The Masjid Taiba mosque in Hamburg, known at the time of the hijackings in 2001 as Al Quds mosque, was "closed effective immediately," according to a statement by the Hamburg Interior Ministry.
Prosecutors said Mr. Muse had admitted to being over 18 at the time of the hijackings, and that during a five-week period in 2009, he led a gang of pirates in attacks on three ships in the Indian Ocean.
On the tape, Mr. bin Laden said he knew six days in advance of the attacks the precise day and time of the hijackings and knew details, for example that there would multiple aircraft strikes.
Law enforcement officials on Thursday night said they believed that at least one of those detained, a man authorities described as an Arab, had tried to board a flight to Los Angeles around the time of the hijackings on Tuesday while wearing an American Airlines crew uniform.
And at least one of them had tried on Tuesday while wearing an American Airlines crew uniform to board a flight to Los Angeles around the time of the hijackings, only to become infuriated when it was canceled because of the attacks at the World Trade Center.
Another had tried on Tuesday while wearing an American Airlines crew uniform to board a flight to Los Angeles around the time of the hijackings, and became infuriated when it was canceled because of the attacks at the World Trade Center.
At the time, a spate of aircraft hijackings in the United States and internationally had earned headlines.
At the time, there had been several hijackings, as a result of which, they profiled passengers.
Words get hijacked all the time, but this is one of those really violent, eight-country, stop-for-refueling hijackings.
In a strange coincident, at the the same time the Israeli "brave" army was hijacking aid ships headed to Gaza, Somali pirates tried to seize an aid ship headed to Gaza with 100 tons of canned meat.
