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The alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks will be tried in a civilian court blocks from where Al-Qaeda hijackers crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center, the US government announced Friday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the biggest trial for the age of terrorism, the professed 9/11 mastermind and four alleged henchmen will be hauled before a civilian court on American soil, barely a thousand yards from the site of the World Trade Center’s twin towers they are accused of destroying.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the biggest trial for the age of terrorism, the professed 9/11 mastermind and four alleged henchmen will be hauled before a civilian court on American soil, barely a thousand yards from the site of the World Trade Center's twin towers they are accused of destroying.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a move both politically and legally risky, the Obama administration plans to put on trial the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and four alleged accomplices in a lower Manhattan courthouse.
Zacarias Moussaoui was a clown who could not keep his mouth shut, according to his old al-Qaida boss, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. But Moussaoui was surprisingly tame when tried for the 9/11 attacks - never turning the courtroom...
The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday.
The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, an attorney for one of the defendants said Sunday.
New York juries are often loath to impose the death penalty, even for terrorists. In fact, a jury spared the lives of two Osama bin Laden followers a month after Sept. 11, while the World Trade Center's ruins were still smoldering.
NEW YORK (AP) - New York juries are often loath to impose the death penalty, even for terrorists. In fact, a jury spared the lives of two Osama bin Laden followers a month after Sept. 11, while the World Trade Center's ruins were still smoldering.
NEW YORK (AP) - New York juries are often loath to impose the death penalty, even for terrorists. In fact, a jury spared the lives of two Osama bin Laden followers a month after Sept. 11, while the World Trade Center's ruins were still smoldering.
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?
NEW YORK (AP) - New York juries are often loath to impose the death penalty, even for terrorists. In fact, a jury spared the lives of two Osama bin Laden followers a month after Sept. 11, while the World Trade Center's ruins were still smoldering.
It was announced on Friday the 13th by Attorney General Eric Holder that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the (alleged) mastermind of the 9/11 attacks that killed 3,000 Americans, will stand trial in a civilian New York City federal court.
Darlene Spell lived out the horror of the Sept. 11 attack, losing 96 co-workers in the World Trade Center’s South Tower. News that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind, and his alleged co-conspirators would be brought to trial just blocks away made Spell feel powerless.
Darlene Spell lived out the horror of the Sept. 11 attack, losing 96 co-workers in the World Trade Center’s South Tower. News that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind, and his alleged co-conspirators would be brought to trial just blocks away made Spell feel powerless.
On Monday, the Massachusetts Environmental Police will rename a patrol boat after Amy Sweeney of Acton, a flight attendant on American Airlines flight 11, which was crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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