I don't think there is too much of a need to fight this. As far as I can see, KSM's 'confession' whether wholly accurate or not, adds to the weight of evidence supporting the idea that 9/11 was an inside job.
He has admitted responsibility for the Bali attack. But the then Indonesian President has said the Bali attack was probably an inside job, orchestrated by government agencies. Clearly then, KSM and his associates are hired guns. With bin Laden as an intermediary (with known CIA connections), KSM may not have known or cared who really hired him to plan and execute the attacks on 9/11 - he just did as he was paid and instructed to do. Even if he did know or suspected, any allegations he makes will never see the public light of day anyway, since his trial will be conducted in secret.
Bali tells us that KSM was not a religious fanatic but just another guy chasing the buck. This fits in nicely with the so-called 'fanatics' that are said to have spent their last hours preparing to meet a million virgins getting pissed-up in a strip joint.
Full Version: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confesses 9/11 role
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good points
This story gets more bizarre. It seems that, by making KSM's 'confession' public, the US may have hampered its efforts to secure convictions against other the alleged al Qaeda operatives they have in custody. Now why would they do that?
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9/11 leader's confession may affect other cases
ADAM LIPTAK
ADMISSIONS made by the mastermind of the September 11 attacks last week may hamper the prosecution cases against the 13 other al-Qaeda leaders transferred last year from CIA prisons to the US Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
In acknowledging his role in more than 30 terrorist attacks and plots, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed last weekend simplified the case against himself and may have effectively signed his own death warrant when he eventually faces a military trial.
But those same statements, released last Wednesday by the US Defence Department, may complicate the prosecution of his former colleagues.
Speaking to a military tribunal considering whether Guantanamo detainees were properly designated as enemy combatants, Mohammed was so expansive in his acceptance of responsibility that other defendants might be able to use his statements in their defence.
In a transcript of the hearing, Mohammed also disavowed information he had told CIA interrogators about his accomplices, again potentially helping the other defendants.
A revised version of the transcript added another chilling confession. Mohammed said he decapitated Daniel Pearl, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, in Pakistan in 2002.
That confession could figure in the case of Ahmed Omar Sheikh, who is appealing his death sentence in Pakistan for his role in Pearl's abduction and murder.
Mohammed and the other al-Qaeda leaders will eventually face war crimes charges.
ADAM LIPTAK
ADMISSIONS made by the mastermind of the September 11 attacks last week may hamper the prosecution cases against the 13 other al-Qaeda leaders transferred last year from CIA prisons to the US Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
In acknowledging his role in more than 30 terrorist attacks and plots, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed last weekend simplified the case against himself and may have effectively signed his own death warrant when he eventually faces a military trial.
But those same statements, released last Wednesday by the US Defence Department, may complicate the prosecution of his former colleagues.
Speaking to a military tribunal considering whether Guantanamo detainees were properly designated as enemy combatants, Mohammed was so expansive in his acceptance of responsibility that other defendants might be able to use his statements in their defence.
In a transcript of the hearing, Mohammed also disavowed information he had told CIA interrogators about his accomplices, again potentially helping the other defendants.
A revised version of the transcript added another chilling confession. Mohammed said he decapitated Daniel Pearl, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, in Pakistan in 2002.
That confession could figure in the case of Ahmed Omar Sheikh, who is appealing his death sentence in Pakistan for his role in Pearl's abduction and murder.
Mohammed and the other al-Qaeda leaders will eventually face war crimes charges.
Don't get me wrong.
But he knows it's the end of the rope for him. He probably knows he's going to die after the whole hearing thing. Or whatever is going to happen.
As for the other things. Just sickening! >.< Just gross.
But he knows it's the end of the rope for him. He probably knows he's going to die after the whole hearing thing. Or whatever is going to happen.
As for the other things. Just sickening! >.< Just gross.
QUOTE(MoonPrincess @ Mar 19 2007, 03:07 PM) [snapback]1589609[/snapback]
Don't get me wrong.
