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Sunday, September 21, 2003
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed: Canary?
via TalkLeft:
FOXNews.com - Top Stories - Report: Terror Mastermind Reveals 9-11 Plot Hatched in 1996: "Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed told U.S. investigators that he first began plotting the attacks with terrorist leader Usama bin Laden in 1996.

After examining interregation reports, The Associated Press learned that Mohammed said the original scheme involved the hijacking of five commercial airliners on both U.S. coasts.

He said the plan was changed several times in the five years between its conception and execution.

Mohammed also divulged that, in its final stages, the hijacking plot called for as many as 22 terrorists and four planes in a first wave, followed by a second wave of suicide hijackings that were to be aided possibly by Al Qaeda (search) allies in southeast Asia, according to the reports."

Lots of interesting stuff there, but the most notable things are perhaps the omissions:
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