Sept. 11

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  • Dems, GOP split on NY trials of alleged terrorists

    AP – 1 hr 26 mins ago  
    FILE - In this March 1, 2003 file picture, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed... AP

    WASHINGTON - Bringing those accused in the Sept. 11 attacks to New York for trial would increase the security threat to the city and give radical Islamists a platform to propagate their ideology, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Sunday. Full Story »

  • Americans represent 9/11 plotters because it's 'patriotic'

    AFP – 1 hr 28 mins ago  
    "It's perfectly patriotic," said US Navy Commander... AFP/Pool/File

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - "It's perfectly patriotic," said US Navy Commander Suzanne Lachelier, a military attorney appointed to represent one of the accused September 11 plotters. Full Story »

  • Obama foes lash out at 9/11 trial plans

    AFP – Sun Nov 15, 3:51 pm ET  
    Crowds of people walk by Ground Zero on November 14, in New York... AFP/Getty Images/File

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Prominent Republicans on Sunday lashed out at the administration's decision to try five alleged plotters of the 9/11 attacks in a New York civilian court, saying it would harm efforts to fight terrorism. Full Story »

  • 9/11 trial to showcase U.S. justice: Senator

    Reuters – Sun Nov 15, 12:29 pm ET  

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Trying the accused architect of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States in New York criminal court will showcase the U.S. judicial system and will not degenerate into a circus as some critics predict, a senior Democratic senator said on Sunday. Full Story »

  • Clinton defends 'appropriate' trial for 9/11 accused

    AFP – Sun Nov 15, 11:03 am ET  

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday defended the decision to try five alleged plotters of the 9/11 attacks in a New York civilian court, saying it is "appropriate" they face justice there. Full Story »

  • Giuliani says a trial in NYC puts people at risk

    AP – Sun Nov 15, 9:23 am ET  

    WASHINGTON - The former mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani, says putting suspected Sept. 11 terrorists on trial in New York City places residents there at unnecessary risk. Full Story »

  • Clinton welcomes 9/11 trials in New York City

    AP – Sun Nov 15, 9:07 am ET  

    WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she has no problem with Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to try in New York City five alleged terrorists involved in the Sept. 11 attacks. Full Story »

  • Obama criticized for plan to try 9/11 plotters

    AFP – Sat Nov 14, 3:19 pm ET  
    A picture posted on the website www.muslm.net allegedly shows... AFP/HO/File

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama faced criticism Saturday for a decision to try the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks in a civilian court just steps from Ground Zero, with victims' families and political foes voicing opposition. Full Story »

  • New Yorkers worry about trial for 9/11 mastermind

    AP – Sat Nov 14, 12:17 pm ET  
    This combination of undated photos shows, from left: Ali Abd... AP

    NEW YORK - The move to put the self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind on trial just blocks from ground zero raises a host of legal, political and security questions, chief among them: Can a fair-minded jury be found in a city still nursing deep wounds from the attack on the World Trade Center? Full Story »

  • 9/11 suspects face battles in NY prosecution

    Reuters – Fri Nov 13, 5:54 pm ET  

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rights groups and legal scholars on Friday praised the Obama administration's decision to bring September 11 suspects to trial in civilian court in New York, but they questioned whether defendants could get a fair trial so close to Ground Zero. Full Story »

  • 9/11 suspects face angry reception in New York

    AFP – Fri Nov 13, 5:51 pm ET  
    A picture posted on the website www.muslm.net allegedly shows... AFP/HO/File

    NEW YORK (AFP) - US authorities on Friday vowed a fair trial for the alleged September 11 plotters after years of abuse in military jails, but when they arrive in New York they will find a city thirsting for revenge. Full Story »

  • Ohio US attorney: shift some attention from terror

    AP – Fri Nov 13, 5:42 pm ET  
    Carter M. Stewart, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of... AP

    COLUMBUS, Ohio - Eight years after the 9/11 attacks, the time has come to shift crime-fighting resources to other areas while keeping terrorism as a top priority, a new Ohio federal prosecutor said. Full Story »

  • 9/11 suspects to be tried in New York

    Reuters – Fri Nov 13, 5:28 pm ET  

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The accused mastermind of the September 11 attacks and four co-conspirators will be sent to New York for trial in a court near the site of the World Trade Center, the Obama administration said on Friday, as it took a step toward closing the Guantanamo Bay prison. Full Story »

  • Republicans blast Obama decision on Gitmo

    Reuters – Fri Nov 13, 12:18 pm ET  
    In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed... Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans Friday condemned the Obama administration's decision to prosecute five September 11 suspects in a U.S. court in New York rather than at the Guantanamo Bay military base as "irresponsible." Full Story »

  • AP – Fri Nov 13, 11:07 am ET  

    WASHINGTON - Holder says alleged attacker of USS Cole and four others to be tried by military commission. Full Story »

  • 9/11 plotters face death penalty in trial near 'Ground Zero'

    AFP – Fri Nov 13, 4:01 pm ET  
    A picture posted on the website www.muslm.net allegedly shows... AFP/HO/File

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-accused are to be tried in a civilian court just blocks from where Al-Qaeda hijackers crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center, the US government announced Friday. Full Story »

  • Obama: 9/11 suspects to get demands of justice

    AP – Fri Nov 13, 7:19 am ET  

    TOKYO - President Barack Obama says he will insist that the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks will be subject to "the most exacting demands of justice." Full Story »

  • Deadline nears over 9/11 accused at Guantanamo

    AFP – Thu Nov 12, 5:08 pm ET  
    A detainee stands at an interior fence at the US military prison... AFP/Getty Images/File

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The White House is set to announce a key decision on where to prosecute a number of Guantanamo Bay detainees, including five men accused of planning the September 11, 2001 attacks. Full Story »

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