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I want to be a martyr 'mastermind' tells Guantanamo tribunal
Summary from United States, from articles in English
Five detainees who the government says were high-level coordinators of the Sept. 11 terror attacks were arraigned in a military courtroom here on Thursday morning. (article 3) GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (CNN) Accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed used his first day in court to intimidate his co-defendants into refusing their right to counsel, a lawyer involved in the proceedings said Thursday (article 6) FARMINGTON, Pa. - Attorney General Michael Mukasey, defending military commissions to prosecute suspected terrorists, told federal judges yesterday that the upcoming trials will be " in the best traditions of the American legal system. (article 7) Dressed all in white with large glasses and a long gray beard, the man who imagined the unimaginable appeared at his arraignment today for his role as the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. (article 4) GUANTÁNAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Almost seven years after terrorists hijacked airliners and used them as missiles to kill 2,973 people, five men who allegedly plotted the attacks face a military tribunal today. (article 5) Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the confessed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, will be arraigned simultaneously with four other detainees inside a high-security courthouse at the remote U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (article 5)

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  • Story keywords
    Mohammed, military, Guantanamo, Khalid, Sheikh

    Source articles
    1. Five accused in plot arraigned in Guantanamo Bay (dallasnews.com, 06/05/2008, 819 words)
    2. Arraigned Defendants Talk of Martyrdom (nytimes.com, 06/06/2008, 1336 words)
    3. Suspects Arraigned at Guantánamo Hearing (nytimes.com, 06/05/2008, 477 words)
    4. ABC News: 'I Wish to Be Martyred': Accused Planner in Guantanamo Court (ABCNews, 06/05/2008, 410 words)
    5. Sept. 11 tribunal starting today at Gitmo (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/05/2008, 421 words)
    6. suspects decline representation (CNN, 06/05/2008, 36 words)
    7. Mukasey defends military courts (boston.com, 06/05/2008, 267 words)




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