The mastermind of the September 11 attacks: who is Khalid Sheikh Mohamed? | the Chronicle

The real mastermind behind the September 11, 2001 attacks on United States he has yet to be tried and is still the target of the FBI. Yes OK Osama Bin Laden he was the main partner, the Machiavellian spirit would have been another. This is how this Saturday, during the annual commemoration of the victims who perished in these attacks, the name of Khalid Cheikh Mohamed, the real designer of the plan.

This weekend will mark the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks which left around 3,000 dead. MohamedDuring interrogation under torture, he admitted to having conceived and managed the 9/11 plan. The terrorist He has been in a high security cell at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for 15 years.

After the death of the head of Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Mohamed He is the character most disowned by Americans and the most associated with the attacks. Ali Soufan, a former FBI agent who investigated the attacks, called Mohamed “crazy-eyed killer” whose “senseless” conspiracy sets him apart from other al-Qaida members.

A date so iconic that it is known the world over as “9/11”. That day, four suicide bombings entered the country in the morning, causing the death of 2,996 people, including 19 terrorists, the disappearance of 24 victims, 2 and more than 25,000 injured, many with permanent injuries.

The attack was based on the hijacking of commercial planes that crashed into various targets, including the twin towers, whose fall is considered one of the world’s greatest tragedies.

In turn, the destruction of the entire complex of buildings of the World Trade Center, and serious damage to the Pentagon building, headquarters of the United States Department of Defense. Economic losses have been estimated at over $ 10 billion.3 This episode preceded the war in Afghanistan and the government’s adoption of George W. Bush and his so-called political allies “War on terrorism”.