Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'abalị mbụ nke ọnwa Machị afọ 2003, e jidere Khalid Shaikh Mohammed n'oge ndị CIA du ndị uweojii wakporo n'obodo Rawalpindi, nke dị kilomita itoolu site n'isi obodo Pakistan bụ Islamabad. Mohammed n'oge e jidere ya bụ onye nke atọ kachasị elu na al-Qaeda ma bụrụ onye na-ahụ maka ịhazi maka mwakpo nke Septemba 11. Ihe omume ndị ọzọ e jikọtara Mohammed gụnyere: inye iwu igbu onye nta akụkọ Wall Street Journal bụ Daniel Pearl,
Ụgbọ mmiri USS Cole, Richard Reid ịnwa iji bọmbụ e tinyere n'akpụkpọ ụkwụ gbapụ ụgbọelu ndị nkịtị, na mwakpo ndị na-eyi ọha egwu mere n'ụlọ nzukọ El Ghriba dị na Djerba, Tunisia. Khalid Shaikh Mohammed akọwaala onwe ya dịka onye isi kọmitii ndị agha al-Qaeda.