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 an official election results announced today friday,President of Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza has won for the third term in office.Nkurunziza won 69.41% of the vote in tuesday's vote.The election commission said ''This is the first round victory''.Nkurunziza's candidacy was denounced as unconstitutional by the opposition and provoked months of protests and an attempted coup when he traveled out of Burundi.Although eight candidates were on the ballot paper for the presidential polls,most of them withdrew from the race,with the closure of most independent media preventing them from campaigning.A lot of people took to the street to demonstrate against his third term return,most of them lost their lives in the process,but their death seems for nothing,now their President is back for the third term.
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