Sunday, May 6, 2012

9/11 Trials Begin



9/11 Suspects Defiant As US Court Attempts To Begin Trial Proceedings -- The Telegraph

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others accused of planning the 9/11 terrorist attacks have defiantly refused to take part in a disorderly court hearing where they were due to be charged with 2,976 counts of murder.

He has previously chosen to brag about his role as the mastermind of the worst terrorist atrocity in history.

But yesterday, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed sat mutely in his chair in a courtroom in the Guantanamo US naval base and refused to respond to a judge’s questions at the arraignment of five men accused of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

The co-accused staged a show of silent defiance in a rocky start to the first court hearing of what is being described as the “trial of the century”.

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More News On Yesterday's Court Proceedings Against Five 9/11 Conspirators

Anger, sighs as 9/11 families watch terror hearing -- FOX News
'Jihad in a courtroom': Defendants enrage families at Sept. 11 hearing -- MSNBC
Guantanamo Judge Grapples With Disruptive Terror Suspects -- Wall Street Journal
9/11 suspects refuse to answer judge's questions as Guantánamo trial opens -- The Guardian
Sept. 11 terrorism trial opens at Guantanamo -- L.A. Times
World watches as 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others go on trial -- Christian Science Monitor
Inside the Guantanamo courtroom -- CBS

My Comment: This is going to be a very long trial .... followed by even longer appeals.

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