Mohammed Claims Responsibility for 9/11, WTC Bombing, Katrina

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Suspected terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confessed to mastermining over 30 attacks and plots in the U.S. and worldwide that killed thousands of victims -- including the 9/11 plot, the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, and Hurricane Katrina -- according to a revised transcript released Thursday by the U.S. military.

In his first public statements since his capture, a broken yet defiant Mr. Mohammed expressed regret for taking the lives of children and said Islam doesn't give a "green light" to killing, while still promoting his extreme ideology. "I don't like to kill people. The city of New Orleans and its kids were necessesary casualties in our war of independence."

Mr. Mohammad later confessed to the assassination of William McKinley, the My Lai massacre, and SARS.

In a prepared statement, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow touted Mr. Mohammad's confessions as support for President Bush's pro-torture policy.