Atta's father blames "Jewish conspiracy" for 11 September attacks

The father of September 11 hijack leader Mohammed Atta has insisted his son did not carry out the attacks, blaming instead a “Jewish conspiracy” for the outrage. Retired attorney Mohammed al-Amir Atta says the attacks were perpetrated by Israeli intelligence services and not by Islamic extremists. Atta, speaking to the news agency "Associated Press", said the United States deserved the devastating result because of its anti-Arab policies. But Atta refused to answer questions about his son. “Sons are dear” was all he would say. Atta no longer claims that his son is still alive, even though he once said his son had called him the day after the attack from an undisclosed destination. Mohammed Atta is seen by US and other officials as the leader of the 19 Arabs who carried out the attacks suicide attacks on 11 September 2001. He piloted the first plane into the World Trade Center in New York. Atta's father places the blame for terrorism not on its perpetrators, but on the conditions that he believes rightly fuel their anger.