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Pretrial Hearings for Alleged 9/11 Plotters Resume at Guantanamo Bay Prison, Reports Suggest

© AP Photo / Suzette LaboySoldiers walk past detainees' cells during early morning prayer at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Camp 5, in Cuba
Soldiers walk past detainees' cells during early morning prayer at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Camp 5, in Cuba - Sputnik International, 1920, 07.09.2021
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The pretrial hearings for five Guantanamo detainees who are accused of plotting and executing the deadly 9/11 attacks have opened the Expeditionary Legal Complex (ELC) at Camp Justice on 7 September, media reported.
At the hearing, which is the first since February 2020, military judge Colonel Matthew McCall announced that the military commission would have its attendance discussion and would start voir dire of the judge's qualifications, according to ABC News. The sessions on Wednesday and Friday are due to be closed, while the Thursday session will be a half-day open session, the outlet reported.
According to journalists, four out of the five defendants are vaccinated against COVID-19.
The most high-profile defendant is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed who, according to the report of the 9/11 Commission, was the central figure in the 9/11 attacks. Mohammed was a member of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda (terrorist group, banned in Russia), and reportedly directed the group's propaganda operations from 1999-2001.
US military guards walk within Camp Delta military-run prison, at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba. - Sputnik International, 1920, 19.07.2021
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