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Several American media report that Khalik Sheik Mohammed and two others have entered into an agreement to plead guilty to the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. Mohammed is considered the “mastermind” behind the terrorist attack, writes Reuters. He and the other defendants have been imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay on American soil in Cuba for over 20 years. Mohammed was arrested in Pakistan in 2003. According to the New York Times, the other defendants are Wallid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawasawi. The US Department of Defense confirms that they have entered into an agreement to plead guilty, but have not yet given details of what the agreement entails. According to the New York Times, the agreement means that by pleading guilty they will avoid the death penalty, and instead have to serve a life sentence. According to the newspaper, it is expected that they will plead guilty in a court hearing as early as next week. Launched the idea of ​​hijacking planes Almost 3,000 people died during the terrorist attack in New York in 2001. It is the deadliest attack on American soil. Smoke rises from one tower at the World Trade Center while another plane is about to crash into the other. Photo: SETH MCALLISTER / AFP/NTB 19 Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four planes which they crashed in various places in the USA. According to the prosecution, it must have been Mohammed who got the idea to hijack planes and crash them into buildings. He is said to have launched the idea himself for Osama bin Laden in 1996. Bin Laden led Al Qaeda until he was shot dead by American forces in 2011. Two of the planes were crashed into the twin towers at the World Trade Center. Around 2,750 people lost their lives. Another plane crashed into the Pentagon, the US Department of Defense. 184 people lost their lives there, according to Britannia. The fourth plane crashed into the ground in Pennsylvania. The plane went down after passengers tried to take the plane back. 40 people lost their lives. Was “waterboarded” 183 times Mohammed is originally from Kuwait. He trained as an engineer in the USA in 1986. Later he met Osama bin Laden and joined Al Qaeda. He was arrested in Pakistan in 2003 together with al-Hawsawi and extradited to the United States. The prison at Guantánamo Bay photographed in 2019. Photo: Alex Brandon / AP/NTB Mohammed is now imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay. At most there have been 800 inmates there. Today there are only 30, according to Reuters. He has been subjected to torture a number of times while in prison. According to a report published in 2014, he has been subjected to water torture, so-called “waterboarding”, 183 times. He is said to have confessed to his role in the September 11 terrorist attacks several times while in prison. But because the confessions took place under brutal interrogation methods, they could not be used in court. Published 01.08.2024, at 02.04 Updated 01.08.2024, at 04.09



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