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Khalid
Sheikh Mohammed |
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Captured
March 1, 2003 in Pakistan |
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football team Osama bin Laden would be the iconic team owner,
Dr. Ayman Muhammad Rabaie al-Zawahiri would be considered the
general manager, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed would be
considered the legendary coach. He would direct his
players on the field after creating playbooks in the off
season.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in all reality was the most
dangerous al Qaeda member before his capture in Pakistan in
March 2003. He had like many higher level
Al- Qaida
operatives fought in the Soviet - Afghanistan Conflict, is a
member of the
The Muslim
Brotherhood , and is drawn and committed to the ideology of
a continued jihad against the United States and Western
influence. According to CIA sources the main objection
that he has with the United States is their backing of Israel
within the Israeli - Palestinian Conflict. The reason
that I say he was the most dangerous al Qaeda member was
because oh his ability to make things happen. Bin Laden
and al-Zawahiri relied on him to do the planning and
carrying out of the major attacks that include being the
architect of the September 11, 2001 911 attacks. Below
is a list of terrorist attacks plotted or participated in by
Sheikh Mohammed.
The Ramzi Yousef and Khalid
Sheikh Mohammed connection: Ramzi Yousef was
more than likely the front man on the 1993 World Trade Center
bombing. Yousef is the nephew of Sheikh Mohammed who
served as the financier and other logistical planning.
They began planning the attack in 1991.
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Confessions And Evidence After Arrest. Currently In U.S. Custody:
he 1993 World Trade Center bombing occurred on
February 26, 1993, when a car bomb was detonated below
Tower One of the World Trade Center in New York City. The
1,500 lb urea nitrate-hydrogen gas enhanced device was
intended to knock the North Tower (Tower One) into Tower
Two, bringing both towers down and killing thousands of
people. It failed to do so, but did kill six people and
injured 1,042. This attack was planned by a group of
conspirators including Ramzi Yousef, Mahmud Abouhalima,
Mohammad Salameh, Nidal Ayyad and Ahmad Ajaj. They
received financing from Khaled Shaikh Mohammed.
1995 Operation Bojinka. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
first achieved notice with the discovery of the plot to
blow up US airliners over the Pacific in 1995 - known as
Operation Bojinka. The plan was foiled when police
found incriminating computer files during their
investigation into a separate plot to assassinate the
Pope. Sheikh Mohammed also confessed to the plotting
of an assassination attempt on the pope.
911 World Trade Center Attacks.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was the mastermind behind the September
11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center
and the Pentagon in Washington using four hijacked
commercial airliners. Nearly 3,000 people were killed.
In late 1998 or early 1999, bin Laden gave approval for
Mohammed to go forward with organizing the plot that was a
twist on the earlier foiled Bojinka plot. Orignally
targets were to be on both the West and East coasts in the
United States but bin Laden apparently thought it was too
much to pull off so they settled on the World Trade Center
and Pentagon. THough Osama bin Laden assisted in
selecting operatives, including Atta as the leader, Sheikh
Mohammed provided operational support, such as selecting
targets and helping arrange travel for the hijackers.
In all reality it was Khalid Sheikh's baby. It was
known to al Qaeda as "Holy Tuesday".
Richard Reid (The Shoe Bomber).
December 2001 Richard Reid was the shoe bomber
terrorist that was apprehended before he could carry out
his attempt to destroy a U.S. commercial airliner by planting
plastic explosives in his shoes. according to a
detainee of the War on Terror caught in 2003 in Oman, he
said that Richard Reid and himself was financed and
directed by Sheikh Mohmmed to carryout the attacks. Reid
was a English born Muslim Convert that had turned to Islam
during his time in prison. Reid was eventually subdued by
other passengers on the airliner, using plastic handcuffs,
seatbelt extensions, and headphone cords |
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Fact File
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Born in Kuwait
in 1964 or 1965. Parents are Pakistani.
Joined the Muslim Brotherhood at age 16
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After his
participation in the Soviet - Afghanistan Jihad,
beginning in 1983 he
attended Chowan College, a small Baptist school in
Murfreesboro, North Carolina, for a few years before transferring to the North
Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
and completing a degree in mechanical engineering in
1986.
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A lifelong
Jihadist that has been a part of every major Muslim
militant conflict since the Soviet - Afghan war. In
1992, he fought with Muslim fighters in Bosnia
and Herzegovina and supported this effort financially.
He has dedicated his life to the Jihadi cause.
