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UN asked to probe Guantanamo torture of 9/11 chief
Lawyers for self-confessed September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed revealed they have asked the UN to investigate their client’s alleged torture at Guantanamo Bay military jail. On the UN’s International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Mohammed’s defense team revealed they had sent a “Letter of Allegation” to Juan…
Battle over Guantanamo court attire in 9/11 case
WASHINGTON — The self-proclaimed mastermind of the September 11 attacks wanted to wear military-style camouflage clothes to court but prison officials denied the request as inappropriate, documents show. A series of documents and photographs released by the Pentagon this week show that the lawyers for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four…
Photo of 9/11 mastermind manipulated: Pentagon
A photograph of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-confessed architect of the 9/11 attacks, that has recently circulated on the Internet has been digitally manipulated, Pentagon officials said Friday. The picture, which shows Mohammed with a long bushy gray beard holding an open book and smiling, had raised concerns about both…
9/11 families angered over behavior of alleged plotters at Guantanamo hearing
Family members of those killed in the 9/11 attacks have expressed anger over displays of defiance shown by the alleged plotters during an arraignment hearing at Guantánamo Bay. The hearing, which was expected to last two hours, stretched to 13 hours as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four co-defendants refused…
9/11 mastermind, co-plotters defy Guantanamo court
The self-confessed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four co-defendants defied a military court here Saturday, with one of the accused shouting “you are going to kill us.” The five were brought into the courtroom to be arraigned for the killing of 2,976 people on September 11, 2001 when Al-Qaeda militants flew…
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, 9/11 co-defendants to be arraigned today at Gitmo
The self-confessed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four co-accused were due to be arraigned Saturday at Guantanamo Bay, with all facing the death penalty if convicted. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-defendants will be formally charged in a military tribunal with planning and executing the September 11, 2001, attacks…
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Five 9/11 accused get May 5 Guantanamo court date
The alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks and his four accused co-plotters will be formally charged by a military tribunal on May 5 at Guantanamo Bay, US officials said Tuesday. Military judge James Pohl has fixed the date for the arraignment hearing on Saturday, May 5, and it…
Pentagon approves of charges against Gitmo prisoners for 9/11
The Department of Defense approved of charges Wednesday against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay prisoners for their involvement in the September 11 attacks. In a statement released by the department, Mohammed has been charged along with Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz…
Attorneys try to save 9/11 detainee from death penalty
he nephew of the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks does not deserve the death penalty, his attorneys argue in court documents filed on Friday. Pakistani Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, 34, is accused of helping to plot the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States. He is…
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