9/11 accused to be tried in New York court
WASHINGTON (SANA): The US Friday announced five man allegedly involved in plotting the September 11, 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be brought to New York from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to trial them in a criminal court.
The five were being prosecuted in US military commissions at Guantanamo, but the Obama administration has pledged to close the controversial prison and move some of the cases to traditional US criminal courts for trial.
Still, some will be tried in military tribunals, including the accused mastermind of the 2000 attack on the USS Cole warship in Yemen Abd al-Rahim al Nashiri, the administration official said, declining to be further identified.
US Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to announce the decisions later on Friday, the official said.
