4/5/2001

“Speaking at a news conference in Prague [Czech Republic], the Czech interior minister, Stanislav Gross, said that [future 9/11 hijacker Mohammed] Atta met [Ahmed Khalil Ibrahim Samir al-] Ani, an Iraqi diplomat identified by Czech authorities as an intelligence officer, in early April [2001].” [The 5th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]

 – Patrick E. Tyler and John Tagliabue, “Czechs Confirm Iraqi Agent Met With Terror Ringleader,” The New York Times, Oct. 27, 2001