In September 11, 2001, four United States airplanes were hijacked and crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and into a field in Pennsylvania, killing nearly 3,000 people. The Al Qaeda, a major terrorist group of Afghanistan, claimed responsibility for the terror. Their three claimed motives were the US troops protesting in Arabia, US’s support for Israel, and US’s sanctions against Iraq, which restricted trade and interactions. Osama Bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda, has already been executed by a United States Special Forces military unit. Prosecutors recommended that the trial be a capital case, which may bring death penalties upon the five men.
The four co-conspirators of 9/11 are Walid Muhammed Salih bin Attash, Ramzi bin al- Shibh, Ali Abdul-Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi. Walid Muhammed Salih bin Attash was accused of studying planes and training hijackers; Ramzi bin al- Shibh was accused of helping find flight schools for the hijackers; Ali Abdul-Aziz Ali was accused of helping nine hijackers get to the United States and paying for their flight expenses and training; Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi was accused of providing hijackers with money, Western clothing, traveler’s checks, and credit cards. All five men were charge with conspiracy, murder in violation of the law of war, attacking civilians, attacking civilian property, causing serious physical injuries intentionally, destruction of property in violation of the law of war, hijacking aircraft, and terrorism.
The five defendants of 9/11 have previously been charged for their connections to the horrific event, but these charges were dropped in 2009 because the Obama administration decided to pass on the trial to a military commission. Captain John Murphy, prosecutor in the office of military commissions, recommended holding a joint trial for all five men at Guantanamo.
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