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...
According to Director of Defence Information,Col.Onyema Nwanchukwu,after a woman named Hafsat Usman Bako was arrested earlier inconnection with the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram,two more women were also arrested yesterday.They were intercepted on their way to the Sambisa forest.The two women are named Zainab Idris and Aisha Abubakar.It was discovered that the two suspects were travelling to Madafali from where they were to transt to the forest to re unite with their cohorts.Investigations revealed that the suspects led by Hafsat Bako,have the mission to recruit members into the female wing as conduct espionage for the Boko Haram group.The suspects lures ladies,especially widows and young girls by enticing them with male suitors who are mainly members of Boko Haram for marriage.Before their arrest,they were on a mission to take additional briefing from the leadership of the terror group.
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