{"id":28145,"date":"2024-08-01T10:21:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T14:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=28145"},"modified":"2024-08-04T11:34:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T15:34:27","slug":"three-men-accused-of-plotting-9-11-attacks-on-the-us-have-entered-into-a-pre-trial-plea-deal-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2024\/08\/01\/three-men-accused-of-plotting-9-11-attacks-on-the-us-have-entered-into-a-pre-trial-plea-deal-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Three men accused of plotting 9\/11 attacks on the US have entered into a pre-trial plea deal agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Three of the men accused of plotting the 11 September 2001 attacks on the US have entered into a pre-trial agreement, the Department of Defense says.<\/b><\/p>\n

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al-Hawsawi have been held at the US Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for years without going to trial.<\/p>\n

Details of the deal have not been announced, but US news outlets say the men will plead guilty in exchange for the prosecution agreeing not to seek the death penalty.<\/p>\n

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US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has revoked a pre-trial agreement reached with men accused of plotting the 11 September 2001 attacks.<\/b><\/p>\n

In a memo, Mr Austin also said he was revoking the authority of the officer overseeing the military court who signed the agreement on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The original deal, which would reportedly have spared the alleged attackers the death penalty, was criticised by some families of victims.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nearly 3,000 people in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania were killed in the attacks, which sparked the “War on Terror” and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Brett Eagleson, the president of 9\/11 Justice, an organisation that represents 9\/11 survivors and relatives of victims, said in a statement provided to the BBC that the families are \u201cdeeply troubled by these plea deals\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said the process lacked transparency and urged the authorities to pursue more information on the role of Saudi Arabia in the attacks.<\/p>\n

Terry Strada, who lost her husband Tom, told the BBC\u2019s Today Programme: “It was a gut-punch to hear that there was a plea deal today that was giving the detainees in Guantanamo Bay what they want.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Strada, the national chair of the campaign group 9\/11 Families United, added: “This is a victory for Khalid Sheikh Mohammad and the other two, it’s a victory for them,” she said.<\/p>\n

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Explosion following the plane impact into the WTC South Tower on September 11 2001<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The 9\/11 attacks were the deadliest assault on US soil since the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where 2,400 people were killed.<\/p>\n

The plea deal was first announced in a letter sent by prosecutors to the families of victims, according to\u00a0The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It said the plea before a military court could come as early as next week.<\/p>\n

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