Tag Archives : Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Former US president George W. Bush convoluted some definitions. ‘The ambiguity began shortly after 9/11, when then-U.S. President George W. Bush defined two missions: waging a war on terror, and bringing Osama bin Laden and his followers to justice. Both made for good rhetoric. But they also were fundamentally contradictory. A war is not a judicial [...]

The alleged masterminds and perpetrators of 9/11, headed by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, are finally facing a civilian court in New York City. In a stroke of agit-propaganda genius, the 9/11 suspects will be tried in a court that is ‘just blocks from where the World Trade Center once stood.’ The decision by US Attorney General Eric Holder to hold the [...]

Guantanamo is a special place full of mystery. It holds some pretty dirty secrets, especially those involving the so-called ‘platinum prisoners’ or that band of high-value al-Qaeda detainees that include 15 alleged senior al-Qaeda captives. These highly confidential prisoners have been kept in the highly confidential Camp 7 within the confines [...]