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...
Yesterday wednesday more than 100 people were killed in South Sudan after an oil truck exploded as a crowed tried to gather fuel from the vehicle after it had veered off the road .According to Charles Kisagna,the minister of information in Western Equatoria,said 50 people were seriously injured.''We don't have medical equipment and these people may not survive because we do not have the facilities to treat the highly burnt people.The truck had been traveling from the capital Juba to the Western Equatoria area.Such incidents have happened before in the east African region where fuel tankers often have to travel long distances along potholed roads and pass through poor communities''.
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