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Which is why several of his Egyptian classmates could not accept his guilt in interviews with TIME. "I could never imagine him on a plane threatening people, killing people," says Ahmed Khalifa, 33, Atta's best friend at Cairo University. "He would be scared to death...He was not a leader. He had his opinion, but he was modest in everything. His emotions were steady, and he was not easily influenced or swayed. Mohamed was well liked because he never offended or bothered anyone." Says Ismail: "He was good to the roots...
...time involved his country's ultra-sensitive diplomatic relations with the Jewish state. "I was kind of gratified," says Moussa, leaning back in his Cairo office, shirt collar open, puffing on a Cuban cigar. "Why should it bother me? It is a message: we can't accept injustice done to the Palestinians...
TIME: Don't you really mean "change" the policy? Moussa: The assumption that Arabs will accept an Israeli version of peace is a wrong assumption. [Not] Yasser Arafat nor any Palestinian leader will dare sign one document interpreted as a surrender. What is possible is a fair settlement, according to U.N. Resolution 242. Who led the drive toward peace in accordance with certain principles? The United States. It should continue...
TIME: Do Arabs accept America's plans to retaliate? Moussa: "Accept" is not the right word. But we understand the American predicament and the enormity of what happened. The President of the United States has to do something to punish the perpetrators...
...exclusive interviews with TIME, some of Atta's close friends from college could not accept that their friend had the capacity for such epic cruelty, while former colleagues ruled out his leadership and technical capability to lead such a complex operation. Says former classmate Osama Abul Enein, "During college Mohammed was very calm, quiet, not very bright. He had no interests nor activities. He was not violent nor hot- tempered, not a trouble maker. He never stood out or was a person that would do something that would be noticed...