So, I have been thinking about how everybody in the world has this terribly dehumanized picture of terrorists in their heads. That is why I have decided to post this controversial picture of one of the frontliners of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. Not only did this man, Mohammed Atta, orchestrate the whole master plan of this day, he actually sacrificed his own life for his cause. I am not trying to martyr Mohammed Atta in my mind or anyone else's, I am just trying to show that Atta was an actual human being behind the terroristic, diabolical exterior he presented to the world. This is a picture of Mohammed Atta with one of his best friends, Shariq Mustafi, after morning prayers in a small Afgani town circa 1998. The plans for the events of September 11, 2001 had been in place for years. Mohammed Atta had a life besides the one he gave with complete abandon to the cause of Radical Islam.
For more reading on the rehumanization of Mohammed Atta and other extremists, read "The Last Days of Mohammed Atta," a short narrative by Martin Amis which may be found on printable PDF here: http://www.martinamisweb.com/documents/lastdays_one.pdf
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