How They Did It

SITTING on the floor of his Karachi apartment, Ramzi bin al-Shibh laid out in stunning detail the anatomy of the 9/11 attacks. As one of the masterminds of September 11, he had a lot to share. Talking this June with a reporter from al-Jazeera—the Arab-language network of choice for Qaeda terrorists—bin al-Shibh discussed everything from the “conquests and heroism of Islam” to America’s support for Israel, in addition, of course, to the particulars of 9/11. What he did not know at this point was that his days in freedom were numbered.

Shortly after al-Jazeera announced the existence of the audiotaped interview and its broadcast date of September 12, 2002, a Pakistani SWAT team—on the anniversary of 9/11—stormed bin al-Shibh’s apartment, arresting him after a violent struggle. NATIONAL REVIEW has obtained a translation of the interview, courtesy of 9/11 Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism, the group suing, among others, the Saudi royal family.

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SITTING on the floor of his Karachi apartment, Ramzi bin al-Shibh laid out in stunning detail the anatomy of the 9/11 attacks. As one of the masterminds of September 11, he had a lot to share. Talking this June with a reporter from al-Jazeera—the Arab-language network of choice for Qaeda terrorists—bin al-Shibh discussed everything from the “conquests and heroism of Islam” to America’s support for Israel, in addition, of course, to the particulars of 9/11. What he did not know at this point was that his days in freedom were numbered.

Shortly after al-Jazeera announced the existence of the audiotaped interview and its broadcast date of September 12, 2002, a Pakistani SWAT team—on the anniversary of 9/11—stormed bin al-Shibh’s apartment, arresting him after a violent struggle. NATIONAL REVIEW has obtained a translation of the interview, courtesy of 9/11 Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism, the group suing, among others, the Saudi royal family.