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Alleged 9/11 Plotters Charged Before Military Tribunal

HeadlineJun 01, 2011

Military prosecutors have refiled terrorism and murder charges against five men accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks before a military commission at the U.S. base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, instead of in civilian court. The White House had moved to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others in a federal court in New York City but abandoned that plan in April under political pressure.

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