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A true
international terrorist. He has spent time in
America, the Philippines, Afghanistan, Bosnia,
Pakistan, Indonesia Africa, etc.
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He is said to be
fluent in Arabic, English, Urdu and Baluchi. In
the late 1980s he moved to Pakistan's north-western
city of Peshawar, where he became acquainted with Bin
Laden.
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Khalid Sheikh
Mohammed had a plan for a "second wave" of
attacks on major US landmarks after 9/11 attacks.
Alleged targets included the Library Tower in Los
Angeles, the Sears Tower in Chicago, the Plaza Bank
building in Seattle and the Empire State Building in
New York.
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Mohammed takes
responsibility for 30 operations, the transcript
shows. Mohammed also said he is partially responsible
for an assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II
while he was visiting the Philippines. |
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| Daniel Pearl Murder Feb 1, 2002.
Sheikh Mohammed confessed to killing Wall St. Journal
reporter Daniel Pearl with his own hands. Pearl was in Pakistan trying
to link together Richard Reid and al Qaeda in Pakistan.
Richard Reid was the shoe bomber terrorist that was
apprehended before he could carry out his attempt to blow
up U.S. commercial airliners. Mohammed's admission about
the Pearl decapitation had been removed from the tribunal's
original transcript because the description of the slaying was
so specific and graphic that authorities wanted to contact
Pearl's family before releasing details, Pentagon officials
said
Terror Cell In Kuwait October 2002 Attack.
On 8 October, Kandari and Hajiri opened fire on US marines on
the Kuwaiti island of Failaka, 10 miles off the coast of
Kuwait City. An exchange of fire ensued, resulting in the
deaths of the cousins while one American died and the other
was wounded. According to a confession from Khalid
Sheikh Mohammed, he was involved in the planning of this
attack.
October
2002 Bali Bombings. The attack involved
the detonation of three bombs. One bomb in a
backpack-mounted device carried by a suicide bomber; a large
car bomb, both of which were detonated in or near popular
nightclubs in Kuta; and a third much smaller device detonated
outside the United States consulate in Denpasar, causing only
minor damage. Overall 202 people killed of which 164
were foreigners that come from around the world for the
beaches and night life. Khalid Sheik Mohammed worked
with members of Jemaah Islamiyah a terrorist group located in
Indonesia. |
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The Destiny of A
jihadist |
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Yousef, Kahlid Sheikh Mohammed grew up in Kuwait. His
parents were both Pakistani and he embraced the Muslim world
and it's battle against Israel and the West at an early age.
At the age of 16 Sheikh Mohammed became a member of
The
Muslim Brotherhood.
A secret organization that's
main goal is to create a world wide Muslim Caliphate.
He came to the United States to
further his education in 1983 and attended Chowan College in
Murfreesboro, NC. Oddly enough, Chowan is a small
Baptist college. After a few years Sheikh Mohammad
transferred to the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical
State University and completing a degree in mechanical
engineering in 1986.
In 1987 Sheikh Mohammed left
America and went to fight in the Afghanistan Jihad against the
Soviet Union that was well on it's way since the early 1980's.
This was were he, like other Islamic militants, grew as a
jihadist and adopted this as his way of life.
In 1992 he traveled to Eastern
Europe to fight with Muslim fighters in the Bosnia and
Herzegovina conflict. Kahlid not only fought in this
conflict but assisted with financing the Muslim Jihad there.
After he left this conflict, KSM drifted from Asia and the
Middle East. Eventually he arrived in Pakistan to hide
out from U.S. pressure to arrest him. Osama bin Laden
had arrived here in 1996 for the same reason. It was
here that the two began to collaborate against American
Interests.
For the next 6 years, Kahlid Sheikh Mohammed would go on a
rampage of planning and plotting deadly attacks across the
globe against Western Culture and policies. CIA and Pakistani
Intelligence arrested him in March 2003 hiding in a safe
house. |
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| Khalid
Sheikh Mohammed Links and Information |
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U.S. v. Khalid Shaikh Mohammed military tribunal charges |
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confession transcript |
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Al- Qaida
Al-Qa’ida was established by
Usama Bin Ladin in 1988 with Arabs who fought in Afghanistan
against the Soviet Union. Mujahideen, Muslim fighters
who fought the Soviets following their 1979 invasion of
Afghanistan, were Al Qaeda's original primary membership base |
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The Muslim
Brotherhood
In depth article explaining who the Muslim
Brotherhood is, there
stance in America and there connection to terrorism. The
Muslim Brotherhood is the most influential Muslim Groups in
the World |
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