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02-11-2008, 02:29 PM
By Sky News SkyNews - 6 minutes ago
The alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks in the US, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, has been charged over the atrocities which left some 3,000 people dead.
He is one of six people charged in connection with the 2001 attacks. They will be tried in a military court at Guantanamo Bay.
Prosecutors in the US have said they will seek the death penalty for all six suspects.
Brigadier General Thomas W Hartmann, legal adviser to the military tribunal system, insisted they would receive a fair trial.
He said they would be able to choose their lawyers and would have the right of appeal.
Brig Gen Hartmann said a military judge would decide what evidence would be admissible and that very little would be classified.
The six men - Khalid Sheik Mohammed, Walid bin Attash, Ramzi bin al Shibh, Ali Abd al Aziz Ali, Mustafa Ahmed al Hawsawi and Mohammed al Qahtani - are all charged with terrorism, murder and violating the law of war.
They are also charged with conspiracy, attacking civilians, attacking civilian objects, intentionally causing serious bodily injury, destruction of property in violation of the law of war and material support to terrorism.
Four of the men - Mohammed, bin Attash, bin al Shibh and al Aziz Ali - are also charged with hijacking or hazarding an aircraft.
Mohammed, who has been held at the US prison at Guantanamo Bay since being arrested in Pakistan in 2003, is thought to have suggested the attacks to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
It is said that he has admitted responsibility for the attacks.
He is also thought to have personally beheaded American journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan, although his murder is not included in the current charges.
The proceedings will not be televised by some video may be taken of proceedings to be shown to families of 9/11 victims.
Sky News correspondent Ian Woods said the court hearings would be certain to prove controversial following challenges to the use of the military courts system.
He said: "This whole process will take some time. It's likely to take years because of the legal arguments that will surround it.
"You can be sure the Supreme Court will be asked to rule on it."
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/skynews/20080211/twl-9-11-mastermind-is-charged-by-the-us-3fd0ae9.html
The alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks in the US, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, has been charged over the atrocities which left some 3,000 people dead.
He is one of six people charged in connection with the 2001 attacks. They will be tried in a military court at Guantanamo Bay.
Prosecutors in the US have said they will seek the death penalty for all six suspects.
Brigadier General Thomas W Hartmann, legal adviser to the military tribunal system, insisted they would receive a fair trial.
He said they would be able to choose their lawyers and would have the right of appeal.
Brig Gen Hartmann said a military judge would decide what evidence would be admissible and that very little would be classified.
The six men - Khalid Sheik Mohammed, Walid bin Attash, Ramzi bin al Shibh, Ali Abd al Aziz Ali, Mustafa Ahmed al Hawsawi and Mohammed al Qahtani - are all charged with terrorism, murder and violating the law of war.
They are also charged with conspiracy, attacking civilians, attacking civilian objects, intentionally causing serious bodily injury, destruction of property in violation of the law of war and material support to terrorism.
Four of the men - Mohammed, bin Attash, bin al Shibh and al Aziz Ali - are also charged with hijacking or hazarding an aircraft.
Mohammed, who has been held at the US prison at Guantanamo Bay since being arrested in Pakistan in 2003, is thought to have suggested the attacks to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
It is said that he has admitted responsibility for the attacks.
He is also thought to have personally beheaded American journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan, although his murder is not included in the current charges.
The proceedings will not be televised by some video may be taken of proceedings to be shown to families of 9/11 victims.
Sky News correspondent Ian Woods said the court hearings would be certain to prove controversial following challenges to the use of the military courts system.
He said: "This whole process will take some time. It's likely to take years because of the legal arguments that will surround it.
"You can be sure the Supreme Court will be asked to rule on it."
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/skynews/20080211/twl-9-11-mastermind-is-charged-by-the-us-3fd0ae9.html