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Article: Newsweek: Terrorist Investigation.
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- PR Newswire
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- October 7, 2001
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Hijacker Leader Mohamed Atta Met With Iraq's Ambassador to Turkey in Prague
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NEW YORK, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ --
The ringleader of the 19 hijackers from the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Mohamed Atta, met twice with Iraq intelligence operatives in Prague, in June 2000 and then again last April, Newsweek reports in the current issue. The second meeting was with Farouk Hijazi, Iraq's ambassador to Turkey, who was called back to Baghdad before Sept. 11. One intelligence ...