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 wednesday the President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud,his nephew was killed today.The presidents nephew is identified as Liban Osman and a lawyer named Abdikadir Mohamed were attacked in their car by al-Shabaab militants.Liban Osman had just returned from abroad and was about to start working as the director of a Mogadishu hospital.Al Shabaab's military operation spokesman,Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab,said the group targeted Osman because he was a very important official at the presidential palace.
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