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Title: 9/11 suspects declare guilt at Gitmo war court
Post by: RobJohnson on January 19, 2009, 10:28:43 PM

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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba – Two alleged orchestrators of the 2001 attacks on America casually declared their guilt on Monday in a messy and perhaps final session of the Guantanamo war crimes court. This week's military hearings could be the last at Guantanamo — President-elect Barack Obama has said he would close the offshore prison and many expect him to suspend the military tribunals and order new trials in the U.S.

Ramzi Binalshibh and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed architect of the terrorist attacks, were unapologetic about their roles during a series of outbursts as translators struggled to keep up and the judge repeatedly sought to regain control.

"We did what we did; we're proud of Sept. 11," announced Binalshibh, who has said he wants to plead guilty to charges that could put him to death. The judge must first determine if he is mentally competent to stand trial.

Mohammed shrugged off the potential death sentence for the murder of nearly 3,000 people in the Sept. 11 attacks.

"We don't care about capital punishment," said Mohammed, whose thick gray beard flows to the top of his white prison jumpsuit. "We are doing jihad for the cause of God."

Gitmo War Court (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090120/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_guantanamo_sept11_trial)

Title: Re: 9/11 suspects declare guilt at Gitmo war court
Post by: Rebel on January 19, 2009, 10:32:19 PM

If it's gonna be closed, I say release'em all in the Hindu Kush mountains and get the word out that they all sang like canaries. 

Title: Re: 9/11 suspects declare guilt at Gitmo war court
Post by: RobJohnson on January 19, 2009, 10:38:09 PM

Quote from: Rebel on January 19, 2009, 10:32:19 PM

If it's gonna be closed, I say release'em all in the Hindu Kush mountains and get the word out that they all sang like canaries. 

 :-)

Title: Re: 9/11 suspects declare guilt at Gitmo war court
Post by: RobJohnson on January 20, 2009, 08:39:43 AM

Sounds like they are getting a fair trial to me.

Title: Re: 9/11 suspects declare guilt at Gitmo war court
Post by: RobJohnson on January 20, 2009, 09:31:41 AM

Yahoo news has changed the headline of the story at the link for the first story.

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Plans to close Gitmo anger 9/11 victims' families

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba – Plans to close Guantanamo are not sitting well with the Sept. 11 victims' relatives who sat stunned while two alleged terrorists declared they were proud of their role in the plot.

The U.S. military brought relatives of three Sept. 11 victims to Guantanamo to observe pretrial hearings in the case of five men charged in the plot who could get the death penalty if convicted.

It is a potentially momentous time for the military detention center. President-elect Barack Obama — whose inauguration is Tuesday — has said he will close it, and many observers and some officials here expect him to suspend the war crimes tribunals for accused terrorists and move the trials to the U.S.

The five invited relatives of 9/11 victims oppose such a move.

  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090120/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_guantanamo_sept11_trial