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Summary The US will try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh and 4 co-conspirators in a military commission.
The tribunal would be established at the Guantanamo Bay, US Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Monday.In making the announcement, Eric Holder repeated his belief that federal courts are the best place to prosecute terrorism suspects but said the governments hands were tied by Congress, which in December adopted restrictions on prosecuting Guantanamo prisoners in civilian courts.Republican critics have roundly assailed the administration, first for the decision in late 2009 to try the men in New York City, then for a long delay in making a decision on whether to have them face military commission justice instead.The four alleged co-conspirators are Waleed bin Attash, a Yemeni who allegedly ran an Al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan; Ramzi Binalshibh, a Yemeni who allegedly helped find flight schools for the hijackers; Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, accused of helping nine of the hijackers travel to the United States and sending them $120,000 for expenses and flight training, and Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi, a Saudi accused of helping the hijackers with money, Western clothing, travelers checks and credit cards.
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