Snippet 9/11

11 September 2001 was a day of unprecedented shock and suffering in the history of United States. American was unprepared to counter the wave of new terrorism. What went wrong? To answer these questions US President created National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States. The Commission reviewed more than 2.5 million pages of documents and interviewed more than 1,200 individuals in ten countries, 119 days of hearings and took public testimony from 160 witnesses.

In Chapter 5: Al-Qaeda Aims at The American Homeland, The Commission reported After meeting Bin Ladin, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, mastermind of the 9/11 plot, journeyed onward to India, Indonesia, Malaysia, where he met with Jemaah Islamiah's Hambali. Hambali was an Indonesian veteran of the Afghan war looking to expand the jihad into Southeast Asia.

Late 1998 to early 1999, planning for the 9/11 operation began in earnest. Yet while 9/11 project occupied the bulk KSM's attention, he continued to consider other possibilities for terror attacks. For example, he sent Al-Qaeda operative Issa al Britani to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to learn about the jihad in SOutheast Asia from Hambali.

Source: The 9/11 Commission Report