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Accused 9/11 plotters in Guantanamo court
Enlarge imageGUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The accused al Qaeda mastermind who has said he planned the September 11 attacks sat before a U.S. military judge for the first time on Thursday with four accused co-conspirators in a Guantanamo war crimes trial that could end in their execution.
Pakistani captive Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants entered the courtroom willingly and did not have to be forced out of their cells to attend the hearing, as some defendants in earlier hearings have been, a spokeswoman for the trials said.
(Reporting by Jane Sutton; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
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GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The accused al Qaeda mastermind who has said he planned the September 11 attacks sat before a U.S. military judge for the first time on Thursday with four accused co-conspirators in a Guantanamo war crimes trial that could end in their execution.
Pakistani captive Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants entered the courtroom willingly and did not have to be forced out of their cells to attend the hearing, as some defendants in earlier hearings have been, a spokeswoman for the trials said.
(Reporting by Jane Sutton; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
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