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KSM Claims Links to Indonesian terror attacksBy Kenneth Conboy
Among the many points that stand out in the DoD transcript of proceedings against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed are his claimed links to terror attacks in Southeast Asia in general, and Indonesia in particular. Listed below are some of these claims, along with comments: * KSM claims he was "responsible" for the bombing of a nightclub in Bali. Comment: This is a reference to the two nightclubs that were attacked by Jemaah Islamiyah in October 2002. KSM can claim some responsibility for this because he had encouraged JI to stage attacks against Western targets, and he helped send some (though not all) of the funds used to stage this attack. It was Jemaah Islamiyah, however, that selected this target, and it was Jemaah Islamiyah that must accept prime responsibility for this attack. * KSM claims that he was responsible for planned New (or Second) Wave attakcs against U.S. skyscrapers after 9/11. Comment: This is a reference to KSM's hand-picked team of Malaysian members of Jemaah Islamiyah who were being preened for follow-on attacks involving aircraft kamikaze attacks against U.S. skycrapers. At least one of these Malaysian received pilot training. All members of this team have apparently been captured. * KSM claims that he was responsible for the planning, surveying, and funding for the the destruction of American embassies in, among other locations, Indonesia. Comment: Jemaah Islamiyah did conduct reconnaissance against the U.S. embassy in Jakarta circa 2000, but never got beyond making a video (of poor quality) of the front gate. JI members brainstormed various methods of attacking the embassy, including a kamikaze attack by a helicopter. The plan never apparently progressed beyond this stage. * KSM spoke of pushing for an attack against an American oil company in Sumatra owned by Henry Kissinger. Comment: Before selecting Bali as their target in October 2002, Jemaah Islamiyah contemplated attacks against the ExxonMobil gas field in Aceh (on the island of Sumatra), the Dumai port used by Caltex (on the island of Sumatra), a gold mine on Sumbawa island (in Nusa Tenggara Barat province) and the Freeport gold mine (in Papua). Kissinger is on the board of Freeport. KSM probably heard of these targets, and confused the oil targets on Sumatra with Kissinger's affilation with Freeport.
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