__NOTOC__ Zakariya Essabar ( ar, زكريا الصبار, ) (April 3, 1977 - c. November 2001) was, according to the governments of the

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, and other countries, a member of

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and an associate of many of the organizers of the September 11 attacks. Born on April 3, 1977 in

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, Essabar moved to

in 1997, and studied medical technology in college in

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

in 1998. Through the

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religious community there he met Ramzi bin al-Shibh and other members of the

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. Essabar quickly became more religious while in Germany. He lived for some time at the Hamburg cell apartment. After being radicalized in 1999, Essabar trained in

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where he learned combat skills and passport alteration. Ramzi bin al-Shibh later said that Essabar delivered the cryptic message from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, indicating the date that the

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would be carried out, although bin al-Shibh's claim is in doubt. Essabar may not have known the significance of the date, but he did relay the message. The truth of bin al-Shibh's claims is in doubt, due to "inconsistent statements". Despite a

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issued a month after the attacks, Essabar was not captured and, according to al-Qaeda, was later killed in Afghanistan.

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The Final 9/11 Commission Report
{{DEFAULTSORT:Essabar, Zakariya Essabar, Zakariyah Year of death uncertain People associated with the September 11 attacks 1977 births Possibly living people Hamburg cell

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