# 9/11 Mastermind Arrested **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-mastermind-arrested/158444 "2003-03-01T20:32:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-mastermind-arrested/158444/21 "2003-03-03T16:55:18Z")
Three meals of bacon and eggs. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-mastermind-arrested/158444/22 "2003-03-03T17:24:58Z")
I thought OBL was the mastermind of 9/11. Was this guy responsible for the nuts and bolts planning? It seems there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes than just trying to whip the UN into shape… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-mastermind-arrested/158444/23 "2003-03-03T17:27:50Z")
Jeez, what did they do… tar and feather the guy? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-mastermind-arrested/158444/24 "2003-03-03T17:42:11Z")
I think Martin’s got something here: [image][http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/south/03/03/pakistan.arrests/story.ksmohammed.ap.jpg[/image]](http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/south/03/03/pakistan.arrests/story.ksmohammed.ap.jpg%5B/image%5D) The problem is, this is the guy in handcuffs. He doesn’t look like the pictures published of the Terrorist Mastermind. As a matter of fact, he seems to look almost Exactly like forgotten porn-star Ron Jeremy. [image][http://www.ronjeremy-themovie.com/images/noteasy.jpg[/image]](http://www.ronjeremy-themovie.com/images/noteasy.jpg%5B/image%5D) Now, keeping Ron’s overly-hairy back off-camera (and out of porno) is a noble cause, but it certainly doesn’t make him the head of Al Qaida. Wasn’t anyone watching the back door? Of course, the fact that an American Pornstar is in the hands of Al Qaida is a worry of its own. Perhaps this is the tip of the biggest conspiracy yet? (I thought Linda Lovelace’s untimely death last year sounded suspicious…) Could you image if All our Porn Stars are secretly being replaced with Al Qaida Operatives? It explains all the burqa camouflage: all their women are being surgically altered (the horror!) to look like Ginger Lynn, Joanna Storms, Nina Hartley, etc. Seriously, people, Charley Sheen could be in some Real Danger here. Shouldn’t we tell somebody…? ---
**Author:** ![Fang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/96bed5/32.png) [@Fang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fang)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-mastermind-arrested/158444/25 "2003-03-03T20:06:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ivylass \* > \*\*I thought OBL was the mastermind of 9/11. > > Was this guy responsible for the nuts and bolts planning?\*\* Something like that, but “nuts and bolts” makes it sound a little too detailed. Think OBL is the CEO of al-Qaeda, and KSM is chief project manager or something. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-mastermind-arrested/158444/26 "2003-03-03T23:14:23Z")
[This article](http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DJ30Df01.html) claims that Mohammed has been dead for over a year. Dated October 30, 2002, it says: > [@](#): > > KARACHI - Ever since the frenzied shootout last month on September 11 in Karachi there have been doubts over whether Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed head of al-Qaeda’s military committee, died in the police raid on his apartment. > > \ > > Now it has emerged that Kuwaiti national Khalid Shaikh Mohammed did indeed perish in the raid, but his wife and child were taken from the apartment and handed over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in whose hands they remain. A few rabid Anti-Bush sites have claimed that the government wishes to keep this quiet because of the perception of lack of success in the War on Terror. Netting one of the “Big Guys” gives the WoT a point or two in the eyes of the American people. As to the veracity of these claims, I cannot comment. I just though I would share the link, and see what you all thought. ---
**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-mastermind-arrested/158444/27 "2003-03-03T23:21:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lissa \* > \*\* > > As to the veracity of these claims, I cannot comment. I just though I would share the link, and see what you all thought. \*\* An article by the same media outlet directly contradicts that [here](http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EC04Df01.html). My guess is that the former was a case of erroneous reporting. If not, the latter certainly would’ve stipulated as to why he’s alive despite his alleged death. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-mastermind-arrested/158444/28 "2003-03-04T00:30:29Z")
According to the Anti-Bush sites, if you don’t see any other confirmation of this story, it’s because the Corporate Media has bowed to the pressure brought on by our Evil Overlords. After an exhaustive search, however, I wasn’t even able to find more cites in the Anti-Bush realm beyond this one. Well, anything is possible, I suppose. I’m no big fan of Bush, et al., but jailing a patsy to boost approval ratings in such a public way is very risky, and I can’t imagine if it were true how they could “get away with it.” The networks may bow to government and sponsor pressure, but the internet is true freedom of the press. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-mastermind-arrested/158444/29 "2003-03-04T01:05:48Z")
[Found another one:](http://www.paknews.com/editorials.php?id=1&date1=2003-03-04) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-mastermind-arrested/158444.md?page=1)