The military tribunal of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed turned into a brag-fest, as the captured terrorist took credit for almost every attack al-Qaeda has attempted. His admitted work goes back to 1993 and the first attack on the World Trade Center, and extends to planning assassination attempts against world leaders from Pope John Paul II to Jimmy Carter (via Hot Air):
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, confessed to that attack and a string of others during a military hearing at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to a transcript released Wednesday by the Pentagon.
"I was responsible for the 9/11 operation from A to Z," Mohammed said in a statement that was read during the session, which was held last Saturday.
Mohammed claimed responsibility for planning, financing and training others for attacks ranging from ...
In all, Mohammed said he was responsible for planning 28 attacks, including many that were never executed. ...
I'm not sure if Mohammed's on the level or if he just wants to pad the legend for later jihadis. One would think that killing 3,000 people in a single day would be enough, but Khalid wants to make sure we get the point. However, if he's taking credit for attacks that never came off, it seems to me that he's adding to the reputation of American counterterrorism rather than his own track record of success at mass murder.
His hearing proved how bad the attacks would have gotten, had the US not taken the war to the terrorists. Mohammed spoke about AQ's efforts to develop biological and nuclear weapons to attack America: ...
