Editing Walid bin Attash

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'''Walid Muhammad Salih bin Mubarak bin Attash''', also known as '''Father of the Leg''' and '''Khallad''' (born 1978) is a Yemeni man currently held in extrajudicial detention in Guantanamo Bay for his involvement in planning the [[1998 US Embassy bombings]] and the [[USS Cole bombing|USS ''Cole'' bombing]]. He was also allegedly involved in selecting and training the hijackers responsible for the [[September 11 attacks]]. 

== Biography ==
Bin Attash was born to a Saudi family on friendly terms with [[Osama bin Laden]] in 1978. In 1997, Attash joined [[Al-Qaeda]] after losing his leg while fighting against the Northern Alliance, assisted in coordinating the [[2000 millennium attack plots]], and informed [[Nawaf al-Hazmi]] and [[Khalid al-Mihdhar]], future 9/11 hijackers, of the upcoming Kuala Lumpur al-Qaeda summit. He was also named as the mastermind behind the USS ''Cole ''bombing in October 2000.

On 29 April 2003, Bin Attash and [[Ammar al-Baluchi|Ammar Al-Baluchi]] were captured by the CIA and imprisoned at a CIA black site, later being transferred to Guantanamo Bay on 6 September 2006. Bin Attash was held before a combatant status review tribunal that same year in order to determine whether or not his imprisonment was constitutional. Evidence in the tribunal included testimony from [[Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali]] that Bin Attash had ordered him to participate in the bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi during the [[1998 US Embassy bombings]], and from a participant in the USS ''Cole'' bombing that Bin Attash had sent him a letter asking for his assistance in the attack. He was also implicated in various other attacks after a raid on an Al-Qaeda safe house resulted in the discovery of a ledger containing many payments made by Bin Attash to various Al-Qaeda Jihadists. Ultimately, the tribunal concluded that Bin Attash's classification as an enemy combatant, and therefore his imprisonment, was constitutional. He, al-Baluchi, [[Ramzi bin al-Shibh]], [[Khalid Sheikh Mohammed]] and [[Mustafa al-Hawsawi]] were later charged before a military tribunal, all pleading guilty, although their pleas were delayed for mental competency hearings for al-Shibh and al-Hawsawi.
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