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Title: Key 9/11 suspect charges dropped
Source: BBC
URL Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7398953.stm
Published: May 13, 2008
Author: BBC News
Post Date: 2008-05-13 16:28:46 by scrapper2
Keywords: 9/11 suspects, tortured confessions?, oops
Views: 287
Comments: 5

The Pentagon has dropped charges against a Saudi citizen alleged to have been the "20th hijacker" in the 11 September 2001 attacks on the US.

Mohammad al-Qahtani was one of six Guantanamo Bay inmates charged with murder and war crimes in February.

The Pentagon said the case against the other five defendants would proceed.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against the suspects in a case before military tribunals at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay.

'Torture'

A Pentagon official said the charges against Mohammad al-Qahtani had been dropped "without prejudice", meaning they could be reinstated.

The US military gave no reason for its decision.

But lawyers for the defendant say they believe the charges were dropped because he "was tortured" under interrogation.

The decision could have implications for the other five suspects, whose lawyers claim that similar treatment was meted out to them, the BBC's Adam Brookes reports from Washington.

Authorities say Mr Qahtani failed to take part in the 9/11 attacks because he was denied entry into the US by an immigration official.

He was refused entry at Orlando in Florida in August 2001 and returned to Dubai. He was later detained in Afghanistan and transferred to Guantanamo Bay.

In 2006, he recanted accusations he had made against fellow detainees of having links to al-Qaeda.

His lawyer told Time magazine the statements had been extracted under torture.

The Saudi was reportedly submitted to stress positions, sleep deprivation and humiliation at Guantanamo.

Officials said he had been subjected to a harsh interrogation authorised by former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

Four planes were hijacked by 19 men in the 11 September attacks. Two hit the World Trade Center in New York, another the Pentagon in Washington and the fourth crashed in Pennsylvania.

About 3,000 people were killed.

The five suspects still facing trial at Guantanamo include the alleged mastermind of the plot, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.


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A Pentagon official said the charges against Mohammad al-Qahtani had been dropped "without prejudice", meaning they could be reinstated. The US military gave no reason for its decision. But lawyers for the defendant say they believe the charges were dropped because he "was tortured" under interrogation.The decision could have implications for the other five suspects, whose lawyers claim that similar treatment was meted out to them, the BBC's Adam Brookes reports from Washington.

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#1. To: scrapper2 (#0)

Oooopsie...

Indeed.

Until they have a real investigation, and charge the true perps, all these mullets will eventually be set free.

Lod  posted on  2008-05-13   16:37:20 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: lodwick (#1)

Until they have a real investigation, and charge the true perps, all these mullets will eventually be set free.

Oh there's another step you are forgetting to note.

After these 9/11 suspects are released, they will launch lawsuits against the US gubment for false imprisonment and torture and we taxpayers will be forced to pay enormous settlements for the gross stupidity of the military and justice departments. This unseemly saga will end up hitting us in the US Treasury pocket book big time.

scrapper2  posted on  2008-05-13   16:46:30 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: scrapper2 (#2)

This unseemly saga will end up hitting us in the US Treasury pocket book big time.

If in the process we learn the true story of what happened on 9/11, I will consider the money well spent.

aristeides  posted on  2008-05-13   16:48:28 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#4. To: aristeides, scrapper2, truthseekers (#3)

This unseemly saga will end up hitting us in the US Treasury pocket book big time.

If in the process we learn the true story of what happened on 9/11, I will consider the money well spent.

Amen, and amen.

Truth and consequences would be worth it all.

It is time to bring down the NWO.

Lod  posted on  2008-05-13 18:55:57 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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