1. Nawaf al-Hazmi was born in Mecca in Saudi Arabia to Muhammad Salim al-Hazmi, a grocer.
13 Facts About Nawaf al-Hazmi
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Nawaf al-Hazmi traveled to Afghanistan as a teenager in 1993.
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Nawaf al-Hazmi said that he revealed this to the CIA, saying "What we told them was these people were on our watch list from previous activities of al-Qaeda" The CIA strongly denies having received any such warning.
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On 4 April 2000, Nawaf al-Hazmi took a one-hour introductory flight lesson at the National Air College in San Diego.
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Al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi raised some suspicion when they offered extra money to their flight instructor, Richard Garza, if he would train them to fly jets.
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Al-Mihdhar returned to Yemen, which angered Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who did not want Nawaf al-Hazmi to be left alone in California.
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On 12 July 2000, Nawaf al-Hazmi filed for an extension of his visa, which was due to expire.
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Nawaf al-Hazmi's visa was extended until January 2001, though al-Hazmi never filed any further requests to extend it beyond that.
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On December 22, Hanjour and Nawaf al-Hazmi signed a lease for an apartment in the Indian Springs Village complex in Mesa, moving in on January 9,2001.
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Nawaf al-Hazmi helped the pair rent an apartment in Alexandria where they moved in.
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On 1 May 2001, Nawaf al-Hazmi reported to police that a man tried to take his wallet outside his Fairfax, Virginia, residence, but before the county officer left, Nawaf al-Hazmi signed a "statement of release" indicating he did not want the incident investigated.
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On June 25,2001, Nawaf al-Hazmi obtained a drivers' license in Florida, providing an address in Delray Beach, Florida, and he obtained a USA ID card on 10 July.
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Nawaf al-Hazmi had not been placed on terrorist watch lists, nor did the CIA or NSA alert the FBI, Customs and Immigration, or local police and enforcement agencies.