Thursday, June 5, 2008

9/11 MASTERMIND WANTS DEATH SENTENCE

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said he would welcome becoming a "marytr" after a judge warned Thursday that he faces the death penalty for his confessed role as mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.


Mohammed and his four alleged co-conspirators each face death if convicted of war crimes including murder, conspiracy, attacking civilians and terrorism by hijacking planes to attack US landmarks. The murder charges involve the deaths of 2,973 people at the World Trade Centre, Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania where passengers forced down their plane.


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