Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa 1 Kurume 2003, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed akasungwa mukati mekupamba kwaitungamirirwa neCIA mudhorobha reRawalpindi, mamaira mapfumbamwe kunze kweguta guru rePakistan reIslamabad. Panguva yaakatorwa, Mohammed ndiye aiva mukuru wechitatu weAl-Qaeda uye ndiye aitungamirira kuronga kurwiswa kwakaitwa musi wa11 September. Zvimwe zviitiko zvakabatanidzwa naMohammed zvinosanganisira: kuraira kuurawa kwemunyori wenhau weWall Street Journal Daniel Pearl, kubhomba kweUSS Cole
, kuedza kwaRichard Reid kuputika ndege yevagari nebhomba reshangu, uye kurwiswa kwegandanga musinagogi reEl Ghriba muDjerba, Tunisia. Khalid Shaikh Mohammed akazvirondedzera amene somukuru wekomiti yechiuto yeAl-Qaeda.