How 9/11 "mastermind" got an orange beard at Gitmo
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed holds up a piece of paper during a court recess at a military tribunal pretrial hearing at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, Oct. 15, 2012, in this picture of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by the U.S. Department of Defense. / AP Photo/Janet Hamlin
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba The Pentagon has given a partial explanation to a Guantanamo mystery: How the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks managed to dye his beard.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's bushy grey beard has been colored a rusty orange during court appearances. Spectators had assumed he used henna, which is used by some Muslims as a hair dye.
A Pentagon spokesman says Mohammed used "natural means," such as juice from berries that he receives in his meals. Army Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale said Tuesday that Mohammed did not receive any "outside" means to color his beard.
Mohammed is kept under such heavy security that his lawyers can't even reveal routine conversations with their client.
He is charged with four other prisoners with aiding and planning the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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- Maybe the heavenly virgins are especially fond of ornage beards on their men.
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