Alleged 9/11 attackers appear at Guantanamo
The men are accused of plotting the September 11th attacks
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Thursday, 05, Jun 2008 07:52
Five men accused of plotting the September 11th terrorist attacks have appeared at a military hearing at Guantanamo Bay prison today.
Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, Wallid bin Attash and Mustapha al-Hawsawi are all accused of organising the attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon which killed some 3,00 people in 2001.
All five face the death penalty if found guilty by the military commission on the controversial US military base in Cuba.
The accused appeared before Marine Corps Colonel Ralph Kohlmann on Thursday charged with murder, attacking civilians, intentionally causing serious bodily injury, destruction of property, terrorism and material support for terrorism.
The men were transferred to Guantanamo Bay in 2006 after they were all arrested between 2002 and 2003.
The trial has already draw huge controversy after the US was accused of using torture techniques to exact confessions from the accused.
Earlier this year, the CIA admitted that Khaled Sheikh Mohammed was subject to a torture technique known as water-boarding.
In his confession the 43-year-old admitted being behind the September 11th attacks as well as 30 other terrorist operations against the west.
His appearance today will be the first time that he has been seen since his arrest in Pakistan in March 2003.