The Terrorists: The Atta Family Album

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Even as he held a photo of his son--the alleged ringleader of the Sept. 11 hijackers--passing through a Maine airport that morning, Mohamed Atta's father, right, in Cairo, told the German publication Bild am Sonntag he does not believe his son led the terror attacks. The senior Atta, whose name is also Mohamed, provided never-before-seen family snapshots showing a very different side of his son.

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