{
  "id": 5950806,
  "title": "How Much Did Al-Qaeda Pay for the Entire 9/11 Operation?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/how-much-did-al-qaeda-pay-for-the-entire-9-11-operation",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-06T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Newsweek",
    "slug": "newsweek",
    "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/al-qaeda-pay-9-11-terror-attack-12253472"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On September 6, 2001, Fayez Ahmed, a muscle man who played a role in hijacking United Airlines Flight 175, transferred $8,055 from his Florida SunTrust account to an account belonging to Mustafa al Hawsawi. Hawsawi, one of the two main financial facilitators of the 9/11 operation, used this money to aid the hijackers. Over the course of two weeks prior to 9/11, Hawsawi sent a total of around $65,000 to the two financiers in the UAE. He was also responsible for sending money to Zacarias Moussaoui, another individual involved in the attacks.",
  "summary": "Al-Qaeda paid for flight training, travel, and over a year's residence in the U.S.—without triggering suspicious activity reports.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}