Ballad Of Mohamed Atta by BroadsideBalladeer published on 2012-08-25T09:45:08Z This song was written in 2004 after reading the interviews by Liz Jackson with Ralph Bodenstein and Volker Hauth of October 2001 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as German friends of Mohamed Atta. They were students in Urban Planning Studies who did an economic impact study on Old Town Cairo in 1994. The Mohamed Atta portrayed in these interviews is in stark contrast to many early reports just after 9/11, such as Daniel Hopsicker's "Welcome to Terrorland", which portrayed Atta as a man who liked alcohol, drugs, gambling, and prostitutes. http://www.madcowprod.com/books.html By the time the official conspiracy story was published by the 9/11 Commission in 2004, Atta and the other 19 Arabs named as hijackers, were portrayed as devout fundamentalist jihad warriors. This song raises questions about the mythical and the real Mohamed Atta. Eric Golub on ukulele & viola; Recording by Sammy Fielding at Robot Envy Studio. "9/11 Truth & Justice Songs" at CD Baby. www.cdbaby.com/cd/vicsadot3 See full text interviews at the Internet Archive aka The Wayback Machine. Ralph Bodenstein interview Beirut. Lebanon on Oct. 15, 2001: https://web.archive.org/web/20020109143557/http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/atta/interviews/bodenstein.htm Volker Hauth interview in Hamburg, Germany on Oct. 21, 2001: https://web.archive.org/web/20170427234306/http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/atta/interviews/hauth.htm The Ballad of Mohamed Atta lyrics in English and a French Translation by Vic Sadot http://truthtroubadour.blogspot.com/2012/07/theballad-of-mohamed-atta-french.html Copyright Nov. 21, 2004 Victor René Sadot / BMI / Orbian Love Music Official Vic Sadot Music Website: http://www.vicsadot.com Genre Folk & Singer-Songwriter