9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed takes lead role in Gitmo courtroom

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

  Squabble ensues on whether the judge is unbiased because he has ‘a Jewish name’

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan in this file photo from March 1, 2003 in this photo obtained by the Associated Press. Mohammed and three co-defendants return to a military courtroom Monday Sept. 22, 2008 to ask the judge to allow them access to telephones and other resources. (AP Photo-File)

 

By MIKE MELIA, Associated Press

Professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed took center stage in a military court Tuesday as he questioned the judge’s impartiality and acted as the de facto spokesman for his four co-defendants.

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France: Liberté, égalité, fraternité replaced by Muhammadanismé

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

KIDNAPPING TRIAL POSTPONED DUE TO RAMADAN

PARIS, SEPTEMBER 5 - The main unions of the French magistrates said they are “astonished” by the decision of the criminal court of Rennes to postpone “due to the Ramadan” a trial of abduction. The trial had to begin on September 16, exactly in the middle of the sacred month for the Muslims, but the defending counsel has asked and obtained a postponement, affirming that his client, of Islamic faith, was “too weak” due to the fast.

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