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This Is Progress.(A)(EDITORIALS)
Terrorism: The doubters will still doubt, but the war on America's enemies clearly moved ahead with the capture of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.
Mohammed's arrest is the most significant event in the war on terrorism since al-Qaida was routed from Afghanistan. He is reported to be the chief planner of the 9-11 attack and perhaps al-Qaida's No. 3 man, behind Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian doctor who is bin Laden's spiritual adviser.
Mohammed, a U.S.-educated engineer, was plotting more terrorism against America when he was arrested Saturday morning in Pakistan. It's hard to know how close he was to carrying out another attack, but it appears he was planning imminent strikes. One reason the threat level was elevated recently to orange was because of intelligence gathered about Mohammed's intentions.
U.S. and Pakistani officials deserve credit for timely work that might have saved hundreds of innocent lives.
The U.S. and British military buildup in the Middle East also may have played a role. With an imminent allied attack on Iraq looking more likely by the day, al-Qaida leaders, known for executing their attacks ...
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