Spin of Wheel May Determine Judge in 9/11 Case
New York Times - Fri Nov 27, 5:16 pm ETThe judge who will preside at the trial of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other terror suspects may be randomly assigned.
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The judge who will preside at the trial of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other terror suspects may be randomly assigned.
Talking with the Taliban
The filmmaker best known for his documentary "Super Size Me" is headed to Topeka.
Two months before he died in eastern Afghanistan, 1st Lt. Jonathan P. Brostrom made a surprise Mother's Day visit to his parents' home in Aiea. "Some friends of his were over and made me dinner," his mother, Mary Jo, recalled. "At about 10 at night there was a knock on the door. One of the girls said, 'Mary Jo, there's a soldier with a bouquet of flowers at the door for you.' I thought she was ...
He enjoys growing sunflowers, has daddy issues, and suffers from disabling blindness in his right eye. But this man is no sympathy figure — he’s the world’s most wanted terrorist Osama Bin Laden. “Growing up Bin Laden” follows the intimate inside st...
WASHINGTON -- For late-19th-century anarchists, terrorism was the "propaganda of the deed." And the most successful propaganda-by-deed in history was 9/11 -- not just the most destructive, but the most spectacular and telegenic. And now its self-proclaimed architect, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, has been given by the Obama administration a civilian trial in New York. Just as the memory fades, 9/11 has ...
Pakistan contradicts US Gen. McChrystal's strategy of pulling back from Afghanistan borders, and disagrees with the strategy of a surge to defeat the Taliban.
WASHINGTON -- Critics of Atty. Gen. Eric Holder's decision to bring the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four other accused terrorists to New York for trial can't seriously believe the city will have trouble handling the expected "Trial of the Century" hoopla. The critics can't really think a judge is going to give Khalid Sheik Mohammed an open microphone to spew his jihadist ...
A defendant plans to admit his role in planning the terrorist attacks, and use his trial to voice his beliefs, his lawyer says.
LUDLOW - Only a rusted ladder and slabs of rotten wood could be seen in the tunnel of darkness that stretched 100 feet below the cold desert ground.
President Hugo Chavez is praising Carlos the Jackal, the imprisoned Venezuelan once notorious for a series of Cold War-era bombings, assassinations and hostage dramas, saying he was a "revolutionary fighter" and not a terrorist.
NEW YORK — Hot sauce and a comb were all an al-Qaida suspect in New York needed to nearly kill one of his guards nine years ago.
U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., gained international acclaim for being the only member in Congress who courageously and extraordinarily voted against the authorization of the use of force following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. She recently authored a controversial bill, H.R. 3699, that would prohibit the funding for additional troops to Afghanistan.
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq may be inspiring homegrown terrorism.
Naji Hamdan was Arrested and Tried in the United Arab Emirates after Being Questioned by the FBI
The five men the Justice Department has said will be charged in the attacks of Sept. 11 intend to plead not guilty so they can express their political and religious views in a trial, the attorney for one of the men said Saturday.