The plea agreement that prosecutors had reached with three of the individuals involved in the Sept. 11 terror attacks who were facing trial in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has been canceled by Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III, as first reported by the New York Times.
On Friday, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III took decisive action on the case, effectively reinstating the possibility of the death penalty for Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi.
Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. (AP)
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The defendants are charged with providing training, financial aid, and other support to the 19 hijackers who commandeered passenger planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on September 11, 2001.
The assaults resulted in the deaths of almost 3,000 individuals in the most devastating terror attack on U.S. soil in history. Family members of the victims voiced their anger upon learning about the deal.
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