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The Pentagon is planning to charge six Guantanamo Bay prisoners with involvement in the 11 September 2001 attacks in the US, officials have said.The Pentagon is planning to charge six Guantanamo Bay prisoners with involvement in the 11 September 2001 attacks in the US, officials have said.
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the six, who include alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, if they are convicted, US media reported. Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the six, who include alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
These will be the first charges from the Guantanamo war tribunal directly relating to the 9/11 attacks. The charges, the first for Guantanamo inmates directly related to 9/11, are expected to be heard by a controversial military tribunal system.
About 3,000 people died in the hijacked plane attacks.About 3,000 people died in the hijacked plane attacks.
Controversial tribunals Tribunal process
Formal announcement of the charges is expected soon in Washington.Formal announcement of the charges is expected soon in Washington.
Defence department spokesman Bryan Whitman said it was "working diligently to prepare cases and bring charges against a number of individuals who have been involved in some of the most grievous acts of violence and terror against the United States and our allies".Defence department spokesman Bryan Whitman said it was "working diligently to prepare cases and bring charges against a number of individuals who have been involved in some of the most grievous acts of violence and terror against the United States and our allies".
The US has about 275 prisoners left in the detention centreThe US has about 275 prisoners left in the detention centre
The New York Times reported that other defendants to be charged will include alleged senior al-Qaeda member Ramzi Binalshibh, who was captured in Pakistan in 2002, and a man alleged to have been the 20th hijacker in the attacks, Mohammed al-Qahtani.The New York Times reported that other defendants to be charged will include alleged senior al-Qaeda member Ramzi Binalshibh, who was captured in Pakistan in 2002, and a man alleged to have been the 20th hijacker in the attacks, Mohammed al-Qahtani.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged al-Qaeda No 3 when he was captured in Pakistan in March 2003, has reportedly admitted to decapitating kidnapped US journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged al-Qaeda No 3 when he was captured in Pakistan in March 2003, has reportedly admitted to decapitating kidnapped US journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.
Trials would be held under the terms of the Military Commissions Act, passed by the US Congress in 2006. Any trials would be held by military tribunal under the terms of the Military Commissions Act, passed by the US Congress in 2006.
This sets up commissions to try terror suspects who are not US citizens. The Act set up tribunals to try terror suspects who are not US citizens.
An earlier plan for commissions ordered on the authority of the president alone was declared unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court.An earlier plan for commissions ordered on the authority of the president alone was declared unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court.
The latest law is also being challenged - by two prisoners in Guantanamo Bay who say they are being deprived of their right to have their cases heard by a US civilian court.The latest law is also being challenged - by two prisoners in Guantanamo Bay who say they are being deprived of their right to have their cases heard by a US civilian court.
The US has about 275 prisoners left in the detention centre in Cuba and plans to try about 80 of them.The US has about 275 prisoners left in the detention centre in Cuba and plans to try about 80 of them.
Nineteen men hijacked four planes in the 9/11 attacks. Two planes hit the World Trade Center in New York, another the Pentagon and the fourth crashed in Pennsylvania.Nineteen men hijacked four planes in the 9/11 attacks. Two planes hit the World Trade Center in New York, another the Pentagon and the fourth crashed in Pennsylvania.