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Alleged 9/11 plotter writes a letter to Obama from Guantanamo

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The man who claimed he was the mastermind of the September 11 terrorist attack wrote a letter to then President Barack Obama from the Guantanamo prison.

He justified the plot as a “natural reaction” to US foreign policy.

Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, one of five Guantanamo prisoners facing trial by military commission for their alleged roles in the hijacking plot. The letter was released yesterday.

“It appears to be a continuation of a consistent theme that he believes Americans do not count the casualties experienced by others around the world, perhaps especially Muslims, as being valuable,” Marine Corps Maj Derek Poteet, a military lawyer appointed to represent Mohammad, said.Mohammad and his co-defendants face charges that remains in the pretrial stage.

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