Five men are charged with war crimes including, terrorism, hijacking and nearly 3,000 counts of murder, for their alleged roles planning and providing logistical support to the attacks.
Khalid Shaikh Mohammad and four others will be tried over their alleged involvement in the 9/11 attack
The five men are currently being held at Guantánamo Bay prison, in Cuba, after being arrainged in May 2012. Mohammad and his four co-defendants have been held at Guantánamo since September 2006, after several years in clandestine CIA detention facilities following their capture.The trial will take place at the Cuban US base Mohammad was captured in Pakistan in 2003 before being transferred to the US base where he was later charged.Previously, the Pentagon said Mohammed admitted he was involved in the the September 2001 attacks ‘from A to Z’ .
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