The suspected mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, has confessed his role in the atrocity for the first time at a military trial at Guantanamo Bay, the Pentagon has said. He admitted involvement in a host of seperate attacks or plots, which are listed below, as shown in the tribunal transcript released by the Pentagon.

1. The 1993 bombing of the World Trade Centre in New York City.

2. The September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon in Washington.

3. A shoe bomber operation to bring down two US commercial airplanes.

4. The Filka Island operation in Kuwait that killed two American soldiers.

5. The deadly bombing of a nightclub in Bali, Indonesia.

6. Planning a “second wave” of attacks on major US landmarks in the wake of the September 11, with targets including the Library Tower in California, the Sears Tower in Chicago, the Plaza Bank building in Washington state and the Empire State Building in New York.

7. Planning and financing operations to destroy US military vessels and oil tankers in the Straits of Hormuz, the Straits of Gibraltar, and in Singapore.

8. A plan to blow up the Panama Canal.

9. An assassination attempt against former US President Jimmy Carter, as well as other former presidents.

10. A plot to blow up suspension bridges in New York.

11. A plan to burn fuel trucks beneath or around the Sears Tower in Chicago in order to destroy it.

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