But he knows it's the end of the rope for him. He probably knows he's going to die after the whole hearing thing. Or whatever is going to happen.
As for the other things. Just sickening! >.< Just gross.
But he knows it's the end of the rope for him. He probably knows he's going to die after the whole hearing thing. Or whatever is going to happen.
As for the other things. Just sickening! >.< Just gross.
Yes, you're probably right. My point is, why would the US government release information that would knowingly compromise their case against other al Qaeda suspects currently standing or awaiting trial?
QUOTE(coughymachine @ Mar 19 2007, 07:51 AM) [snapback]1589666[/snapback]
Yes, you're probably right. My point is, why would the US government release information that would knowingly compromise their case against other al Qaeda suspects currently standing or awaiting trial?
Um, Id like to choose "A" Bill; because they're incompetent. haha. Really, its seems as if the government is so intent on proving they're case for 9/11 that they are throwing all kind of things foward just to silence the questions, while forgetting theyre digging a deeper hole for themselves proving they're case by compromising their other cases against other Al Qaeda suspects.QUOTE(coughymachine @ Mar 19 2007, 11:51 AM) [snapback]1589666[/snapback]
Yes, you're probably right. My point is, why would the US government release information that would knowingly compromise their case against other al Qaeda suspects currently standing or awaiting trial?
Who knows. I don't know much about these types of things. But at least the victims families will rest at ease. Knowning the guy behind it. Is dead. Or something like that. >.<
QUOTE(MoonPrincess @ Mar 19 2007, 09:27 AM) [snapback]1589778[/snapback]
Who knows. I don't know much about these types of things. But at least the victims families will rest at ease. Knowning the guy behind it. Is dead. Or something like that. >.<
Pah! Hardly........QUOTE(Fluffybunny @ Mar 18 2007, 03:04 AM) [snapback]1587894[/snapback]
I keep telling you turb, we are at war with EASTASIA, not EURASIA; the records have always said so, and you had better not say otherwise... Anyway it is time for the 2 minute rage...
Well, thanks for the reminder, fluff. I thought we were at war with EUTHANASIA!
Grrr!
<steam comes out of ears>
okay, i have been sort-of investigating the idea that 9/11 was in fact, a conspiracy. i'll admit that there is evidence proving it, but you have to look for it. studying the field of architecture as a student trying to become an architect, i find it rather difficult to believe most of what they said about the buildings "structural failure".
ne how, my question is this:
most of what i find indicates there was use of explosives to aid the collapse. is this a unified theory, as in everyone here believes it, or is it merely one of the many ideas that is floating around about what really happened?
ne how, my question is this:
most of what i find indicates there was use of explosives to aid the collapse. is this a unified theory, as in everyone here believes it, or is it merely one of the many ideas that is floating around about what really happened?
QUOTE(undersquiggle @ Mar 22 2007, 08:43 AM) [snapback]1594387[/snapback]
most of what i find indicates there was use of explosives to aid the collapse. is this a unified theory, as in everyone here believes it, or is it merely one of the many ideas that is floating around about what really happened?
CD is a widely debated theory. I think most of the CT supporters believe it. However, in my own experiance, the physical aspect of the collapse are nowhere near as convincing (of a conspiracy) as the governments own actions before, on and after 911. There is just to meny red-flags in their own words and actions to not have more questions beyond the "offical story".
I find it hard to believe that this man
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could possibly be the mastermind behind ANYTHING.
Please.
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could possibly be the mastermind behind ANYTHING.
Please.
Wasn't he captured in the wee hours? There aren't many of us who look like masterminds at any time, let alone 3am.
Funny that this confession appears to have poured out at a hearing. They've had him captive for years now and he waits for a hearing to admit to all that? Very suspicious. Maybe David Hicks will end up confessing to the Sydney Hilton Hotel bombing. I believe he'll be shackled to the witness stand this Monday.
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