Gone : Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confesses

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confesses

KSM sometime before his arrest in March 2003

KSM after he was captured

It's all over the news and blogosphere but if you still somehow missed it, KSM, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, has confessed to orchestrating the 9/11 attacks and a whole host of others as well. You can read his statement here. If you don't have time to read the whole transcript, his confession begins on page 17.

About me

In fall 2007, I started working for the Kabul Center for Strategic Studies, a think tank founded by Afghans based in Kabul, Afghanistan, to build Afghan policy research expertise.

In 2006 Palgrave published a book I cowrote, "Jihad and International Security," with Jalil Roshandel.

Now I'm watching what I see to be the last gasp of a nonviable movement: militant, insurgent jihadism. This movement has killed many more Muslims than polytheists, infidels, or non-Muslims. It has also done more to damage the image of Islam than any other force in 1400 years of Islamic history.

"Prior to 9/11, who in the modern West ever worried about Islam? The jihadists have succeeded in casting suspicion on an entire religion, a substantial percentage of the world’s population, and centuries of Islamic history, in addition to all the widows and orphans they have created.

"It is unfortunate that Muslims who don’t terrorize people can’t command headlines. But that’s the way the media operates, if it bleeds it leads."

Me, Sharon Chadha, in an interview by Pooja at Instablogs.