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| Terror Networks |
| Khalid saw himself as a "super-terrorist" |
| 2004-07-27 |
| To hear Khalid Sheik Mohammed tell it, the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks were nothing compared with what he had in mind. The original plan, which Mohammed says he presented to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in 1998 or 1999, called for hijacking 10 jetliners on both coasts of the United States and crashing nine of them. The kicker would have been the final plane, which he would commandeer personally. After killing all the men on board, Mohammed would alert the media and deliver a speech excoriating the U.S. government for its support of Israel and repressive Arab regimes. According to the new report from the Sept. 11 commission, the idea is classic KSM -- as Mohammed is referred to in U.S. intelligence reports -- mixing grim nihilism with a flair for the dramatic and always putting Mohammed at the center of things. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #8 nut |
| Posted by: nut 2004-07-27 3:10:22 PM |
| #7 Best thing about Super Terrorists is they're easily recognizable by the big "S" on their chests. That, and they wear tights. |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-07-27 1:14:02 PM |
| #6 Some people want to be famous through sports, others the arts. In the Muslim world, its terrorism. |
| Posted by: Anonymously yours 2004-07-27 1:08:48 PM |
| #5 You're so vain... |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-07-27 12:58:49 PM |
| #4 I bet he practiced this in the mirror every morning. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-07-27 10:00:06 AM |
| #3 Whattsa matter, shithead? Mastermind not good enough for you? Okay, Super Terrorist. Back in the dunk tank. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-07-27 8:57:21 AM |
| #2 He also bought Hollywood movies depicting hijackings -- but edited the films to cover up female characters before screening them for al Qaeda trainees Sexual repression be at the core of this man's ills and the ills of the Muslim world as a whole. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-07-27 8:48:20 AM |
| #1 "It's all about me." |
| Posted by: virginian 2004-07-27 8:16:17 AM |