▁charged ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁before ▁a ▁military ▁commission , ▁he ▁and ▁several ▁others ▁sus pected ▁in ▁the ▁ 9 / 1 1 ▁attacks ▁went ▁to ▁trial ▁beginning ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Ram zi ▁bin ▁al - Sh ib h ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Had hr am aut ▁province ▁in ▁Y emen . ▁When ▁he ▁was ▁young , ▁his ▁family ▁moved ▁to ▁a ▁working - class ▁neighborhood ▁in ▁the ▁capital , ▁S ana ' a . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 7 , ▁his ▁father ▁died . ▁He ▁was ▁c ared ▁for ▁by ▁his ▁older ▁brother , ▁Ah med , ▁and ▁his ▁mother . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 7 , ▁while ▁still ▁in ▁high ▁school , ▁bin ▁al - Sh ib h ▁worked ▁part - time ▁as ▁a ▁cl erk ▁for ▁the ▁International ▁Bank ▁of ▁Y emen . ▁He ▁continued ▁working ▁there ▁until ▁ 1 9 9 5 . ▁ ▁Bin ▁al - Sh ib h ▁applied ▁for ▁a ▁U . S . ▁vis a ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁but ▁his ▁request ▁was ▁denied . ▁He ▁went ▁to ▁Germany , ▁where ▁he ▁requested ▁political ▁as yl um , ▁claim ing ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁political ▁refuge e ▁from ▁Sud an . ▁He ▁lived ▁in ▁Hamburg ▁until ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁when ▁the ▁judge ▁refused ▁his ▁as yl um ▁request . ▁ ▁Bin ▁al - Sh ib h ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁Had ram aut ▁region ▁of ▁Y emen .