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Born in [[Kuwait]], his date of birth has been variously reported as April 14, 1965 or March 1, 1964. |
Born in [[Kuwait]], his date of birth has been variously reported as April 14, 1965 or March 1, 1964. |
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He was also wanted for his alleged involvement in a conspiracy plot, based in Manila, The Philippines, to bomb commercial United States airliners flying routes to the United States from Southeast Asia in January of 1995. |
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In January, 1995, the United States learned of a plot based in Manila to bomb 12 commercial jumbo jets of United States carriers flying Asian-Pacific routes. In December, 1994, the conspirators had engaged in a test on a Phillippines airliner using only about 10 percent of the explosives that were to be used in each of the bombs to be planted on United States airliners. The test resulted in the death of a Japanese national on board a flight from the Phillippines to Japan. |
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He was indicted in the Southern District of New York in January of 1996. |
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Revision as of 14:18, 2 March 2003
On May 1, 2003, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was reported to have been arrested in Pakistan. He is believed to have been the military head of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda organization, and was reportedly the mastermind of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack and of other al-Qaeda attacks,
His aliases are reported to have included Ashraf Refaat Nabith Henin, Khalid Adbul Wadood, Salem Ali, and Fahd Bin Adballah Bin Khalid.
Born in Kuwait, his date of birth has been variously reported as April 14, 1965 or March 1, 1964.
He was also wanted for his alleged involvement in a conspiracy plot, based in Manila, The Philippines, to bomb commercial United States airliners flying routes to the United States from Southeast Asia in January of 1995.
In January, 1995, the United States learned of a plot based in Manila to bomb 12 commercial jumbo jets of United States carriers flying Asian-Pacific routes. In December, 1994, the conspirators had engaged in a test on a Phillippines airliner using only about 10 percent of the explosives that were to be used in each of the bombs to be planted on United States airliners. The test resulted in the death of a Japanese national on board a flight from the Phillippines to Japan.
He was indicted in the Southern District of New York in January of 1996.