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.
Here's their LBN: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2767463
I'm fine with that. He'll get a fair trial before we hang him.
Rove, you magnificent bastard!
Worst. They put Helen's underwear over his head...
Anybody have a link to the transcript yet?
The bomb maker, Yasin, came to the US on an Iraqi passport, bombed the World Trade Center, and fled to Baghdad, where he lived freely for 10 years. Documents recovered since the fall of Baghdad show that Yasin was in fact on Saddam's payroll for the 10 years he lived there.
It has everything to do with Saddam.
I did a quick survey of the "mainstream media" and how they are carrying this on the web sites:
ABC: Breaking NewsBreaking News U.S. MILITARY RELEASES A TRANSCRIPT OF A HEARING IN WHICH KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED CONFESSES TO THE SEPT. 11 ATTACKS
CBS: Transcript: Alleged 9/11 Plotter Confesses
CNN: Transcript: Gitmo detainee confesses to 9/11 (not the headline story)
MSNBC: Transcript: 9/11 leader confesses (Not the headline story)
FNC: Terror Confession: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed admits planning 9/11, assassination attempts on Carter, Clinton, Pope
Just wanted to get a quick capture of how the web sites were telling this breaking story. Both CNN and MSNBC have it sidelined, ABC, CBS, and FNC have it as their headline story with big pic of the terrorist. However, CBS uses the word "alleged".
Unless, of course, you think YOU would do a better job at capturing and killing terrorists. LOL!
(You guys make me laugh......)
Thanks.
This is the guy Congressman Moran (Moron) wants to let out on bail and have stay in the United States.
Also, just a quick correction: Yasin came to the US on a US passport. He was born in Bloomington, Indiana and used that fact to obtain a passport from the US embassy in Amman, Jordan.
I'm a little suspicious about this sudden revelation.
"So.....excuse me for asking a silly question, but what about Bin Laden? "
Khalid was the COO. Osama is still the CEO/CFO if he's among the living. Osama pointed him in our direction and Khalid laid out the plan.
Bad news for all the good little Democrats who think the Bush Administration did it.
He was captured 4 years ago.
Thanks, Laverne. Ace reporting.
"Why would it be? It's in the administration's interest to release that sort of information."
Maybe. But timing is everything. There may be some good reasons to hold back on all that Khalid said.
"This presents a real dilemna for the moonbats."
That assumes moonbats are thoughtful enough to realize the dilemma. Cindy Sheehan, for example, never will.
They were going to put Cindy Sheehan in bed with him, you know how the Mussies feel about pigs.
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