The U.S. Department of Defence has announced that three of the men accused of orchestrating the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks have entered into a pre-trial agreement. Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al-Hawsawi, who have been detained at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for years without trial, will plead guilty in exchange for the prosecution agreeing not to seek the death penalty. The specific terms of the plea deal have not yet been disclosed.

 

Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks, which targeted New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. These attacks, carried out by al-Qaeda, led to the "War on Terror" and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. The 9/11 attacks remain the deadliest assault on U.S. soil since the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which resulted in 2,400 deaths.

 

The plea deal was first reported in a letter sent by prosecutors to the families of the victims, according to The New York Times. The letter from Chief Prosecutor Rear Admiral Aaron Rugh stated, "In exchange for the removal of the death penalty as a possible punishment, these three accused have agreed to plead guilty to all of the charged offenses, including the murder of the 2,976 people listed in the charge sheet." The men face charges including attacking civilians, murder in violation of the laws of war, hijacking, and terrorism. They are expected to formally submit their pleas in court as early as next week.

 

In September, the Biden administration reportedly rejected the terms of a plea deal with five men held at Guantanamo Bay, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammad. The men had sought a guarantee from the president that they would not be kept in solitary confinement and would have access to trauma treatment. The White House National Security Council stated that the president's office was informed of the deal on Wednesday and had played no role in the plea deal negotiations.

 

Khalid Sheikh Mohammad is widely regarded as the architect of the 9/11 attacks. Hijackers seized passenger planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon outside of Washington, D.C. A third plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after passengers attempted to overpower the hijackers. Mohammad, a U.S.-educated engineer, was captured along with Hawsawi in Pakistan in March 2003. Prosecutors contend that Mohammad proposed the idea of hijacking and flying planes into U.S. buildings to al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and later helped recruit and train some of the hijackers. Mohammad was subjected to "enhanced interrogation techniques," including waterboarding, at least 183 times before the practice was banned by the U.S. government.

 

Admiral Rugh's letter emphasized that the decision to accept the deal was "not reached lightly" and was considered the "best path... to justice." However, Jim Smith, whose wife died in the attacks, expressed his disappointment to the New York Post, stating that families of the victims had "waited 23 years to have our day in court to put on the record what these animals did to our loved ones." He added, "They took that opportunity away from us," and asserted that the accused should receive the "highest penalty" for their roles.

 

Credit: BBC  2024-08-01

 

 

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One of the highjackers in a flight school told instructor he only wanted to learn to fly, not land. The instructor reported to local FBI . Agent wanted to open investigation but SAPS on 7th floor in DC denied request. Some thing about civil rights. What you get with these liberal SAPS https://www.newsweek.com/day-minnesota-flight-instructor-was-better-detective-fbi-1616401

These 3 deserved the death penalty as soon as they were caught instead of wasting time and money keeping them locked up.  What a joke of a justice system.

2 minutes ago, koolkarl said:

These 3 deserved the death penalty as soon as they were caught instead of wasting time and money keeping them locked up.  What a joke of a justice system.

 

 

I would tend to agree, however, we will never know how beneficial the intelligence is that they must have traded for this deal.

 

I think keeping someone in detention for 21 years without a trial is a disgrace.

13 hours ago, morrobay said:

One of the highjackers in a flight school told instructor he only wanted to learn to fly, not land. The instructor reported to local FBI . Agent wanted to open investigation but SAPS on 7th floor in DC denied request. Some thing about civil rights. What you get with these liberal SAPS https://www.newsweek.com/day-minnesota-flight-instructor-was-better-detective-fbi-1616401

Nothing about civil rights considerations in the article you linked to. Making things up much?

16 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Brought to you by Barrack Hussein Obama... the wedge that split America.

 These 3 were arrested during the Bush;s first term.n. Obama inherited them. And then Trump inherited them. Now it's on Biden's watch.  So why did you single out Obama? Pavlovian thinking much?

18 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Brought to you by Barrack Hussein Obama... the wedge that split America.

Lol! It occured under Bush Jr., not Obama! 😀

5 hours ago, nahkit said:

 

I think keeping someone in detention for 21 years without a trial is a disgrace.

true   ..     a total waste of time and financial resources

it's approx 720 miles from Guantonamo to Miami .....they should have taken them fishing

 

13 hours ago, placeholder said:

Nothing about civil rights considerations in the article you linked to. Making things up much?

Say it again these SAPS at FBI headquarters were sandbagging the field agents . 911 shoulda coulda been prevented.https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/archive/special/s0606/chapter4.htm

On 8/1/2024 at 7:08 AM, Skipalongcassidy said:

Brought to you by Barrack Hussein Obama... the wedge that split America.

The party that appeasers Terrorism!

Hamas is coming and 19 dead virgin worshippers !

 

 

 

 

22 hours ago, koolkarl said:

These 3 deserved the death penalty as soon as they were caught instead of wasting time and money keeping them locked up.  What a joke of a justice system.

Cant offend dem  democracy radicals,

its a election year! More pandering to the ,Some people did something constituents!imop

 

 

Edited August 2, 20241 yr by riclag

14 hours ago, nahkit said:

 

I think keeping someone in detention for 21 years without a trial is a disgrace.

i think holding classified intel should be held accountable !

There are files the establishment holds that will never see the light of day.

 

Just now, riclag said:

i think holding classified intel should be held accountable !

There are files the establishment holds that will never see the light of day.

 

 

 

Aren't most of those in a bathroom somewhere?

5 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

 

Aren't most of those in a bathroom somewhere?

Some  papers that Trump tore up , proclaimed by maggie may  Haggerman ,a dnc operative  pretending to be a reporter!

 

 

Edited August 2, 20241 yr by riclag

A democracy party  headed by these SJW from the biden administration will destroy the Republic !

Makes me think of the Jumpers that never got a chance !

 

 

 

 

sure, also they agreed that airplane fuel (kerosene) can melt iron rods and reinforced concrete. sure-sure. 

yes, and a bunch of illiterates nomads can pilot Boeing cruisers into small towers.

#ROFL

1 hour ago, NativeBob said:

sure, also they agreed that airplane fuel (kerosene) can melt iron rods and reinforced concrete. sure-sure. 

yes, and a bunch of illiterates nomads can pilot Boeing cruisers into small towers.

#ROFL

https://slate.com/technology/2009/12/why-do-so-many-terrorists-have-engineering-degrees.html.   https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/206462/can-jet-fuel-melt-steel-beams

Edited August 2, 20241 yr by morrobay

Show someone facts and you get laughs/denial. Must be a liberal 

5 minutes ago, morrobay said:

Show someone facts and you get laughs/denial. Must be a liberal 

So true! Leftest 

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On 8/1/2024 at 7:08 AM, Skipalongcassidy said:

Brought to you by Barrack Hussein Obama... the wedge that split America.

Is that the same President Obama who ordered the operation that put bullets into Bin Laden?

 

 

 

Edited August 2, 20241 yr by Chomper Higgot

2 hours ago, NativeBob said:

, and a bunch of illiterates nomads can pilot Boeing cruisers into small towers.

#ROFL

 

  Didn't they all attend University , some in Western Countries  ?

Hardly illiterate 

15 hours ago, Will B Good said:

 

 

Aren't most of those in a bathroom somewhere?

 

show me any president with the balls to release all JFK files and info and everything. i might see the day but most of you posters won't. 

 

until that day they are all scum filtering down through the trough like piggies. each party term after term not releasing all the info.

 

tells me all i need to know.