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Charges Dropped Against '20th Hijacker'

Posted May 13, 08 3:49 PM CDT in US World 

(Newser) – The US has dropped charges against Mohammed al-Qahtani, who allegedly planned to be the “20th hijacker” in the 9/11 attacks, Reuters reports. The US military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay rejected the charges against Qahtani “without prejudice,” meaning that the Saudi citizen may yet face prosecution. The charges against the other five alleged planners, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, were approved.

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan in this file photo from March 1, 2003 in this photo obtained by the Associated Press....   (AP Photo)
Construction continues at the World Trade Center site in this Aug. 14, 2007 file photo in New York.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)
This photo provided by the National September 11 Memorial & Museum and The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey shows work being done at New York's World Trade Center site Friday, Feb. 8, 2008,...   (AP Photo)
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