Bin Laden's Key 9/11 Role Revealed

(Sunday Times-UK) - Nick Fielding The two main planners of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Ramzi Binalshibh, who are in American custody, have disclosed that Bin Laden chose the pilots who flew the doomed jets and headed a committee that debated details of the attacks, according to transcripts of their interrogations. The pair have named previously unknown co-conspirators and other fellow al-Qaeda members. Binalshibh, at least, appears to have no regrets. If he is released or escapes, he has told his interrogators, his first act will be to "kill 1,000 Americans."


2003-11-03 00:00:00

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