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 consultation with Sheikh Mohammed, instructed the muscle hijackers to focus on seizing the cockpit first and then worry about seizing control over the rest of the plane. The hijackers were told to storm the cockpit at the moment that the pilot cabin door opened, and to avoid trying to break down the door if necessary. Abu Turab also trained the hijackers in truck bombing, blowing up buildings, and hijacking trains to muddy somewhat the real purpose of their training in case they were caught while in transit to the U.S.

45. The next group comprised those 9/11 hijackers who knew the details of the plot from the point of their recruitment by Bin Laden and Atif. These six hijackers were: Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi, Hani Hanjour, Ziad Jarrah, Nawaf al-Hazmi, and Khalid al-Mihdhar. This group includes the four hijacker pilots and al-Hazmi and al-Mihdhar who were "muscle" hijackers.

46. The third group, numbering 13, comprised the rest of the hijackers, all of whom were "muscle" hijackers. They did not learn the full details of the operation, including the fact that the planes that they hijacked [would] be flown into buildings, until they reached the U.S. in the Spring and early Summer of 2001. Page 25 of 58