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9/11 mastermind killed Daniel Pearl despite being told not to do so: WikiLeaks

Apr 27, 2011


World Trade Centre 9/11 attacks mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was warned by a senior al-Qaeda military commander not to kill The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002 and that he should be "freed" but the American was killed anyway, according to leaked WikiLeaks documents.

Thirty-eight-year-old Pearl, who was the South Asia bureau chief of The Wall Street Journal, was beheaded by his Pakistani captors in February 2002 after being abducted.

"A senior al-qaeda military commander strongly warned Khalid Shaikh Mohammed not to kill Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002, cautioning him 'it would not be wise to murder Pearl' and that he (Pearl) should 'be returned back to one of the previous groups who held him, or freed,'" a report in The Los Angeles Times said.

Quoting US military documents posted by WikiLeaks, the report said Mohammed told his US interrogators at Guantanamo Bay that he cut off Pearl's head anyway.

Former top al-Qaeda military commander Sayfal-Adl was "outspoken in cautioning Mohammed against killing the reporter," the report said.

Mohammed, however, turned for guidance to another al-Qaeda leader, identified as Sharif al-Masri, the group's chief financial officer, and the two of them "disagreed with Adl on this point."

Next, "Pearl was taken to the house of al-Qaeda's finance chief in Pakistan, Saud Memon, and murdered" there.

The self-proclaimed mastermind of the September 11 attacks also told his captors of the aborted attempt by shoe bomber Richard Reid aboard a London-US flight in late 2001.

Mohammed "stated that he had instructed Reid to shave his beard prior to boarding the airplane and to detonate the bomb inside the airplane bathroom."

But Reid refused to shave his beard, tried to ignite the bomb in his seat, and was stopped. He was arrested and sentenced to life in prison.

Mohammed said Reid had been "irresponsible," according to the documents.

Whistle-blower website WikiLeaks released classified material detailing information about detainees imprisoned at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Mohammed, captured in March 2003, had boasted in the documents that the "planes operation" of September 11 was his "dream and life's work."

Mohammed also described a plan to build remote-controlled firing devices disguised as video game cartridges, the report said.

He had begun preparations for bombing "the tallest building in California" in Los Angeles, "using at least two separate shoe bombs to gain access to the cockpit."

He wanted to hit CIA and FBI headquarters and nuclear power plants, hack into US bank computers and hijack US cargo planes.

He also discussed a series of natural gas explosions he wanted to perpetrate in Chicago and researched "the feasibility of an operation to set fire to a hotel or gas station" there, the report said.

9/11 mastermind killed Daniel Pearl despite being told not to do so: WikiLeaks - World - DNA
 
It took me a while to understand that "Who Cares!" is part of your signature and not the article--
 
"beheaded by his Pakistani captors"

This makes it sound that the alleged 9-11 mastermind Khaled Sheikh was a Pakistani - he was a Kuwaiti.
 
"beheaded by his Pakistani captors"

This makes it sound that the alleged 9-11 mastermind Khaled Sheikh was a Pakistani - he was a Kuwaiti.

That is the indigestible news for most of the indian memebrs here- i am sure- many of them did not even know that-
 
Ooooo man i saw that video and let me tell you it was not a good view at all those who did it should be brought to justice
 
KSM is ethnically Balochi from Pakistan both of his parents were Pakistanis who were naturalized Kuwaitis.

He and his parents probably had dual nationality of Pakistan and Kuwait.
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed

Half of Arabia can claim Baloch ancestory given the fact that Parts of it were previous territory of Oman till the 60s. I know this since we routinely run into Emirati nationals who have Baloch ancestory. Mostly found in police and other security agencies.

Just like the Bin Ladens are ethnic Yemenis not Saudis
 
Its not about Baloch ancestry, he holds Pakistani citizenship as do his parents. They were first generation migrants and he was himself fluent in Urdu and Balochi. His nephew Ramzi Yusuf was also born in Kuwait to Balochi immigrants who held Pakistani nationality.

Basically both were Pakistanis who were born and brought up in Kuwait and where their radicalization took place. Apart from their 80s "Jihad" experience in Afghanistan.
 
Its not about Baloch ancestry, he holds Pakistani citizenship as do his parents. They were first generation migrants and he was himself fluent in Urdu and Balochi. His nephew Ramzi Yusuf was also born in Kuwait to Balochi immigrants who held Pakistani nationality.

Basically both were Pakistanis who were born and brought up in Kuwait and where their radicalization took place. Apart from their 80s "Jihad" experience in Afghanistan.

Way back before the NADRA project, the Pakistani citizenship papers were easily obtained which is much like every other Afghan refugee has Pakistani passport. But when scrutinized by NADRA whenever they are caught under some investigations the fake papers are easily identified as fraudulent.. Given that he was assigned to Pakistan knowing Urdu is no big deal.

For all intents and purposes calling the Mastermind Pakistani and not Kuwaiti points towards malice in every way by the DNA news reporting agency of India.
 
Also let me point out other than the Baloch nobody else even gets Naturalized in Arab countries and this naturalization process pretty much stopped 10-20 years ago and is now done on very special cases.
 

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