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| Key suspect 'admits 9/11 guilt' | Key suspect 'admits 9/11 guilt' |
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| Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind the 11 September attacks, has admitted responsibility, a court transcript says. | Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind the 11 September attacks, has admitted responsibility, a court transcript says. |
| "I was responsible for the 9/11 Operation, from A to Z," he said. | "I was responsible for the 9/11 Operation, from A to Z," he said. |
| He also reportedly confessed to planning to attack Big Ben and Heathrow airport in London, at the hearing at the US Guantanamo Bay camp in Cuba. | He also reportedly confessed to planning to attack Big Ben and Heathrow airport in London, at the hearing at the US Guantanamo Bay camp in Cuba. |
| The hearing was the first time the Pakistani national had faced a court since being captured four years ago. | |
| Sheikh Mohammed was believed to be the third most senior al-Qaeda leader before his capture in March 2003. | |
| 'HIGH-VALUE' SUSPECTS Khalid Sheikh MohammedRamzi BinalshibhAbu Zubaydah HambaliMajid Khan The 14 key detainees | |
| He was held in US custody at an undisclosed location from then until his transfer to Guantanamo Bay. | |
| Hearings opened at the detention camp last week to decide whether key suspects can be deemed enemy combatants and therefore face military trials. | |
| In total, 14 terror suspects are due at the hearings. | |
| The court is not open to the public. Transcripts of testimony have been translated from Sheikh Mohammed's Arabic and edited by the Pentagon to remove sensitive intelligence material. |