Khalid Shaikh Mohammed

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Arabic: خالد شيخ محمد; also transliterated as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, and other ways) (March 1, 1964 or April 14, 1965 – present) is a Kuwaiti terrorist. Until his capture in Pakistan in 2003, he was an important figure in Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda organization, where he masterminded numerous plans and came to head the group's propaganda operations sometime around 1999.

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Arabic - Transliterated - March 1 - 1964 - April 14 - 1965 - Kuwait - Terrorist - Pakistan - 2003 - Osama bin Laden - Al-Qaeda - Propaganda - 1999

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The 9/11 Commission Report calls him "the principal architect of the 9/11 attacks." The Report also calls him a "terrorist entrepreneur" who — though he had engaged in planning terrorist attacks since his first such plot in 1994 — did not join al-Qaeda until late 1998 or early 1999. He also reportedly helped finance his nephew Ramzi Yousef's World Trade Center bombing and conspired with him to create the foiled Operation Bojinka plot (not directly related to al-Qaeda). As an al-Qaeda member he helped in the Bali nightclub bombings, the failed bombing of American Airlines Flight 63, the murder of Daniel Pearl, and other militant attacks.

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9/11 Commission Report - 9/11 attacks - Ramzi Yousef - World Trade Center bombing - Operation Bojinka - Bali nightclub bombings - American Airlines - Flight 63 - Daniel Pearl

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Khalid Shaikh Mohammed has used 27 known aliases, including Ashraf Refaat Nabith Henin, Khalid Adbul Wadood, Salem Ali, Abdul Majid, Abdullah al-Fak'asi al-Ghamdior, and Fahd Bin Adballah Bin Khalid. An acronym widely used for his name is KSM. Some American government sources called him the "Forrest Gump of terrorism" or "Forrest Gump of al-Qaeda" because he was involved in so many Islamic militant plans from 1994 up until his capture in March 2003.

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Alias - Forrest Gump - March - 2003

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