Satam al-Suqamy… Secrets of al-Qaeda's butcher in Manhattan foray

We still recall the scene when a Boeing aircraft crashed into the World Trade Center on Tuesday (September 11, 2001). Time was frozen then, and the United States started to vent wrath on Islamic countries, claiming that these nations are the hotbeds of terrorism.

However, there are a number of narratives that rebut the US claims. Former CIA officer Susan Lindauer alleged that the CIA was behind the attacks, citing that the FBI found a passport of an Arab named Satam al-Suqamy, who reportedly took part in the attacks.

Russian newspaper Pravda said in 2016 that Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to expose involvement of the CIA in the attacks.

In his book "When George W. Bush Deceived the World", Lebanese writer Chadi Fakih said al-Suqamy's passport was a riddle. The FBI wanted to prove that al-Suqamy participated in hijacking the plane, said Fakih, wondering how the passport would fall at the scene of the attack. "Shouldn't this passport have been torched like the whole plane?" he wondered.

However, evidence that al-Suqamy did not participate in the attack remains weak compared to other proofs he took part in the terrorist operation.

Al-Suqamy was born on June 28, 1976, in Saudi Arabia, in an environment laden with takfiri ideas. Takfiris seized the Grand Mosque in Mecca in 1979. It was an early alarm of growing takfiri trend in Saudi Arabia.

Al-Suqamy arrived in the US in April 2001 on a one-month visa, according to Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). The CIS said in a report that the US authorities failed in dealing with illegal migration as al-Suqamy stayed for 6 months without any investigation.

Majed Moqed, one of the terrorists who hijacked the plane that targeted the Pentagon, recruited law student al-Suqamy for al-Qaeda.

The report said Mohamed Atta, the group's leader, along with Saudi companions Satam al-Suqamy, Waleed al-Shehri, Wael al-Shehri and Abdel Aziz al-Omari went to Boston Logan airport on September 11, 2001, and a flight to Los Angeles.

Atta and his group seized the plane and crashed into the World Trade Center tower.

CNN and Daily News said an Israeli intelligence officer Daniel Lewin was on American Airlines Flight 11 attempted to rescue the plane but he was stabbed to death by al-Suqamy.

But that raised a question: Was Lewin on an assignment, or was his presence on board a mere coincidence?