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9/11 mastermind (Khalid Sheikh Mohammed) confesses in Guantanamo
Yahoo News ^ | 3/14/07 | LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press Writer

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.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; democrat; frwn; gitmo; hellawaits; iran; iraq; islam; jihad; khalidsheikmohammed; liberalhero; mohamhead; mohammed; muhammadsminions; rats; ronjeremy; rop; waronterror; wot
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To: Battle Axe

I missed that. Who did he say it was?


41 posted on 03/14/2007 5:00:54 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Hugo in a Pantsuit... I know, I know... it's serious.)
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To: piytar

--A plot to assassinate uber-lord-of-moonbats Bill Clinton: Uh oh. He plotted to off a Democrat. There's some real trouble! They either have to say they don't care about Clintoon, or they have to acknowledge that the evil GW Bush might have actually caught a real honest-to-goodness terrorist!--

Nah. They'll just say it was ROVE(!!!) who trained KSM & plotted everything, then after the $#!t hit the fan, Bush decided to throw him overboard as a scapegoat. Baaaaaaa.


42 posted on 03/14/2007 5:01:15 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Custom-built for Bill Clinton: the new Toyota Priapus.)
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To: lonestar67
Am I missing something here?

I know that I am. I don't see where the article refers to Iraq. '93 was Ramzi Yousef whose partner, Abdul Rahman Yasin was living in Baghdad before the bombing, but connections between him and Saddam's government are tenuous. I don't see how KSM's confession links Saddam to 9/11.

43 posted on 03/14/2007 5:01:40 PM PDT by Zeroisanumber (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: clintonh8r

What, she's lying?


44 posted on 03/14/2007 5:01:41 PM PDT by leadpenny
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To: Lucky9teen
And does this mean we actually have captured the guy behind 9/11 then, so the dems can stfu now?



no, silly. it means that now that we have captured the guy behind 9/11, the WOT is over, and we can pull out of Iraq.
45 posted on 03/14/2007 5:03:06 PM PDT by tazannie
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To: Chi-townChief

UTL on the transcript on the Pentagon website so far. Anybody got any other ideas?


46 posted on 03/14/2007 5:04:10 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg
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To: Chi-townChief

They kicked him into a room with Helen and a large bed. The confessions came shortly afterward.


47 posted on 03/14/2007 5:04:17 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle
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To: Zeroisanumber

KSM admitted involvement in the '93 bombing (it's not in the article, but FNC has been reporting it).

Which was a foregone conclusion anyway, since he's Ramzi Yousef's "uncle".


48 posted on 03/14/2007 5:04:34 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Hugo in a Pantsuit... I know, I know... it's serious.)
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To: Chi-townChief
"Time to make the donuts ..."


49 posted on 03/14/2007 5:06:14 PM PDT by pogo101
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To: svcw
AlGore - LOL

That had to have been what made him confess!

50 posted on 03/14/2007 5:06:42 PM PDT by Chili Girl
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To: LibKill
I would confess to anything after about 3 repetitions.

Tough guy, huh? ;-)

51 posted on 03/14/2007 5:06:45 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: Chi-townChief

"9/11 mastermind (Khalid Sheikh Mohammed) confesses in Guantanamo"




So what!


52 posted on 03/14/2007 5:06:48 PM PDT by Roccus (Able Danger??? What's an Able Danger?????)
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To: piytar
They'll just say he was tortured to give these confessions and therefore they aren't credible. Just watch, this is SO predictable...

Yup
53 posted on 03/14/2007 5:06:57 PM PDT by BJClinton (Elect John Edwards, it's about time we had a female president.)
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To: rogue yam

yes, definitely overestimate


54 posted on 03/14/2007 5:07:10 PM PDT by Let's Roll ("...given the choice between war and dishonor, you chose dishonor - you will have war"- W.Churchill)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
KSM admitted involvement in the '93 bombing...

Right, he trained some of the bombers, but what does that have to do with Saddam?

55 posted on 03/14/2007 5:07:22 PM PDT by Zeroisanumber (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Zeroisanumber

Maybe it's in the redacted part.


56 posted on 03/14/2007 5:07:47 PM PDT by bw17
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To: piytar

Actually the dems will want him transported to New York for a trial. Since the right of 3,000 Americans are not being used, they will demand he gets to use them.


57 posted on 03/14/2007 5:09:07 PM PDT by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: bw17
Maybe it's in the redacted part.

Why would it be? It's in the administration's interest to release that sort of information.

58 posted on 03/14/2007 5:09:33 PM PDT by Zeroisanumber (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Marine_Uncle
So, can we give him the 72 Virgins now...???

:-)

59 posted on 03/14/2007 5:10:33 PM PDT by LiveFreeOrDie2001 (They're "Terrorists" and they want to KILL YOU !!!)
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To: Chi-townChief
The comments were included in a 26-page transcript released by the Pentagon, which also blacked out some of his remarks.

Ohhhh! Bush's fault?

60 posted on 03/14/2007 5:10:54 PM PDT by John123 (Bill barely mentions Hillary in his memoirs... I will now light myself on fire)
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