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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (born 1 March 1964, sometimes also spelled Shaykh;^[3] and known by at least 50 pseudonyms^[4] including his initials KSM), is a Kuwaiti born Pakistani terrorist, and the former head of propaganda for the pan-Islamist militant group al-Qaeda. As of 2007, he is held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp under terrorism-related charges. He was named as "the principal architect of the 9/11 attacks" in the 2004 9/11 Commission Report.^[5]

Mohammed was a member of Osama bin Laden's terrorist organization al-Qaeda, leading al-Qaeda's propaganda operations from around 1999 until late 2001. Mohammed was captured on 1 March 2003, in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi by a combined operation of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Immediately after his capture, Mohammed was extraordinarily rendered to secret CIA prison sites in Afghanistan, then Poland, where he was interrogated and tortured by U.S. operatives.^[6] By December 2006, he had been transferred to military custody at Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

Mohammed is widely regarded as the chief planner of the September 11 attacks. He also participated in planning the Richard Reid shoe bombing attempt to blow up an airliner; the 2002 Bali bombings in Indonesia; the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; the murder of Daniel Pearl and various foiled attacks as well as numerous other crimes.^[7][8][9] He was charged in February 2008 with war crimes and murder by a U.S. military commission at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, which could carry the death penalty if convicted. In 2012, a former military prosecutor criticized the proceedings as insupportable due to confessions gained under torture.^[8] A 2008 decision by the United States Supreme Court had also drawn into question the legality of the methods used to gain such admissions and the admissibility of such admissions as evidence in a criminal proceeding.^[10]

On 30 August 2019, a military judge set a date of 11 January 2021 for Mohammed's death penalty trial.^[11] His trial was further postponed on 18 December 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[12] Mohammed's trial restarted on 7 September 2021^[13] but was postponed again for years of plea deal negotiations.^[14] On 31 July 2024, Mohammed agreed to plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence rather than a death-penalty trial.^[15] His plea deal was revoked by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin two days later.^[16][17] In July 2025, the plea deal was voided by a D.C. appeals court in a 2–1 ruling.^[18]

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August 5, 2024 | By Yigal Carmon*

Qatar | MEMRI Daily Brief No. 630

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... qatar's role in enabling KSM to escape arrest by the FBI (only to continue on to terrorist attacks like 9/11) constitutes a major political and criminal indictment of the government of Qatar.

Sources

This report references four sources besides the books by Richard Clark, Richard Miniter, and McDermott and Meyer:

The 9/11 Commission Report, which includes information about KSM's whereabouts and terrorist activities
The Department of Defense 15-page memorandum detailing KSM's time and activity in Qatar, "much of it in furtherance of terrorist activities"
A September 2021 BBC report on former FBI special agent Frank Pellegrino, and an April 2012 interview with Josh Meyer on C-SPAN, also confirming Qatar's role in aiding KSM (and also in a memorandum).
The New York Times publications of KSM's indictment for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and of KSM's confession.

KSM's Confession

Information about KSM's terrorist activities has been gradually released since the 1990s by the U.S. government. KSM's confession in Guantanamo appeared in U.S. media in 2007, when victims could still sue Qatar for compensation. Lately, more information has been revealed, following the U.S. government's decision (now rescinded) to cut a plea deal with him.

While KSM admitted to all of these crimes after highly controversial CIA "enhanced interrogation" techniques after being apprehended in 2003, he was already wanted (by the FBI and other agencies) long before then for multiple terrorist attacks. These included the 1993 World Trade Center bombing (for which he was indicted; following that, in early 1996, he fled to Pakistan from Qatar to avoid capture by U.S. authorities). It also included the Bojinka plot – the 1994 and 1995 airplane plots in the Philippines that were considered a dry run for 9/11, the plot to assassinate Pope John Paul II, and other crimes. In addition, there is further evidence of his involvement in other actions – such as 9/11 and the gruesome 2002 murder of journalist Daniel Pearl – independent of any confession derived from CIA interrogation. According to KSM's confession as published by the Pentagon, he is supposedly responsible for the following terrorist attacks that he planned, masterminded, or executed.

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, is a Kuwaiti born Pakistani terrorist, and the former head of propaganda for the pan-Islamist militant group al-Qaeda. As of 2007, he is held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp under terrorism-related charges. He was named as "the principal architect of the 9/11 attacks" in the 2004 9/11 Commission Report. Mohammed was a member of Osama bin Laden's terrorist organization al-Qaeda, leading al-Qaeda's propaganda operations from around 1999 until late 2001. Wikipedia

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (born March 1, 1964, sometimes also spelled Shaykh; [3] and known by at least 50 pseudonyms [4] including his initials KSM), is a Kuwaiti born Pakistani terrorist, and the former head of propaganda for the pan-Islamist militant group al-Qaeda.

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Qatar Is Responsible For KSM's 2,977 Murders On 9/11 | MEMRI

Sep 11, 2025Khalid Sheikh Mohammad (KSM) was actively involved in terrorist activities and planning while residing in Qatar during the mid-1990s. According to the 9/11 Commission Report, he moved to Qatar at the request of the Qatari government. In Qatar, KSM worked for the Ministry of Electricity and Water.

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