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WASHINGTON (AP) — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the mastermind of al-Qaida’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has agreed to plead guilty, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The development points to a long-delayed resolution in an attack that killed thousands and altered the course of the United States and much of the Middle East.

Mohammed and two accomplices, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi, are expected to enter the pleas at the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as soon as next week.

Defense lawyers have requested the men receive life sentences in exchange for the guilty pleas, according to letters from the federal government received by relatives of some of the nearly 3,000 people killed outright on the morning of Sept. 11.

Terry Strada, the head of one group of families of the nearly 3,000 direct victims of the 9/11 attacks, invoked the many relatives who have died while awaiting justice for the killings when she heard news of the plea agreement.

“They were cowards when they planned the attack,” she said of the defendants. “And they’re cowards today.”

Pentagon officials declined to immediately release the full terms of the plea bargains.

The U.S. agreement with the men comes more than 16 years after their prosecution began for al-Qaida’s attack. It comes more than 20 years after militants commandeered four commercial airliners to use as fuel-filled missiles, flying three of them into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon.

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[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 58 points 3 months ago

It only took them 23 years of torture to get him to agree.

[-] fishos@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Convenient that's it's occuring right before the anniversary as well.

I like how the AP story says he's "accused" and "has agreed to plea". Pretty passive wording instead of "person who committed", etc. I don't think they fully believe it either.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That's how journalism is supposed to work. Being loosey-goosey with any definitive statements is how you end up with situations like people questioning whether or not JD Vance definitely absolutely 100% had sex with a couch.

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

AP are meant to be as neutral as possible

[-] fishos@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago

And how often do we see loaded language regardless. I'm praising them for being neutral when often times the media isn't. Especially with a topic like 9/11

[-] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

It’s standard journalistic practice to refer to say that someone is accused or alleged to have committed crimes until they’re convicted. Even in obvious cases, such as mass shootings where the shooter is on video.

[-] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

I wonder if Ron DeSantis had a go at him...

[-] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world -3 points 3 months ago

Did they need to torture them? They were already in prison for life. Pleading guilty just took the death penalty off the table.

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Bruh…he was in Guantanamo Bay. It’s literally a torture chamber.

[-] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

He’ll likely spend the rest of his life at Guantanamo now as a result of this plea. There’s apparently a law on the books now that makes it illegal to transfer Guantanamo prisoners to US prisons.

[-] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to appear to defend. I just meant they were going to hold him there for life anyways, which is also an abuse of the lack of justice system.

[-] slickgoat@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

I've read quite a bit about the Gitmo experience. 20 years of mind games would turn many innocent people into just giving up. Some of these folk were snatched off the street by Pakistan security services on dodgy Intel. They then spend decades in cages being disbelieved. The only evidence against them is their own confession. The military's job was to secure that 'evidence'.

[-] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 months ago

When do the torturers get put in court?

[-] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Shhh, we don't talk about that.

[-] p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Hello, I'm ignorant. Was Osama not the mastermind of 9/11?

[-] smooth_tea@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago

No.

"There is no hard evidence linking Bin Laden to the attacks of 9/11". -FBI

Of course, there is no evidence for KSM's involvement either. He was tortured more than 100 times over the course of a month. The 9/11 commission had no access to him, not even his "interview" transcripts. Everything we know is from the mouths of the CIA agents who interrogated him, who admitted that he was completely unreliable.

[-] Crikeste@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

lol And people defend America. 🚬

[-] 11111one11111@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Lol CIA doesn't operate under any American laws. I'll try and defend American armed forces all day but fuck all that the CIA does.

[-] user1234@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 3 months ago

Why does he look like Ron Jeremy after getting a DUI?

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