Three men accused of plotting 9/11 reach plea deal - Pentagon

alkhabrfdakika
31 Jul, 2024



Three of the men accused of involvement in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have entered into preliminary agreements, according to the United States Department of Defense. 

 Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al-Hawsawi were held without trial at the US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for several years. 
 According to the American media, the men will be tried in exchange for the prosecutors agreeing that they will not seek the death penalty. 
 The terms of the plea agreement have not been made public. 
 In New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, nearly 3,000 people were killed in al-Qaeda attacks. 
 It was the deadliest attack on US soil since the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, which killed 2,400 people. 
 According to The New York Times, the cancellation was first announced in a letter sent by lawyers to the families of the victims. Attorney , Rear Admiral Aaron Rugh.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed when he was captured in 2003

The men are expected to settle their pleas in court  early  next week, the Times reports.  In September, it was reported that the Biden administration  rejected the request process for five people detained at the US port in Cuba.  The men  reportedly wanted assurances from the president that they would not be held in prison only that they would be treated for their injuries.  Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, known as KSM, is believed to be responsible for the attack, when terrorists seized and destroyed planes at the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon outside Washington, DC.  A third plane crashes in a field in Pennsylvania after passengers resist.  KSM, an American-educated engineer, was arrested in Hawsawi, Pakistan in March 2003.  He  was banned by the US government.


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