The Accused 9/11 Plotters: What Happened to Them?

News that self-confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged 9/11 plotters are to be tried in New York will re-focus attention on the 2001 terrorist attacks. TIME takes a look at some of the men alleged to have plotted and carried out the strikes

Terrorists?

Tafiq bin Attash

By William Lee Adams, Eben Harrell and Tara KellyFriday, Nov. 13, 2009
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Tafiq bin Attash

Tafiq bin Attash (a.k.a. Waleed bin Attash) is a senior al-Qaeda operative and alleged mastermind behind the U.S.S. Cole attack in 2000. U.S. authorities believe that Attash was originally selected to be a 9/11 hijacker but was limited to helping pick other hijackers after he was arrested and briefly detained in Yemen in 2001. He is currently in custody in the Guantánamo Bay detention camp.