9/11 Mastermind Confesses to Every Terrorist Act in the World

[JohnMos]

Okay not really

From CNN yesterday:

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, admitted to those attacks and numerous others during a U.S. military hearing on Saturday, according to an edited transcript of the hearing released by the Pentagon Wednesday.

In a statement from him, read by a U.S. military representative, he said, "I was responsible for the 9/11 operation, from A to Z."

The transcript continues with the list of operations he was responsible for, including the Richard Reid shoe bomber attempt to blow up an airliner over the Atlantic Ocean, the Bali nightclub bombing in Indonesia, the 1993 World Trade Center attack and other attacks that were foiled.
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And then today (article from BBC):

Alleged al-Qaeda mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has confessed to the killing of US journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan in 2002, the Pentagon says.
"I decapitated with my blessed right hand the head of the American Jew Daniel Pearl," he is quoted as saying in a revised transcript of US hearing.
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So how does everyone feel about this? If it's all true then no wonder we don't care about Bin Laden anymore. But I personally find it hard to believe that someone who could so carefully mastermind the 9/11 attacks would also be responsible for the highly unsuccessful and rather clumsy attempt of shoe bombing that happened a little later. I guess it's possible though; but this guy sure does seem like he's becoming the Scooter Libby of terrorism.

[emphatic_apparatek]

I'm sure its just some middle eastern guy the government hired to "confess" and no im not being sarcastic thats probably what really happened

[60secondape]

Originally Posted by emphatic_apparatek

I'm sure its just some middle eastern guy the government hired to "confess" and no im not being sarcastic thats probably what really happened

Yup.

[JohnMos]

Heheh, absolutes eh? Well common sense tells me that the government has been saying this guy was responsible for 9/11 before and since they captured him 4 years ago. And if this is true I'm sure they have, but will never publicly release, CIA documents that connect all the dots... but 29 other terror attacks all from the same guy... I feel I would be pretty damn naive if I believed that.
But really there isn't much reason to believe it as Sheikh is characterized by US intelligence to be someone who embellishes and exaggerates his role in terror attacks. Guess I'll wait to see the verdict of the hearing (if there is one).

[Dionysos]

Originally Posted by JohnMos

Heheh, absolutes eh? Well common sense tells me that the government has been saying this guy was responsible for 9/11 before and since they captured him 4 years ago. And if this is true I'm sure they have, but will never publicly release, CIA documents that connect all the dots... but 29 other terror attacks all from the same guy... I feel I would be pretty damn naive if I believed that.
But really there isn't much reason to believe it as Sheikh is characterized by US intelligence to be someone who embellishes and exaggerates his role in terror attacks. Guess I'll wait to see the verdict of the hearing (if there is one).

John, if you want to see someone connect all the dots, try reading 'The Looming Tower'. It's a book written by Lawrence Wright, a writer out of Austin that used to write for Texas Monthly(he might still be writing for them) amongst other places. It details the rise of Islamic extremism from the 1950s up to 9/11. The book is extremely thorough and well-written, I highly recommend it. KSM isn't just some stooge, he's been involved in this stuff for decades. The book doesn't say KSM planned 30 other acts, but it goes into great detail on various plans he had.

[60secondape]

Originally Posted by JohnMos

Heheh, absolutes eh? Well common sense tells me that the government has been saying this guy was responsible for 9/11 before and since they captured him 4 years ago. And if this is true I'm sure they have, but will never publicly release, CIA documents that connect all the dots... but 29 other terror attacks all from the same guy... I feel I would be pretty damn naive if I believed that.
But really there isn't much reason to believe it as Sheikh is characterized by US intelligence to be someone who embellishes and exaggerates his role in terror attacks. Guess I'll wait to see the verdict of the hearing (if there is one).

It's probably a hodge podge. Like I've been trying to say in previous posts... sure there probably is state sponsored terrorism and corporate terrorism, but there are very real terrorists too.

There is a middle ground... everything is not a dark conspiracy perpetrated by our government. That would give them way too much credit and I know they are not nearly as competent. They may use patsies and pull strings... they may even have let some stuff happen and even done some of it... but the idea that they are behind everything that goes wrong is just batty.

I just want more people to know how evil the Bush family really is. Follow the money is all I have to say.

[JohnMos]

Originally Posted by Dionysos

John, if you want to see someone connect all the dots, try reading 'The Looming Tower'. It's a book written by Lawrence Wright, a writer out of Austin that used to write for Texas Monthly(he might still be writing for them) amongst other places. It details the rise of Islamic extremism from the 1950s up to 9/11. The book is extremely thorough and well-written, I highly recommend it. KSM isn't just some stooge, he's been involved in this stuff for decades. The book doesn't say KSM planned 30 other acts, but it goes into great detail on various plans he had.

Cool, not sure if I'll ever get around to it anytime soon, but I'll add it to my amazon wishlist for now. A quick look at the wikipedia biography of Khalid is pretty interesting and helps give specific facts to the various attacks he claims responsibility for. I see it's very possible he played a part in most all of the attacks he claims. For some reason I was under the impression he 'masterminded' all of them, but perhaps that's because of the comprehensiveness of the articles and maybe his own embellished claims.

[zerojunkie]

I read somewhere the guy had an ego about as big as his fat, hairy, ass. He's probably bullshitting about most of it.

[SGT_Spew]

if this is what they do to the hajis why dont they do this to those orientals? do they get locked down and buy themselves out of jail?

[St. Stalin the Apathetic]

Originally Posted by zerojunkie

I read somewhere the guy had an ego about as big as his fat, hairy, ass. He's probably bullshitting about most of it.

could well be - but who cares as long as he's dangling from the end of a rope a short time from now.

[Dionysos]

Originally Posted by JohnMos

Cool, not sure if I'll ever get around to it anytime soon, but I'll add it to my amazon wishlist for now. A quick look at the wikipedia biography of Khalid is pretty interesting and helps give specific facts to the various attacks he claims responsibility for. I see it's very possible he played a part in most all of the attacks he claims. For some reason I was under the impression he 'masterminded' all of them, but perhaps that's because of the comprehensiveness of the articles and maybe his own embellished claims.

If I had to make an analogy to our government, KSM was like the Karl Rove of AQ. He had his fingers in a lot of pies and may have even masterminded a few of them. Chances are he's embellishing his role in an attempt to make himself a martyr, but suffice it to say this guy is guilty of being a part of a lot of the evil things AQ has accomplished over the last decade.

[St. Stalin the Apathetic]

Originally Posted by Dionysos

If I had to make an analogy to our government, KSM was like the Karl Rove of AQ. He had his fingers in a lot of pies and may have even masterminded a few of them. Chances are he's embellishing his role in an attempt to make himself a martyr, but suffice it to say this guy is guilty of being a part of a lot of the evil things AQ has accomplished over the last decade.

like I said.... get a rope.