Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Confesses to Sept. 11 Attacks
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.
"I was responsible for the 9/11 operation from A to Z," Mohammed said during the session, which was held last Saturday.
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.
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Mohammed also admitted to planning assassination attempts on former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, as well as Pope John Paul II.
In all, Mohammed said he was responsible for planning 28 individual attacks, including many that were never executed. The comments were included in a 26-page transcript released by the Pentagon, which blacked out some of his remarks.
It was no surprise he planned the 9/11 attacks, but it's interesting to know the extent of his terrorism planning. It's doubtful that any information he had given will be of any use today. I'm sure the Al-Qaeda organization has underwent several changes since the invasion of Afghanistan.
