Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (sometimes also spelled Khalid Shaikh Mohammad; among at least fifty pseudonyms; , born March 1, 1964; or April 14, 1965) is a Kuwaiti terrorist. He is currently held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp under terrorism-related charges. He is seen as the person who planned the September 11 attacks in the 9/11 Commission Report.

Sheikh Mohammed was a member of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda organization, leading al-Qaeda's propaganda operations from around 1999 until late 2001. 

He confessed to FBI agents to a role in many of the most significant terrorist plots over the last twenty years.

Mohammed's trial (started again or) restarted on 7 September 2021.

On July 31, 2024, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed avoided a death penalty trial, in exchange for a sentence of life imprisonment.

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Category:1960s births
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Category:Al-Qaeda people
Category:Pakistani criminals
Category:Terrorists

Category:University of the Punjab alumni