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AFP: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty: judge
2 hours ago WASHINGTON (AFP) Alleged September 11, 2001 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants have indicated they will confess to terror charges in their trial before a US military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the judge said on Monday. "The accused in this case ...
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to Plead Guilty, Get Death Penalty
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to Plead Guilty, Get Death Penalty
mypetjawa.mu.nu — This is breaking, so I don't have all the details yet, but the gist of it is that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Gitmo inmates have decided to plead guilty to all charges. This is not a plea bargain:... (more) Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to Plead Guilty, Get Death Penalty
US: 9/11 Defendants to Plead Guilty | Human Rights Watch
hrw.org — (Guantanamo Bay, December 8, 2008) - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others announced that they plan to plead guilty to conspiring in the September 11 attacks and related crimes at a hearing before US military commissions at Guantanamo today. All five ... (more) US: 9/11 Defendants to Plead Guilty | Human Rights Watch
BBC NEWS | Americas | Top 9/11 suspects to plead guilty
BBC NEWS | Americas | Top 9/11 suspects to plead guilty
news.bbc.co.uk — Artist's sketch of 9/11 suspects in court. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is centre (8 December 2008) (more) BBC NEWS | Americas | Top 9/11 suspects to plead guilty
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KSM to Plead Guilty
Ace of Spades HQ — KSM to Plead Guilty Warning: this is breaking now, and there isn't much information available about it. Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the principal architect of the 9/11 attacks, and four co-defendants have offered to plead guilty . The five have been in proceedings before a military tribunal since February 11, 2008. The government is seeking the death penalty for all five. "The accused in this case had decided that they wished to withdraw all motions... and wished to enter pleas in what was termed as confessions in this case," the judge, Army Colonel Stephen Henley, said shortly ...

KSM: 'We Don't Want to Waste Time'
JammieWearingFool — ... Oh boy, are the Troofers going to have a difficult time wrapping the pea brains around this news . Alleged September 11, 2001 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants have indicated they will confess to terror charges in their trial before a US military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the judge said on Monday. "The accused in this case had decided that they wished to withdraw all motions... and wished to enter pleas in what was termed as confessions in this case," the judge, Army Colonel Stephen Henley, said shortly after the pre-trial proceedings ...

Andy Worthington: Is The 9/11 Trial Confession An Al-Qaeda Propaganda Coup?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... This interpretation would seem to be borne out by an additional comment attributed to Mohammed by AFP: "We don't want to waste time." And as with every previous occasion when Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has had the eyes of the world's media upon him, I can only wonder who's really running the show. ...

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