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Bin Laden's Sept 11 plot role revealed
Telegraph ^ | September 22, 2003 | David Rennie

Posted on 09/21/2003 8:20:07 PM PDT by Mr. Mulliner

Bin Laden's Sept 11 plot role revealed


By David Rennie

(Filed: 22/09/2003)

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks, has told American interrogators he originally aimed for a double wave of suicide attacks, involving up to 10 commercial airliners and targets on both US coasts.

Details of what he has told his CIA captors were made public by the Associated Press news agency yesterday after an AP reporter was shown interview reports.

They make clear Osama bin Laden's central role in the attacks. He scaled down plans to hijack five planes on each coast, and scrapped plans to hijack others in Asia. He thought it would be "too difficult to synchronise" attacks on opposite sides of the world.

Bin Laden was also directly responsible for the number of Saudis among the hijackers, Mohamed said. "There was a large group of Saudi operatives that would be available to participate as the muscle in the plot," he told interrogators.

The reports also appear to back claims by Zacarias Moussaoui, the French Muslim on trial for his life as a September 11 conspirator, that he was not part of the plot, but was training for a later wave of attacks.



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: binladen; khalidsmohammed; ksm; moussaoui; obl

1 posted on 09/21/2003 8:20:07 PM PDT by Mr. Mulliner
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To: Mr. Mulliner
I am waiting for the democrats through their propaganda machine media to declare Bin Ladin did nothing and that Bush lied about him.. He is a fine upstanding citizen while GW is vile and a liar.!
2 posted on 09/21/2003 8:27:08 PM PDT by ladyinred (The left have blood on their hands.)
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To: Dog; kayak; Miss Marple; Utah Girl; lysie; Molly Pitcher
There may be nothing new here to you, but thought you might like to see this new item anyway.
3 posted on 09/21/2003 8:27:40 PM PDT by Mr. Mulliner ("Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable." - George Orwell)
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To: Mr. Mulliner
Do you know anything about this source ..... either the publication or the author? Is the Telegraph one of the tabloid-type papers or one that is more reliable?

I have become somewhat skeptical about the veracity of such articles, especially when there are no names and only anonymous reporters being cited by others.

That's no reflection on you at all. Thanks for posting it ..... it's good to know it's out there regardless of its reliability.

4 posted on 09/21/2003 8:49:50 PM PDT by kayak (I support Billybob - www.ArmorforCongress.com)
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To: kayak
The London Telegraph is one of the most respected newspapers in Great Britain. It leans right as opposed to several other papers which lean left. But it's been around for a long, long time and is as solid in reputation as the Wall Street Journal.
5 posted on 09/21/2003 8:59:40 PM PDT by Mr. Mulliner ("Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable." - George Orwell)
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To: Mr. Mulliner
Thanks .... I confess to having trouble keeping the British newspapers straight as to which are good and which are trash.
6 posted on 09/21/2003 9:04:18 PM PDT by kayak (I support Billybob - www.ArmorforCongress.com)
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To: Mr. Mulliner
The thing that frightens me about all of this is their astonishing patience.

I just wonder what is next and if we can stop it?
7 posted on 09/21/2003 9:19:01 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Mears
Yes, it is a frightening thought. But the war on terrorism has certainly made this kind of detailed, long-term planning much more difficult. I only wish our media would recognize that and report much more about our effectiveness in fighting the terrorists.
8 posted on 09/21/2003 9:32:28 PM PDT by Mr. Mulliner ("Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable." - George Orwell)
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To: Shermy
ping
9 posted on 09/21/2003 11:41:52 PM PDT by marron
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To: marron
Eh, they probably spent years around the campfire thinking up various plans of destruction. The literal "plan" for 9/11 was probably a convergence of Osama's longtime building and airplane fantasies, attacking great satan, and the "final offensive" against the NA.
10 posted on 09/22/2003 10:34:47 AM PDT by Shermy
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To: Mears
I think we have thwarted alot of thing, I really do.

But being in NY, I work with lots of Dems. When we argue about the war on terror, its real easy to quiet them down. I suggest that if Dean or Hillary is elected, Manhattan is a sure bet for a nuke within 10 years. Total silence at that comment.
11 posted on 09/22/2003 10:39:34 AM PDT by oceanview
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