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 friday,General Prime Niyongabo,survived an assassination attack early today morning but three soldiers and three gunmen were killed.Niyongabo who is the highest ranking official to be targeted was ambushed by unknown gunmen but God spared his life.Earlier this week,gunmenshot dead an opposition official and last month General Adolphe Nshimirimana,who was in charge of the president's personal security,was killed in an ambushed.All these assassination attempt started when President Pierre Nkurunziza announced he was seeking a third term in office,in which the opposition said his third term in office violated the Burundi constitution and a peace deal that ended an ethnically charged civil war in 2005.
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