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Plotting Terror: The Origins of the Attacks on America
These three stories from the Los Angeles Times "examine the origins of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks on the United States and develop a new and compelling explanation of how the attacks were conceived and directed and by whom. The stories contain ... revealing portraits of two central figures -- the lead pilot Mohamed Atta and the plot's mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed."
Tags: September 11; Mohamed Atta; Khalid Shaikh Mohammed; terrorist attacks
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The Plot
A CBS News 60 Minutes II report reveals that the mastermind of the September 11 attacks was not Osama bin Laden, but an Al Qaeda terrorist who had struck America before: Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. Mohammed directed his nephew in the World Trade Center bombing in 1993 and was behind the failed attempt to hijack 11 American airliners in the Philippines and crash them into the Pacific. "In the end, Mohammed simply combined the '93 World Trade Center attack with the failed plan in the Philippines and came up with the blueprint for September 11th.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; World Trade Center attacks; September 11th; 9-11; terrorism; terrorists; Osama bin Laden; Khalid Shaikh Mohammed; Al Qaeda; Bin al Shibh; Mohammed Atta; al Jazeera; CIA; FBI