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.
“If your court sentences me to life in prison, I will be very happy to be alone in my cell to worship Allah the rest of my life and repent to him all my sins and misdeeds,” Mohammad wrote.
“And if your court sentences me to death, I will be even happier to meet Allah and the prophets and see my best friends whom you killed unjustly all around the world and to see Sheikh Osama Bin Laden.”
The letter also condemns Obama, saying the former president’s hands are “still wet with the blood of our brothers and sisters.”
“The two blessed attacks in Washington and New York adhered to all universal laws and were a natural reaction to your destructive policies towards the Islamic world,” Mohammad wrote.
The contents of the letter were published by The The Associated Press.