Tag: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba)

Torture by U.S. Was Key Issue in Bali Bombing Plea Deal

Prosecutors told relatives of victims of the 2002 bombings in Bali, Indonesia, that the U.S. government made a plea deal with two Malaysian prisoners to try to disentangle the legacy of torture from the eventual trial of the prisoner they accuse of being the mastermind of the Al Qaeda-linked attacks. The two Malaysians provided secret […]

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In Bali Bombing Trial, Victims Describe Their Pain and Prisoners Apologize

Relatives of tourists killed in the 2002 terrorist bombing in Bali, Indonesia, spoke of endless, devastating grief, and two prisoners who conspired in the attack renounced violence in the name of Islam on Thursday for a U.S. military jury assembled at Guantánamo Bay to deliberate their sentence. The prisoners, Mohammed Farik Bin Amin and Mohammed […]

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Where the 9/11 Dead Are Not Forgotten at Guantánamo Bay

Stones and seashells for people killed in the Sept. 11 attacks began appearing at a signpost at Guantánamo Bay a few years ago, not far from the courtroom for war crimes cases. “In memory of all those who died of post-9/11 illness,” says a message inscribed on a chunk of coral. “Yeneneh Betru — Jan. […]

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U.S. Offers Tapes From Bugged Guantánamo Prison Yard as Evidence in 9/11 Case

The government has declassified a secret intelligence program that clandestinely recorded prison yard conversations of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who is accused of being the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, as prosecutors seek to supply evidence that could be used at an eventual trial. The move comes as prosecutors have considered new ways to […]

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The Mystery of What Happened to a 9/11 Suspect’s Sons

The fate of the sons of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the man accused of being the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, has long been a source of mystery and controversy. Two of the boys were 8 and 10 when they were captured by Pakistani authorities in 2002. A psychologist who waterboarded Mr. Mohammed during […]

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Lawyers Expand Legal Fight for Longest-Held Prisoner of War on Terrorism

Lawyers for the longest-held prisoner in the U.S. war against terrorism have begun a new legal offensive in multiple courts aimed at securing his release from Guantánamo Bay. The prisoner, known as Abu Zubaydah, was captured in Pakistan in March 2002 in a raid by U.S. and Pakistani security services. He was the first person […]

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Sanity Question and Plea Talks Shadow Coming Sept. 11 Hearings

Prosecutors have issued a new deadline — Sept. 18 — for four detainees at the American military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to show their willingness to plead guilty to plotting the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and receive a maximum punishment of life in prison. The fifth defendant in the case has been found […]

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