Guantánamo 9/11 suspects to go to NYC for trial, page 1
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Topic started on 13-11-2009 @ 02:51 PM by ProtoplasmicTraveler

Guantánamo 9/11 suspects to go to NYC for trial


www.miamiherald.com
BY CAROL ROSENBERG
crosenberg@MiamiHerald.com
Confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his four co-accused will face a federal trial in New York City -- not a military tribunal in Guantánamo, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday.

Charges against the alleged al Qaeda kingpin have not yet been filed in the Manhattan court.

But President Barack Obama's administration has decided to abandon a Pentagon prosecution and pursue the case of the mass murder case of nearly 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2001 in a civilian setting.
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