Secular Café: 9/11 Trial

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9/11 Trial May 6th 2012, 07:54 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17966362 Quote: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others accused of plotting the 2001 attacks refused to respond to questions during the nine-hour hearing. One launched into a defiant outburst, suggesting the Americans might kill him before the end of the trial. The five refused to enter pleas on murder and terrorism charges... ...Self-proclaimed 9/11 "mastermind" Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is being tried with Waleed bin Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali and Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi. The arraignment hearing - in which the defendants are read the charges against them - was first delayed when Waleed bin Attash arrived in court restrained in his chair. The restraints were later removed after defence counsel had given assurances that he would "behave". Another defendant, Ramzi Binalshibh, knelt and prayed for several minutes. Mohammed, wearing a white turban and a flowing beard, refused to answer the judge's questions. His lawyer said he was refusing to listen to the judge in protest at his alleged torture in custody and because he believed the tribunal was unfair. The hearing was further delayed when all the defendants refused to wear the earphones that provide translation into Arabic. It later resumed with an Arabic translator present in court - ensuring that the accused could follow proceedings.

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