9/11 ‘mastermind’ Khaled Sheikh Mohammed charged

Barney Henderson
The Telegraph
April 4, 2012

The United States has issued charges against Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, setting the stage for what has been dubbed the “trial of the century”.

“The charges allege that the five accused are responsible for the planning and execution of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, in New York and Washington DC, and Shanksville, Pa., resulting in the killing of 2,976 people,” the Defense Department said in a statement.
“The convening authority referred the case to a capital military commission, meaning that, if convicted, the five accused could be sentenced to death.”

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This article was posted: Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 11:36 am

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