9/11 mastermind admits killing reporter - Re: Pearl - Serious

[johnnie]

"WASHINGTON - Transcripts show that suspected 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confessed to the beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl, according to a revised transcript released by the U.S. military.


"I decapitated with my blessed right hand the head of the American Jew, Daniel Pearl, in the city of Karachi, Pakistan," Mohammed is quoted as saying in a transcript of a military hearing at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, that was released Thursday by the Pentagon."


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070315/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_terrorist_confession_40



Man, they are pinning everything on this guy

[BOSSHOG]

1. Now its time for bush to start admitting his crimes like his fellow terrorist

has done.

[earthside]

2. The Hindenburg, Oh Yah.

I heard that one of the redacted parts of his confession is his admission that he sabotaged the Hindenburg.

And, that he was on the grassy knoll in Dallas.

And that he knows a lot about Jon Benet, too.

Finally, all these unsolved crimes solved.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

3. way to go Gonzalez . . .

torture works great . . .

Jesus Christ, they think we're really this dumb.

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[bdamomma]

9. exactly how much waterboarding did he get, or arm twisting?

[CrazyOrangeCat]

13. one helluva lot.

Those good Christians at the gulag know how to make the birdies sing.

[Supersedeas]

28. this lil bit of leaked propoganda was perfectly timed for Waterboard Boy

[majorjohn]

4. How about the Oklahoma City Bombing

surely he had some sort of role in it?

[Lerkfish]

5. again, IF THIS WERE TRUE, and its not, then the IRAQ WAR was based on a lie

and the continual half-hearted search for bin ladin false.

the logic pretzels they are trying to weave are collapsing in on on themselves.

[TwilightGardener]

6. Is this whole "9/11-mastermind" thing being sold to us because

they want us to get off their backs about pursuing Bin Laden (which, by the way, BushCo has said is not all that important)?

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

12. Maybe part. I think it's to take our attention away from the scandals and focus on

terror terror terror again.

[TwilightGardener]

14. Yep, terra terra terra is their '08 platform, I have no doubt they will revive it.

[bdamomma]

7. now does mean Osama is off the radar totally

and that he was not responsible for 9/11, ok, another situation where they screwed things up, so does that mean Osama is free?

These thugs should be impeached, enough is enough now.

[bdamomma]

8. everyone needs a "fall guy"?

[mmonk]

10. Pearl came close to some thruths

about Pakistani connections (among other things) and was set up.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

11. This is from the Guardian - Who really killed Daniel Pearl? The ISI?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/pakistan/Story/0,2763,679229,00.html
Who really killed Daniel Pearl?


The US is ignoring evidence of links with Pakistan's secret service

Tariq Ali in Lahore
Friday April 5, 2002
The Guardian

It has been a stunningly beautiful spring in Pakistan. But the surface calm is deceptive. When the war in Afghanistan began, I suggested that the Taliban would be rapidly defeated and that the "jihadi" organisations and their patrons would regroup in Pakistan and, sooner or later, start punishing General Musharraf's regime. This process is now under way.

In recent months, the jihadis have scored three big hits: the kidnapping and brutal murder of the Wall Street Journal reporter, Daniel Pearl; the assassination of the interior minister's brother; and the bombing of a church in the heart of Islamabad's tightly protected diplomatic enclave. There have also been targeted killings of professionals in Karachi: more than a dozen doctors belonging to the Shi'a minority have been shot.

Article continues
All these acts were designed as a warning to Pakistan's military ruler: if you go too far in accommodating Washington, your head will also roll. Some senior journalists believe an attempt on Musharraf's life has already taken place. Are these acts of terrorism actually carried out by hardline groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammed and Harkatul Ansar, which often claim them? Probably, but these groups are only a shell. Turn them upside down and the rational kernel is revealed in the form of Pakistan's major intelligence agency - the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), whose manipulation of them has long been clear.

Those sections of the ISI who patronised and funded these organisations were livid at "the betrayal of the Taliban". Being forced to unravel the only victory they had ever scored - the Taliban takeover in Kabul - created enormous tensions inside the army. Unless this background is appreciated, the terrorism shaking the country today is inexplicable.

Continued at the above link

[TwilightGardener]

17. Speaking of Pakistan--anyone else hear that BushCo is starting to

push for regime change there, or was I hallucinating? I thought we were friendly with Musharraf, and that he was in a precarious position, involving his reluctance to fight Al Qaeda? Or was I hallucinating? I know he's got a big red bullseye on his back in terms of assassination.

[ShortnFiery]

15. Funny thing TORTURE = You'll admit to any damn thing. n/t

[fed-up]

16. Is he going to claim "responsibility" for the Anthrax Attacks also? nt

[Virginia Dare]

22. Yes, faux and freepers say he has...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=416091&mesg_id=416140

From freeperville:

To: Chi-townChief
Also said he was involved in plotting anthrax attacks, according to Fox.

I wonder if he gave up Saddam. I wonder if we'll ever know.

[gatorboy]

27. Anna Nicole's baby.

'Nuff said.

[ewagner]

18. The Admin hasn't thought this out

too well..

If this ONE GUY so many things, then maybe Al Quada :

1: Isn't all that pervasive
2: Isn't all that popular among Muslims
and

3: Isn't as big of a threat as Bush claims it is.

It's localized much more than we thought.

[RedStateShame]

19. ...AND he's Kaiser Solzhe...

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

20. There was a video of the beheading

which I did not watch--but isn't that evidence if this guy was there or not?

[CrazyOrangeCat]

21. i didn't watch it either . . .

but I remember reading that the murderer was hooded.

Convenient for the gulag-masters . . .

[havocmom]

23. Gotta come up with a way to look like they are winning war on terra!

The Great and Magnificent Oz routine is failing. The munchkins are sniffing around behind the curtain.

Wrap it up, pack up the dog & pony show and race outta town ahead of the posse. The snake oil didn't live up to the sales pitch!

Halliburton is blowing town. bush keeps going to Latin America while spinners keep saying WHAT estate in Paraguay? cheney will suddenly get too busy with new grandchild....

Put a bow on it and pretend it's all a success.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

24. well said, lady.

this is just a freaking circus.

laughable if it wasn't such a tragic, murderous nightmare.

[KansDem]

25. You know, our house was broken into a few days after Christmas 1965...

A bottle of scotch, my stepfather's banjo, 8 full books of Blue Chip Stamps, a small reel-to-reel taperecorder I had received as a present and a small radio that my sister and I had given our mother were stolen. I bet...I just bet it was this guy! If I could tie him up and pour enough water down his throat, I'd wager he'd confess!!!

Also, in 1974 someone stole the rear-view mirror off my Volkswagen. Hmmmm... :shrug:

[Warpy]

26. I believe confessions obtained under duress (let alone torture)

about as much as I believe clapping my hands keeps Tinkerbell alive.

No wonder they want a drumhead court held in secrecy. It will undoubtedly be followed by a public execution. Bread and circuses.

[frylock]

29. if you want something done right, then do it yourself..

IIRC, al-Zarqawi was one of those hands-on types as well. You'd think with all the "Number 2" guys within the organization that one of them could handle some of these menial tasks, like beheading journos and whutnot.

[pinniped]

30. THis guy confessed to being the supreme terra-dude al-Zarqawi.

No wait, that dude didn't really exist.

Did he also recruit the Merkan Taliban?