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This courtroom sketch shows alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed at his Military Commissions hearing on October 15, 2012 at the US Navy base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

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US appeals court scraps 9/11 mastermind’s plea deal

A US appeals court on Friday scrapped 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s plea agreement that would have taken the death penalty off the table...

AFPJuly 11, 2025

A photo taken in 2018 shows the main gate at the prison at the US Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba

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US military judge reinstates 9/11 mastermind plea deal

A US military judge has reinstated plea agreements for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants, an official said Thursday, three months...

AFPNovember 7, 2024

This photo released on August 2, 2022, by the White House shows US President Biden meeting with his national security team to discuss the counterterrorism operation to take out Ayman al-Zawahiri

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Zawahiri killing boosts Biden on Afghan exit anniversary

Announcing jihadist leader deaths has become a ritual — both somber and highly political — for presidents ever since the attacks of 9/11.

AFPAugust 2, 2022

A few dozen relatives of victims and survivors of the 9/11 attacks, which killed 3,000 people, gathered near Donald Trump's golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, ahead of the LIV Golf tournament

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Near Trump course, 9/11 families slam ‘hurtful’ Saudi golf event

For Brett Eagleson, Saudi-backed golf event at Trump National is an affront: it's happening just miles from where hijackers murdered his father on 9/11.

AFPJuly 29, 2022

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged organiser of the September 11, 2001 attacks, is shown shortly after his capture in Pakistan (R) and in a later picture taken in 2009 and allegedly showing him at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp

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Guantanamo 9/11 attacks defendants in plea negotiations: attorneys

Five men charged in the September 11, 2001 attacks, including alleged "mastermind" Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, are in plea negotiations.

AFPMarch 15, 2022