Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confesses to being mastermind of 9/11
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WASHINGTON - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, confessed to that attack and a string of others during a military hearing at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to a transcript released Wednesday by the Pentagon. "I was responsible for the 9/11 operation from A to Z," Mohammed said in a statement read during the session, which was held last Saturday.
The transcripts also refer to a claim by Mohammed that he was tortured by the CIA, although he said he was not under duress when he confessed to his role in the attacks.
In a chilling list of attacks — some of which were carried out, some not — Mohammed claimed responsibility for planning, financing and training others for plots ranging from the 1993 truck bombing of the World Trade Center to the attempt by would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight with explosives hidden in his shoes.
He said he was involved in planning the 2002 bombing of a Kenya beach resort frequented by Israelis and the failed missile attack on an Israeli passenger jet after it took off from Mombasa, Kenya. He also said he was responsible for the bombing of a nightclub in Bali, Indonesia. In 2002, 202 were killed when two Bali nightclubs were bombed.
Other plots he said he was responsible for included planned attacks against the Sears Tower in Chicago, the Empire State Building and New York Stock Exchange, the Panama Canal and Big Ben and Heathrow Airport in London — none of which occurred.
He also said he was involved in planning assassination attempts against former Presidents Carter and Clinton, attacks on U.S. nuclear power plants and suspension bridges in New York, the destruction of American and Israeli embassies in Asia and Australia, attacks on American naval vessels and oil tankers around the world and an attempt to destroy an oil company he said was owned by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on Sumatra, Indonesia.
In all, Mohammed said he was responsible for planning 28 attacks. The comments were included in a 26-page transcript released by the Pentagon, which blacked out some of his remarks.
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The transcripts also refer to a claim by Mohammed that he was tortured by the CIA, although he said he was not under duress when he confessed to his role in the attacks.
In a chilling list of attacks — some of which were carried out, some not — Mohammed claimed responsibility for planning, financing and training others for plots ranging from the 1993 truck bombing of the World Trade Center to the attempt by would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight with explosives hidden in his shoes.
He said he was involved in planning the 2002 bombing of a Kenya beach resort frequented by Israelis and the failed missile attack on an Israeli passenger jet after it took off from Mombasa, Kenya. He also said he was responsible for the bombing of a nightclub in Bali, Indonesia. In 2002, 202 were killed when two Bali nightclubs were bombed.
Other plots he said he was responsible for included planned attacks against the Sears Tower in Chicago, the Empire State Building and New York Stock Exchange, the Panama Canal and Big Ben and Heathrow Airport in London — none of which occurred.
He also said he was involved in planning assassination attempts against former Presidents Carter and Clinton, attacks on U.S. nuclear power plants and suspension bridges in New York, the destruction of American and Israeli embassies in Asia and Australia, attacks on American naval vessels and oil tankers around the world and an attempt to destroy an oil company he said was owned by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on Sumatra, Indonesia.
In all, Mohammed said he was responsible for planning 28 attacks. The comments were included in a 26-page transcript released by the Pentagon, which blacked out some of his remarks.
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Does this also mean the 'War On Terror' is over?
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why would osama be off the hook? you think osama had no role? none at all?
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
so you think he's innocent?
Ignorance is responsible for many innocent deaths. You're an Ace.
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I'm sorry... I've apparently mistaken you for someone with a sense of humor. All apologies.
Hail, Hail!!!
you have to take the prize for the most confusing responses on this board. you realize you are a tad bit out of your element? no wonder you respond so much to your own posts. you are the only one who can understand your nonsense
You and I have a failure to communicate. I acknowledge that. I've given up on trying to point out the faults of your glib, black-and-white take on matters in favor of the ignore option.
It's okay.
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Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
I want to like you jlew, I really do, but you dont give me much to work with. Your consistent grade school-mentality remarks can be funny if not for the fact that that's like 90% of what you post. Maybe more.
It's been awhile since I was a bartender, but when I read those posts of yours I feel like asking for your ID.
Whatever.
Keep doing what you're doing.
Makes no difference to me.
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Hard to feel safer when so many other killers are running loose. like the ones in the US government. I mean have they not killed more innocents than Usama and whatever else put together?
Innocent until proven guilty. or does that little phrase not count for people who are not blessed with a US birth?
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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your diggin deep here dude. you are the one who follows my posts around and comes in with insulting one liners everytime.
im not surprised you wait tables for a living.
And here I thought the man in robes was my friend.
Fuck Gandhi!
i'm silly
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he admitted to it.
LOL.
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I don't like to get off topic but.... that post of yours really makes no sense.
you...heard him confess or you were told by the pentagon he said so?
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
how so? gue follows me around and posts one liners insulting me. wheres the confusion?
I was spoon fed that from the bush administration
again, with this. and you need to check my ID? you have yet to add anything to any discussion.
No, I don't think he's innocent. But I don't think he was the mastermind behind all of the attacks he's being held accountable for. He did claim to be behind the '93 bombing of the WTC and he most certainly was involved in 9/11, but for our government to proudly proclaim they caught "THE MASTERMIND" is an overstatement and I think some of the other confessions could have been forced.
Give us bin Laden and I might be more inclined to celebrate Bush's "win".
"im not surprised you wait tables for a living"
You ended your post with that, I just think it was kinda weird. But i'll let you 2 work it out.
well, that was obvious from the start!
seems like you are looking for validation in an effort to convince yourself
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way