Reply #208: I wonder what this Mahmoud's $100,000 to Atta was FOR?

[Peace Patriot]

If it was largely transferred to Atta's bank accounts in the days before 9/11--which I gather is the case--Atta & Co. were preparing to die (according to the official story), so what use was this money to them?

Anyone know if Atta & Co. then sent the money somewhere (f.i., to families*)? Because, it they didn't, then one can only conclude that they did not know that they were on a suicide mission. Assuming they didn't know, then the money may have been a payoff (although it doesn't seem large enough--partial payment? more to come?), or escape money. Sounds kind of like the supposed hijackers needed to SEE the money; needed to be assured of payment, before they took their next instructions. And if these guys were truly Islamic fanatics (assuming that their lapdances, drinking and gambling was cover of some sort), wouldn't they be doing it for Allah, not for money? Could it be that these guys were just maybe common gangsters or soldiers of fortune, who were ignorantly setting out a trail of breadcrumbs, as per instruction (and payments)--a fairy tale of jihad to be told to a traumatized and gullible public, and to throw off any honest investigators?

*(If the money was then transferred to accounts in Islamic countries--well, I wonder what the story was on the other end. Clues to their real identities? Were such transfers, if they occurred, ever followed up? What happened to this money, after they all died? I haven't followed this part of the story on investigative web sites, so these questions are asked in ignorance, and may already be answered.)