Sept 11 plotter boasts of beheading reporter

Telegraph UK ^ | 1:44pm GMT 16/03/2007 | Alex Spillius in Washington

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

• Mohammed's 31 terror plots from Big Ben to Bangkok
• Murderous trail of the one-time playboy who turned to terror
• Key al-Qa'eda figures: where are they now?
• Mohammed's statement in full
• Profile: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
• Leader: Guilt and Guantánamo
• US military tribunals: Q&A
• Damian Thompson's blog: Just don't call him a 'terrorist'
• Ben Fenton's blog: The enemy studies history

  The mastermind of the September 11 attacks boasted that he beheaded an American journalist and devised several attacks against key British targets in a shocking confession to a US military panel.

  The statement by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, which includes a rambling justification for al-Qa'eda's confrontation with the West and violence against civilian targets, provides one of the most detailed insights into the organisation's activities to date.

  	Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: brash confessions

  The former number three in al-Qa'eda rejoiced in allegedly killing Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped in Karachi in 2002 while investigating a story on terrorist links with Britain for the Wall Street Journal.
  
  "I decapitated with my blessed right hand the head of the American Jew Daniel Pearl," Mohammed said in his statement, according to the transcript released by the Pentagon.
  
  "For those who would like to confirm, there are pictures of me on the internet holding his head," he added.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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[Jedi Master Pikachu]

He has a strange way of talking. (Though shouldn't be too hypocritical--personally have a strange way of typing).

What makes his right hand so special? Is that some Islamic thing?

He's very hairy--he even has hair growing in the pits between his collarbones and shoulder blades.

[the invisib1e hand]

wow, this clown's been busy. His confession is starting to sound like the lyrics to "Sympathy for the Devil."

Is there any evil thing he hasn't done? Did he beat up that old lady in Manhattan last week?

[VOA]

bump

[yldstrk]

Yeah he is also the devil incarnate and knows where both Osama and Omar keep their goats. This guy is a lying bag of sheet.

[american_ranger]

In the Mooselimb religion, the left hand is used to clean their butt and therefore is dirty. They will not use their left hand to transfer money or do clean things. Instead they use their right hand for "clean" things like beheading infidels.

I sure am glad Rosie is speaking up for this wonderful example of his religion.

It is downright pitiful that many Americans (in name only) blame our American government for him being this way. AINO! Is that a new word?

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Aaaaaah.....

Appreciated.

[Caipirabob]

What makes his right hand so special? Is that some Islamic thing?

That's the hand they wipe with.

[Heavy Fuel]

this isnt the first time he has admitted it... although he could be lying the entire time since his capture but doubtful