MILITARY JUDGE SUPPRESSES KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED’S FBI CONFESSION IN 9/11 CASE. (PHOTO).
Military judge suppresses Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s FBI confession in 9/11 case A military judge has excluded a confession that alleged Sept. 11 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed gave to FBI agents nearly 20 years ago, ruling that the statements were not made voluntarily. The decision is a setback for the U.S. government's long-running effort to prosecute Mohammed, who is accused of helping develop the plot to hijack planes and crash them into the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Mohammed remains detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, alongside other defendants awaiting trial. Lt. Col. Michael Schrama, the judge overseeing the case, scheduled a June 2028 trial for Mohammed and three other defendants earlier this week. In an order issued Friday that has not been made public, Schrama barred prosecutors from using statements Mohammed made during four days of FBI questioning at Guantanamo in January 2007. Mohammed had previously been captured and held by the CIA, where he was subjec...
Today Fifa officially authorised the wearing of the ''Ijahb'' Head cover during matches.Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke at a meeting of the international football Association Board {IFAB} said ''it has been decided that female players can cover their heads to play football'',especially the female muslim players who wear a veil in everyday life,and male players will also be authorised to do so following a request from the Sikh community of canada.It was further said ''it will be a basic head cover and the colour should be the same as the team jersey''.The wearing of head covers had been banned untill 2912,with FIFA saying that it posed too great a risk of injury to the head or neck.
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