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måndag, april 04, 2011

9/11 terror suspects to be tried by military commission at Guantanamo Bay

 Los Angeles Times
April 4, 2011
9:29 a.m.

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, alleged mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and four accused co-conspirators will be tried by a military commission in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, instead of in a civilian court in New York, it was widely reported today.

U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric Holder is expected to make the formal announcement at a scheduled news conference later today.

The Obama administration had pushed to try Mohammed in a civilian court in New York. But last month, Obama lifted a freeze on new military trials at Guantanamo Bay, arguing that Congress was hurting national security by blocking his attempts to move some trials into civilian courts in the United States.

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