Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is a Pakistani Islamist militant and senior al-Qaeda member widely regarded as the chief planner of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.

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Khalid Shaikh Mohammed 1
خالد شيخ محمد 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamist militant
Pakistani national
al-Qaeda member
person
alsoKnownAs KSM
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
surface form: Khalid Shaikh Mohammed

Mukhtar
arrestedBy Central Intelligence Agency
Pakistani authorities
arrestedIn Pakistan
Rawalpindi
arrestedOn 2003-03-01
chargedWith murder in violation of the law of war
terrorism
war crimes
confessedTo involvement in the murder of Daniel Pearl
planning the September 11 attacks
countryOfCitizenship Pakistan
dateOfBirth 1964-04-14
detainedAt U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay
surface form: Guantanamo Bay detention camp
detainedBy United States of America
surface form: United States
detentionStatus indefinite detention without trial as of 2024
educatedAt Chowan College
North Carolina A&T State University
education North Carolina A&T State University
ethnicGroup Baloch people
surface form: Baloch
familyName Mohamed
surface form: Mohammed
fieldOfStudy mechanical engineering
fullName Khalid Sheikh Mohammed self-link
givenName Khalid
heldIn CIA black sites
ideology Salafi jihadism
interrogationMethod waterboarding
involvedIn 1993 World Trade Center bombing planning
Bojinka plot
September 11 attacks
terrorist operations against the United States
memberOf al-Qaeda
nativeName Khalid Sheikh Mohammed self-linksurface differs
surface form: خالد شيخ محمد
notableFor planning the September 11 attacks
occupation military chief of al-Qaeda operations
terrorist operative
placeOfBirth Balochistan, Pakistan
surface form: Balochistan

Kuwait
relative Ramzi Yousef
religion Islam
roleInEvent chief planner of the September 11 attacks
principal architect of the September 11 attacks
sibling Zahed Sheikh Mohammed
subjectOf CIA enhanced interrogation program
military commission proceedings at Guantanamo Bay
torturedBy Central Intelligence Agency
waterboardedTimes 183

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed alsoKnownAs Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
this entity surface form: Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed fullName Khalid Sheikh Mohammed self-link
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed nativeName Khalid Sheikh Mohammed self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: خالد شيخ محمد
September 11 attacks principalArchitect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed