2 Afghan airmen still missing from Ga. base
MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — New details emerged Thursday in the intense search for two Afghan student airmen missing from Moody Air Force Base, about 230 miles south of Atlanta, near Valdosta.
Authorities say Mirwais Kohistani and Shirzad Rohullah failed to show up at the base for training Monday.
“They’ve just gone missing. We’re not sure why,” saidU.S. Air Force spokesman Ed Gulick.
Gulick said by phone law enforcement officials are tracing the steps the two men took the last five days.
Valdosta Regional Airport officials confirmed law enforcement seized hours of surveillance video in connection with the disappearance of the Afghan men. The base would not confirm reports the men rented a car there.
Authorities say Mirwais Kohistani and Shirzad Rohullah failed to show up at the base for training Monday.
“They’ve just gone missing. We’re not sure why,” said
Gulick said by phone law enforcement officials are tracing the steps the two men took the last five days.
DID THE U.S. NOT LEARN A LESSON IN 9/11 ?
The hijackers in the September 11 attacks were 19 men affiliated with al-Qaeda. (wikipedia)
15 of the 19 were citizens of Saudi Arabia The others were from the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Lebanon. The hijackers were organized into four teams, each led by a pilot-trained hijacker with three or four "muscle hijackers" who were trained to help subdue the pilots, passengers, and crew.
The first hijackers to arrive in the United States were Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi, who settled in the San Diego area in January 2000. They were followed by three hijacker-pilots, Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi, and Ziad Jarrah in mid-2000 to undertake flight training in south Florida. The fourth hijacker-pilot, Hani Hanjour, arrived in San Diego in December 2000. The rest of the "muscle hijackers" arrived in early and mid-2001. They had taken classes to learn how to fly the planes properly.
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