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 Ahmat Negat,spokesman for Muslim Seleka rebels,said today that at least 25 people have died in a collapse at a gold mine,60 km north of the Central African Republic town of Bam Bari.The mine is originally owned by Canada's Axmin but was overrun by rebels more than a year ago and it now forms part of an illicit economy driving sectarian conflict in the country.The incident happened yesterday thursday but they are suspecting it was 27 artisan miners that were buried i the collapsed mine,but only 25 bodies were retrieved.According to Georges Yacinth Oubaouba,a senior official in the ministry of mines said ''Nobody from our service is on the ground to regulate the miners,so they dug without any rules,lower than 3 meters which got dangerous and with the rain,there can be collapses.
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