, and others had licenses from different states. Some have speculated that this was to allow multiple persons to use the same identity.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-worldtrade-suspectprofiles.story |title=Multiple identities of hijack suspects confound FBI: South Florida Sun-Sentinel |newspaper=[[Sun Sentinel]] |date=4 June 2004 |access-date=6 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040604015841/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-worldtrade-suspectprofiles.story |archive-date=June 4, 2004 |first=Mitch |last=Lipka}}</ref>

Jarrah and al-Haznawi both received their one-way tickets for United Airlines Flight 93, on 5 September.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2002_hr/092602mueller.html |title=Statement of Robert S. Mueller: Joint Investigation Into September 11 |date=September 26, 2002 |work=[[Fas.org]] |access-date=6 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103193507/http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2002_hr/092602mueller.html |archive-date=2012-01-03 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 7 September all four Flight 93 hijackers flew from [[Fort Lauderdale]] to [[Newark International Airport]] aboard [[Spirit Airlines]].