Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is a Pakistani Islamist militant and senior al-Qaeda member widely regarded as the chief planner of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Khalid Sheikh Mohammed canonical | 11 |
| Khalid Shaikh Mohammed | 1 |
| Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is uncle of Ramzi Yousef | 1 |
| خالد شيخ محمد | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T324829 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Context triple: [September 11 attacks, principalArchitect, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed]
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A.
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden was the founder and leader of the militant Islamist organization al-Qaeda and the orchestrator of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
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B.
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Ayman al-Zawahiri was an Egyptian-born physician-turned-militant who became the ideological leader of al-Qaeda and succeeded Osama bin Laden as its emir.
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C.
Abdul Rahman Azzam
Abdul Rahman Azzam was an Egyptian diplomat, nationalist, and statesman best known for serving as the founding Secretary-General of the Arab League and advocating Arab unity in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Mustafa Abdul Jalil is a Libyan politician and former justice minister who became a leading figure of the opposition and head of the National Transitional Council during the 2011 uprising against Muammar Gaddafi.
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E.
Achmed Abdullah
Achmed Abdullah was a Russian-born American writer and screenwriter known for his exotic adventure tales and contributions to early Hollywood cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Target entity description: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is a Pakistani Islamist militant and senior al-Qaeda member widely regarded as the chief planner of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
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A.
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden was the founder and leader of the militant Islamist organization al-Qaeda and the orchestrator of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
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B.
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Ayman al-Zawahiri was an Egyptian-born physician-turned-militant who became the ideological leader of al-Qaeda and succeeded Osama bin Laden as its emir.
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C.
Abdul Rahman Azzam
Abdul Rahman Azzam was an Egyptian diplomat, nationalist, and statesman best known for serving as the founding Secretary-General of the Arab League and advocating Arab unity in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Mustafa Abdul Jalil is a Libyan politician and former justice minister who became a leading figure of the opposition and head of the National Transitional Council during the 2011 uprising against Muammar Gaddafi.
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E.
Achmed Abdullah
Achmed Abdullah was a Russian-born American writer and screenwriter known for his exotic adventure tales and contributions to early Hollywood cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamist militant
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Pakistani national ⓘ al-Qaeda member ⓘ person ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
KSM
ⓘ
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ⓘ
surface form:
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Mukhtar ⓘ |
| arrestedBy |
Central Intelligence Agency
ⓘ
Pakistani authorities ⓘ |
| arrestedIn |
Pakistan
ⓘ
Rawalpindi ⓘ |
| arrestedOn | 2003-03-01 ⓘ |
| chargedWith |
murder in violation of the law of war
ⓘ
terrorism ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| confessedTo |
involvement in the murder of Daniel Pearl
ⓘ
planning the September 11 attacks ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Pakistan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1964-04-14 ⓘ |
| detainedAt |
U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay
ⓘ
surface form:
Guantanamo Bay detention camp
|
| detainedBy |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| detentionStatus | indefinite detention without trial as of 2024 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Chowan College
ⓘ
North Carolina A&T State University ⓘ |
| education | North Carolina A&T State University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Baloch people
ⓘ
surface form:
Baloch
|
| familyName |
Mohamed
ⓘ
surface form:
Mohammed
|
| fieldOfStudy | mechanical engineering ⓘ |
| fullName | Khalid Sheikh Mohammed self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Khalid ⓘ |
| heldIn | CIA black sites ⓘ |
| ideology | Salafi jihadism ⓘ |
| interrogationMethod | waterboarding ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
1993 World Trade Center bombing planning
ⓘ
Bojinka plot ⓘ September 11 attacks ⓘ terrorist operations against the United States ⓘ |
| memberOf | al-Qaeda ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
خالد شيخ محمد
|
| notableFor | planning the September 11 attacks ⓘ |
| occupation |
military chief of al-Qaeda operations
ⓘ
terrorist operative ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Balochistan, Pakistan
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surface form:
Balochistan
Kuwait ⓘ |
| relative | Ramzi Yousef ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| roleInEvent |
chief planner of the September 11 attacks
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principal architect of the September 11 attacks ⓘ |
| sibling | Zahed Sheikh Mohammed ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
CIA enhanced interrogation program
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military commission proceedings at Guantanamo Bay ⓘ |
| torturedBy | Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ |
| waterboardedTimes | 183 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Description of subject: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is a Pakistani Islamist militant and senior al-Qaeda member widely regarded as the chief planner of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
خالد شيخ محمد
this entity surface form:
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
this entity surface form:
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is uncle of Ramzi Yousef