Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (sometimes also spelled Shaykh; [2] also known by at least 50 pseudonyms; [3] born 14 April 1965), often known by his initials KSM, is a Pakistani terrorist, mechanical engineer and the former Head of Propaganda for the pan-Islamist militant group al …

2 days ago · Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan, on March 1, 2003. (AP Photo/File) WASHINGTON (CN) — A D.C. Circuit panel on Tuesday threw cold water on the federal government’s effort to back out of a plea deal with the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and his two ...

2 days ago · Appeals court weighs if U.S. can nix accused 9/11 plotters’ plea deal. If the Pentagon were ever to get courts’ leeway to withdraw a pledge not to seek the death penalty, the United States ...

Jan 10, 2025 · The Biden administration has succeeded in temporarily blocking accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed from entering a guilty plea that would spare him the risk of execution for al-Qaida’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Jan 9, 2025 · Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, often referred to as KSM, was due to deliver his pleas at a war court on the Guantanamo Bay naval base in south-eastern Cuba, where he has been held in a military prison ...

Jan 24, 2025 · Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Islamist militant who, as an operational planner for al-Qaeda, masterminded some of that organization’s highest-profile terrorist operations, most notably the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001.

Jan 10, 2025 · WASHINGTON — The Biden administration succeeded Thursday in temporarily blocking accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed from entering a guilty plea in a deal that would spare him the...

Jan 10, 2025 · A plea hearing to enable alleged 9/11 terror attack mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to avoid the death penalty will not go forward Friday, after the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decided ...

Jan 1, 2025 · Reclaiming the 9/11 dead 06:23. Washington — A military appeals court ruled Monday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin could not withdraw plea agreements for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused ...

Jul 31, 2024 · The US has reached a plea deal with alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants accused of plotting the 2001 terror attacks, according to the Defense Department.