September 11 attacks

US appeals court scraps 9/11 mastermind’s plea deal

US appeals court scraps 9/11 mastermind’s plea deal

  • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was regarded as one of bin Laden’s most trusted lieutenants
  • He had spent three years in secret CIA prisons before arriving at Guantanamo in 2006
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Special Dr. Mansour Al-Shammari, secretary-general of the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology (Etidal). (Supplied)

‘Our goal is to eradicate the ideology that inspired the 9/11 attacks’

By Mohammed Al-Sulami  ·

During the ceremony six moments of silence were held, marking when each of the World Trade Center towers was struck and fell and the times corresponding to the attack on the Pentagon and the crash of Flight 93. (AFP)

America pauses to commemorate 20th anniversary of 9/11

By RAY HANANIA ·