The New Face Behind 9/11

AL-QAEDA UPDATE

For more than six years, U.S. Officials have wanted to nab Khalid Shaikh Mohammed for his involvement in a foiled plot to bomb airliners as they crossed the Pacific. Now they want to talk to him about a plan that worked. Mohammed, 37, who was born in Kuwait, is believed to have been a key player in the Sept. 11 attacks. "He was involved in every aspect--concocting the scheme, training, financing," says a U.S. official. Mohammed has been fingered by Abu Zubaydah, a top lieutenant of Osama bin Laden now in U.S. custody at a secret location, and by some al-Qaeda...

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