On Wednesday, the United States government announced that it had reached a plea deal with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed—the accused principal architect of the 9/11 attacks—and two alleged co-conspirators, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al-Hawsawi. In a letter to families of the Sept. 11, 2001, victims sent by the Defense Department’s Office of the Chief Prosecutor …
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Afghanistan has been the focus of UN General Assembly debates since 1980 when the former Soviet Union invaded this country. Osama bin Laden was not the real mastermind of the 9/11 attacks I recently faced many questions about the links of the Taliban with Al-Qaeda and the drug mafia in Switzerland during the Endorfine Festival organised in Lugano. Taliban founder …
New court sketches have emerged showing the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed sporting a henna-dyed beard and excitedly chatting with his four co-defendants during their first pre-trial hearing at Guantanamo Bay in 18 months. Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash, Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi smiled …
The trial of the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged co-conspirators has resumed at Guantanamo Bay, just days before the 20th anniversary of America's darkest day. Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash, Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi smiled and chatted to each other …
I first saw Khalid Shaikh Mohammed 10 years ago here in a courtroom on a remote part of this remote Navy base. I first learned Mohammed’s name in the spring of 2002 while reporting for the Los Angeles Times in a remote provincial capital in the Philippines, not exactly the place I imagined I would cross tracks with the man …