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Quiz for Document 31–2: Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, Confession, 2007

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. What was Khalid Sheikh Muhammad indicating when he mentioned “the language of any war”?

He claimed that the real language of war was English.

He insisted that terrorism is the only international language of war.

He implied that, in the language of war, truth and lies mixed and oaths and deceptions became one.

He implied that he was not a terrorist but simply at war with the United States.

2. What comparison did Khalid Sheikh Muhammad draw between himself and George Washington?

Khalid Sheikh Muhammad believed that both he and George Washington fought for their freedom.

Khalid Sheikh Muhammad stated that George Washington was remembered as a hero only because he was white and Christian.

Khalid Sheikh Muhammad likened his leadership abilities to those of George Washington.

Khalid Sheikh Muhammad believed that his efforts, like those of George Washington, would help found a new nation.

3. What criticism of American antiterrorism did Khalid Sheikh Muhammad make?

Americans underestimated the role of the Taliban in supporting terrorist plots.

The United States needed to rethink its policy about negotiating with terrorists.

American efforts to capture or kill terrorist leaders were a waste of resources.

The United States had callously killed and detained close family members of suspected terrorists.