Diminished Effect

16 March 2007



Pentagon Says 9/11 Mastermind Confesses at Secret Trial

Khalid Sheik Mohammed is not a nice man. He’s a brutal gangster and a top thug in al-Qaeda. He currently resides at America’s detention center/prison at Guantanamo. The Pentagon just released the transcripts of a closed-door military tribunal in which the man confessed to plotting the September 11 attacks and more. Imagine how effective this would have been in the fight against terrorism and Fascislam if it had happened in open court without accusations of torture hanging over the proceedings.

The transcript reveals a long list of attacks and plans for attacks on civilization (page 18 of the pdf document), all of which Mr. Mohammed claims as his own. “I was responsible for the 9/11 operation, from A to Z,” and “I was the operational director for Sheikh Osama Bin Laden for the organising, planning, follow-up and execution of the 9/11 operation.” Follow-up targets included the Library Tower, Los Angeles; Sears Tower, Chicago; Plaza Bank, Washington State; Empire State Building, NY; Heathrow Airport and Big Ben in London.

In addition, he claims to have been plotting to kill Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, and Pope John Paul II. He said he was involved in the Bali bombing that was Australia’s 9/11. He stated that there were plans to attack embassies in India, Azerbaijan, Australia, and the Philippines. The plot to blow up several jet liners over the Atlantic that the British police foiled was also on the list. The defendant also claims the beheading of journalist Daniel Perle as his.

Or at least, this is what the Pentagon says his interpreter claims he said. Since he’s been held since 2003 out of sight, water-boarded (so it is alleged), and denied access to courts until now, there is a doubt, especially in the Arab world, that this confession was voluntary or that it is accurate. Unfortunately, because of the bone-headed decision to treat him as anything other than a common criminal, the US government is on trial in the minds of many, not the alleged murderer.

How much different the public opinion in the Muslim world would have been had he been provided a lawyer and access to courts in 2003. If the transcript is accurate, the man is a braggart who would shoot his mouth off as badly as any James Bond villain. An open public confession to his crimes against humanity would have kept many friends of America friendly, and many Americans would be able to take pride in the functioning of their government that is sorely needed these days. Sometimes, protecting the rights of the criminals is an effective way to fight crime.

© Copyright 2007 by The Kensington Review, Jeff Myhre, PhD, Editor. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written consent. Produced using Fedora Linux.


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