MILITARY JUDGE SUPPRESSES KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED’S FBI CONFESSION IN 9/11 CASE. (PHOTO).

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 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...

BURKINA FASO ISSUED AN INTERNATIONAL WARRANT AGAINST EX-EXILED LEADER BLAISE COMPAORE.

                          It was reported today that Burkina Faso has issued an international warrant for ousted leader Blaise Compaore for his suspected role in the 1987 kiling of his former comrade,ex-president Thomas Sankara.According to a source,who spoke on condition of anonymity,told AFP that Compaore who is living in exil in the Ivory Coast,had been charged with an  ''attack'' and ''assassination''.Compaore was toppled from power by a popular uprising in October 2014 after ruling Burkina Faso with an iron fist for 27 years.Sankara,a revolutionary figure who is still a hero to many in West Africa,was killed on October 15 1987 during the coup that brough his friend and former comrade in arms Compaore to power.A police lab helping to investigate the killing of the former president yesterday monday said it had not managed to detect any of his DNA in the remains presumed to be his,according to a family lawyer.Remains believed to be those of Sankara and 12 former aides also killed during the coup were exhumed from a cementery in the capital Ouagadougou in May.At least five other people mostly former soldiers,have been charged in connection with Sankara's killing including General Gilbert Diendere,Compaore's former Chief of staff,who led a failed coup in September.

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