Posted on 03/14/2007 4:38:58 PM PDT by Chi-townChief
Edited on 03/15/2007 8:23:20 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
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.
Mohammed claimed responsibility for planning, financing, and training others for bombings ranging from the 1993 attack at 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.
In all, Mohammed said he was responsible for planning 29 individual attacks, including many that were never executed. The comments were included in a 26-page transcript released by the Pentagon, which also blacked out some of his remarks.
The Pentagon also released transcripts of the hearings of Abu Faraj al-Libi and Ramzi Binalshibh.
Binalshibh is suspected of helping Mohammed with the Sept. 11, 2001, attack plan and is also linked to a foiled plot to crash aircraft into London's Heathrow Airport. Al-Libi is a Libyan who reportedly masterminded two bombings 11 days apart in Pakistan in December 2003 that targeted President Pervez Musharraf for his support of the U.S.-led war on terror.
The hearings, which began last Friday, are being conducted in secret by the military as it tries to determine whether 14 alleged terrorist leaders should be declared "enemy combatants" who can be held indefinitely and prosecuted by military tribunals.
Hearings for six of the 14 have already been held. The military is not allowing reporters to attend the sessions and is limiting the information it provides about them, arguing that it wants to prevent sensitive information from being disclosed.
The 14 were moved in September from a secret CIA prison network to the prison at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, where about 385 men are being held on suspicion of links to al-Qaida or the Taliban.
Who has the rope?
IF WE HAD A REAL CONGRESS THEY WOULD BE ON BOARD ALL THE WAY IN THIS WAR.
Congress represents the will of the electorate, and in '06 the electorate made their displeasure with the conduct of the war known. I might disagree with them, but I can't blame them for doing what they were elected to do.
Dims: "That's no smoking gun. That's just pollution. We need to get serious about the environment."
Unlike the president, Congress could have made the process that we use for dealing with terrorists legal. But instead of taking the time to work with Congress and create that process, Pres. Bush made the assumption that sentiment from 9/11 would carry him through any resistance that he might get from the House or the Senate. He bet wrong, and now he has Alberto Gonzalez trying to keep a straight face while he argues for special executive superpowers to keep the Gitmo boys out of civvie courts.
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This is hugh!
I'm series! It's hugh!
(Can I go take a shower now..?)
Quick Wikipedia check to try to find out what might connect Ramzi Yousef, KSM, and Yasin to Saddam. Wikipedia had that little factoid about Yasin's place of birth, but not much info on his activities post-'93 bombing.
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Yeah, that's him. LOL.
A silly statement.
These same elected officials are now saying the opposite of what they voted for in 2002.
Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq
15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis because bin Laden hand-picked 15 Saudis to carry out the mission. Think he was trying to provoke a response, perhaps?
Saudi Arabia is by no means a friend of the U.S., but there are pro-western elements keeping the Wahhabists in check, allowing our bases to exist there, etc. Those bases were one of bin Laden's main complaints with the US, as outlined in his February, 1998 fatwa (delivered on the anniversary of the start of the ground war against Saddam). Obviously, he chose 15 Saudis for a reason.
CBS: Transcript: Alleged 9/11 Plotter Confesses
"However, CBS uses the word "alleged". "
Get with the program, Laverne... ;)
that fits right in with Katie Couric, "alleged" journalist.
You expect politicians to be consistent in their positions and you say that my statement is silly? :-)
Yes, but can he win against Hillary and Obama?
"evangelicals condemn sheik khalid torture"
LOL -- oh so right you are!
CBS - See BS
You made the statement,don't yell at me;)
I have it on good authority that 'Babra' tunes are used to good effect worldwide. 15 minutes of 'Evergreen' will bring the toughest, most fantatical jihadist to screaming confession! :)
Are you trying to get the stupid post of the day award, or what?
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