Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused of being the main organizer of the events of September 11, has agreed to plead guilty
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused of being the main organizer of the September 11 terrorist attacks, has agreed to plead guilty. Mohammed and his two accomplices, Waleed bin Attash and Mustafa Al-Hawsawi, are expected to present their charges to a military commission at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba early next week.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused of masterminding the September 11, 2001 al-Qaeda attacks against the United States, has agreed to plead guilty, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday.
Mohammed and his two accomplices , Waleed bin Attash and Mustafa Al-Hawsawi, are expected to present their charges to a military commission in Guantanamo, Cuba, early next week.
Pentagon officials declined to disclose the terms of the plea deals. It is strange that the agreement of the United States with these individuals was made 16 years after the prosecution of the Al-Qaeda attack and more than 20 years after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in New York.
This attack caused the President George Bush's administration to launch long-term military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as in other regions of the Middle East, under the pretext of the war on terror.
The U.S. attacks have led to the overthrow of governments in two countries, the destruction of countries by various communities, and the 2011 popular uprisings against authoritarian governments in the Middle East.
The US government points to Muhammad as the source of the idea to use airplanes as weapons. He is said to have received permission to carry out the events of 9/11 from Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda, who was killed by US forces in 2011.
Muhammad was captured by the United States in 2003. Prior to his arrival at Guantanamo Bay, he was subjected to 183 different forms of torture and forced interrogation while in CIA custody.
The systematic torture in the Guantanamo concentration camp of the USA caused the trial process to be prolonged for a long time.
Daphne Eviatar, director of rights group Amnesty International USA, said Wednesday that she welcomed the announcement of accountability for the attacks. He called on the Biden administration to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center under the guise of the war on terrorism. Most of the prisoners here have been acquitted but are awaiting permission to travel to other countries.
In addition, Eviatar said, "The Biden administration must take all necessary steps to ensure that enforced disappearances, torture, and ill-treatment never happen again in the United States."
