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Pentagon Censors 9/11 Suspect's Tape
Among other statements that appeared in the transcript but were cut from the audio were Mohammed saying he felt some sorrow over Sept. 11.
"I'm not happy that 3,000 been killed in America," the transcript quoted him as saying in broken English. "I feel sorry even. I don't like to kill children and the kids."
  In a file photo Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan Saturday March 1, 2003, in this photo obtained by the Associated Press. The Pentagon has released a censored audiotape of the suspected Sept. 11 mastermind _ deleting a part officials said could be used to recruit future terrorists. (AP Photo) (Associated Press) 
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He said there are exceptions in war.
"The language of the war is victims," Mohammed said in a part of the transcript that was cut from the audio. He compared al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden to George Washington, saying Americans view Washington as a hero for his role in the Revolutionary War and many Muslims view bin Laden in the same light.
Also cut from the audio were his assertions that Wall Street Journal reporter Pearl was in Pakistan to investigate on behalf of Israeli intelligence officials; that many terrorist suspects being detained by the United States are not enemy combatants; that Muslims have been oppressed by the United States, and that he is motivated to fight the United States on religious grounds.
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Associated Press writer Lolita C. Baldor contributed to this report.
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