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Three accused 9/11 plotters plead guilty in Guantánamo Bay deal – prosecutors

The United States flag flies inside the Guantánamo Bay detention facility at the US naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
The United States flag flies inside the Guantánamo Bay detention facility at the US naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Three men accused of being involved in the 9/11 terrorist attack – including the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon – have agreed to plea deals at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

“The Convening Authority for Military Commissions, Susan Escallier, has entered into pre-trial agreements with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al-Hawsawi, three of the co-accused in the 9/11 case,” the Pentagon said in a short statement.

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