Pakistani troops fighting Islamist militants in the mountains of South Waziristan may be closing in on the trail of a leading al-Qaeda figure, Said Bahaji, wanted in connection with the attacks on 9/11. The army reports it found the passport and other documents of the alleged terrorist in a mud compound in the village of Shawangai.
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Of course there were other persons involved in 9/11, inside the US who escaped capture. Reading the FBI reports from the Moussaoui trial – he was to be another pilot for another suicide team and the court papers list several occasions when “unknown persons” either visited or stayed with various AQ hijackers at hotels and apartments. The MO for the attack was to have the pilots come over and take flight training and then the “muscle” for the teams came in over time prior to the attacks. The cells were isolated and only the leadership knew the locations and identities. Moussaoui was only caught because he went completely over the top in trying to obtain 767 simulator time and aroused suspicions due to his poor piloting abilities and requests to fly the Hudson corridor. It’s entirely possible some or all of the other hijack team may still be inside the US waiting for another assignment.