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9/11 Suspects Boycott Gitmo Hearing

By M. Morris,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 16, 2009 11:39 AM CDT
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(Newser) – While relatives of the victims waited in the courtroom, the five Guantanamo inmates accused of conspiring in the 9/11 attacks boycotted a pretrial hearing this morning, the Miami Herald reports. The proceeding was intended to determine whether the defendants who aren't representing themselves are competent to stand trial. Alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others learned yesterday they would not be allowed to speak, defense lawyers said.

A TV crew passes a courtroom sketch of Canadian inmate Omar Khadr, at the Camp Justice war crimes tribunal compound, at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba, Wednesday, July 15, 2009.
A TV crew passes a courtroom sketch of Canadian inmate Omar Khadr, at the Camp Justice war crimes tribunal compound, at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba, Wednesday, July 15, 2009.   (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool)
In this file photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the U.S. Military, the five Sept. 11, 2001 attack co-defendants sit during a hearing at the U.S. Military Commissions court for war crimes, at the U.S. Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Monday,...
In this file photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the U.S. Military, the five Sept. 11, 2001 attack co-defendants sit during a hearing at the U.S. Military Commissions court...   (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool, File)
Flags wave above the sign for Camp Justice, the site of the US war crimes tribunal compound, at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba, Wednesday, July 15, 2009.
Flags wave above the sign for Camp Justice, the site of the US war crimes tribunal compound, at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba, Wednesday, July 15, 2009.   (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool)
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COMMENTS
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Shannonals
Jul 17, 2009 4:46 AM CDT
C/K you make no sense whatsoever. Your very comments have nothing to do with the article, just your useless rantings about the Left. How about sticking to the articles vice making the same comments over and over again.
doingtherightthing
Jul 16, 2009 5:03 AM CDT
cut there balls off and hang them on a pole outside the trade center site..........
JonmarkP
Jul 16, 2009 4:54 AM CDT
CK is a satirist, a far-left progressive who repeats Right Wing Republican talking points to shed light on how absurd they are-like hoping Obama fails even if that's harmful to America. You go, CK, I think you're doing a great job and I retract any previous negative comments I may have made about you.

 
terrorism • trial • September 11 • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Guantanamo prisoners • 9/11 attacks • pretrial hearing

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