Khalid

[ khah-leed, kah-, khal-id, kal- ]

/ xɑˈlid, kɑ-, ˈxæl ɪd, ˈkæl- /

Khalid ibn Abdul-Aziz al Saud,1913–82, king of Saudi Arabia 1975–82 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Faisal).

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Zubaydah indentified Khalid Sheikh Mohammed as the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks.
The Luxury Homes That Torture and Your Tax Dollars Built|Michael Daly|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Self-described 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was also kept at Cobalt after his March 2003 in Pakistan.
Inside the CIA’s Sadistic Dungeon|Tim Mak|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Four days after Leila returned home from Syria, she received a call from her younger son, Khalid.
The Secret Life of an ISIS Warlord|Will Cathcart, Vazha Tavberidze, Nino Burchuladze|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the man the U.S. says planned 9/11, was waterboarded 183 times by the CIA.
Republicans Use Bin Laden in Pre-Emptive Strike on CIA ‘Torture Report'|Josh Rogin|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Khalid al Najar, 27, was half dazed as he walked back toward Khan Younis with a plastic bag of clothes.
Who Is Behind Gaza's Mass Execution?|Jesse Rosenfeld|August 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And Khalid cuts his hair, doffs his jubbah, and appears again in the ordinary attire of civilised mortals.
The Book of Khalid|Ameen Rihani
O Khalid, have you forgotten that these “coppers” are the minions of Tammany?
The Book of Khalid|Ameen Rihani
Whereupon Khalid rises and sits on the divan near the Padre.
The Book of Khalid|Ameen Rihani
And what in the end might Khalid discover for us or for himself, at least, in his explorations of the Spirit-World?
The Book of Khalid|Ameen Rihani
But there are passages here, of which Khalid can say, ‘The Mortar at least is mine.’
The Book of Khalid|Ameen Rihani