Guantanamo Hearing Delayed For 9/11 Suspects Due To Ramadan -- Reuters(Reuters) - The next hearing for five Guantanamo prisoners charged with plotting the September 11 attacks has been postponed for two weeks to allow the defendants to observe the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The chief judge in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals, Army Colonel James Pohl, granted the delay on Monday for the alleged architect of the attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four co-defendants who could face the death penalty if convicted on charges of conspiring with al Qaeda and murdering 2,976 people in the hijacked plane attacks of 2001.
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Update #1: Sept. 11 hearing postponed for Ramadan: lawyer -- AFP
Update #2: 9/11 tribunal delays hearing set during Ramadan -- Politico
My Comment: I would not have been so accommodating.
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