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THE CONCEPTION According to the presidents of the United States and the Philippines , the September 11, 2001 Attacks originated with Operation Bojinka , which was conceived by Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and Ramzi Yousef . The first stage would be the Assassination of Pope John Paul II and the Bombing of eleven Airplane s. The second and third stages called for small airplanes loaded with explosives to be crashed into the CIA headquarters and other targets. The plot was discovered by Manila police on January 6 , 1995 and Abdul Hakim Murad was arrested. Ramzi Yousef was arrested in Pakistan in February 1995. Wali Khan Amin Shah escaped after his arrest, but was re-arrested in Malaysia in December 1995. Khalid Sheik Mohammed escaped, and Riduan Isamuddin , also known as Hambali, was overlooked. Mohammed moved to Qatar . Before the government there could arrest him (after a request by the United States ), he fled to Afghanistan . The leaders of Al-Qaida liked the idea of the modified Phases II and III Mohammed presented to them. Instead of using small airplanes loaded with explosives, as Murad planned to do, Mohammed planned to use commercial airliners. Mohammed and Abu Zubaydah became the managers of the plot. During late 1996 and 1997 , Khalid Sheik Mohammed stayed in the Czech Republic , as the Taliban would not approve of his womanising. German officials believe that the leaders of Al-Qaida planned almost the entire September 11 plot in Afghanistan. Six of the hijackers that got chosen later down the line would have some say in the plot. According to the September 11 Commission Khalid Shaikh Mohammed envisioned a hijacking of ten planes on both the East and West coasts, and for nine of them to be crashed into the World Trade Center , The Pentagon in Arlington, Virgina , either the White House or the United States Capitol , the tallest building in California (The Library Tower, now known as the U.S. Bank Tower ), the Sears Tower , both the Bank Of America Tower and Space Needle in Seattle, Washington , and other buildings. The commission stated that Mohammed also wanted to personally hijack a tenth airliner, kill all of the Adult Male s on board, land the plane in the U.S., make a political speech, and then free all of the Women and Children on the plane. |
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