The Accused 9/11 Plotters: What Happened to Them?

News that self-confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged 9/11 plotters are to be tried in New York will re-focus attention on the 2001 terrorist attacks. TIME takes a look at some of the men alleged to have plotted and carried out the strikes

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

By WILLIAM LEE ADAMS, EBEN HARRELL AND TARA KELLY Friday, Nov. 13, 2009

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is the self-proclaimed mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks. Born in Kuwait to parents from Pakistan, he has admitted, the Pentagon alleges, responsibility "from A to Z" for the attacks in New York and Washington. As well, Mohammed reportedly told a legal hearing that he had personally decapitated kidnapped U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002. Captured in Pakistan in March 2003, Mohammed has been subjected to harsh interrogation techniques during his questioning. He and four other alleged 9/11 plotters will now be transferred to the United States and tried in New York City.

See TIME's photo-essay "The Challenge of Memorializing 9/11."

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