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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 564

Guantanamo Bay

This Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, courtroom drawing by artist Janet Hamlin shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (center) and co-defendant Walid Bin Attash (left) attending a pre-trial session at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (AP/Janet Hamlin, Pool, File)
December 31, 2024, 4:30 pm
US court rejects Pentagon chief’s bid to throw out plea deal for 9/11 mastermind
Military appeals court rules against Lloyd Austin’s attempt to revoke agreements with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants that would spare them the death penalty
By Ellen Knickmeyer
This undated photo shows Ramzi bin al-Shibh, an al-Qaeda member who is suspected of helping plan the September 11, 2001 attacks, and is detained at Guantanamo Bay. (HO/FBI/AFP)
September 22, 2023, 9:49 am
9/11 detainee ruled mentally unfit for trial after torture at Guantanamo
Military judge says Ramzi bin al-Shibh, diagnosed with mental illnesses, is unable to defend himself; trial of alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, three others to go ahead
By AFP
Bashir Noorzai welcomed by the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan after being released from the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay, September 19, 2022. (Twitter screenshot/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 19, 2022, 12:53 pm
US swaps Taliban prisoner in Guantanamo for American held in Afghanistan
Bashir Noorzai says he was last Taliban detainee at facility after 17 years of imprisonment; Washington yet to confirm release of Mark Frerichs, kidnapped in 2020
By Rahim Faiez
In this November 21, 2013 file photo, a soldier closes the gate at the now-abandoned Camp X-Ray, which was used as the first detention facility for al-Qaeda and Taliban militants who were captured after the September 11 attacks at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
February 5, 2022, 11:42 pm
US panel recommends release of Guantanamo detainee suspected in 9/11 attacks
Case against Mohammed al-Qahtani, who also suffers mental health issues, was dropped in 2008 after he was tortured
By AFP
In this June 27, 2006 file photo, reviewed by a US Department of Defense official, US military guards walk within Camp Delta military-run prison, at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba. (AP/Brennan Linsley, File)
January 12, 2022, 10:00 pm
Deemed to no longer present threat, 5 more Guantanamo detainees approved for release
Despite never being charged, group has spent collective 85 years in prison opened two decades ago for so-called ‘war on terror’ detainees in wake of 9/11 attacks
By Paul Handley
This March 1, 2003, file photo obtained by the Associated Press shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan. (AP Photo, File)
September 17, 2021, 11:44 pm
Guantanamo trial of 9/11 mastermind suspended amid COVID scare
Pretrial hearing in case of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, four others put on hold after infection of reporter; another person who was in courtroom also suspected of being infected
By AFP
In this August 29, 2021, file photo reviewed by US military officials, a flag flies at half-staff in honor of the US service members and other victims killed in the terrorist attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, as seen from Camp Justice in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (AP/Alex Brandon, File)
September 13, 2021, 12:28 am
Planned closure of Guantanamo prison, a legacy of 9/11, remains unresolved
Unclear what US will do with infamous detention center or with the inmates it isn’t ready to release; Biden administration says it has no timeline for the ongoing process
By Ben Fox
US military guards walk within Camp Delta military-run prison, at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba, June 27, 2006. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)
September 7, 2021, 6:49 am
Trial of accused 9/11 mastermind restarts, days before 20th anniversary
With scores of defense motions demanding evidence against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that prosecutors refuse to hand over, pretrial phase could easily last another year
By Paul Handley
A guard stands duty in a tower over Guantanamo Bay's Detention Camp Delta, in 2007. (Army Sgt. Joseph Scozzar/Public Domain)
February 13, 2021, 2:13 am
Biden administration says it intends to close Guantanamo prison
Obama said he would close notorious facility at start of his term, but failed to do so; Biden faces some Republican opposition
By Ben Fox
This March 1, 2003, file photo obtained by the Associated Press shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan. (AP Photo, File)
August 31, 2019, 5:48 pm
Trial date set for five 9/11 plotters at Guantanamo; they face death penalty
NY Times reports alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, four others to go on trial in 2021, almost two decades after the Al-Qaeda attacks that killed 3,000
By AFP
In this July 21, 2017, file photo, Kurdish soldiers from the Anti-Terrorism Units, carry a blindfolded an Indonesian man suspected of Islamic State membership, at a security center, in Kobani, Syria (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
January 9, 2019, 11:20 am
US puzzles over fate of Islamic State fighters captured in Syria
As groundwork is laid for planned withdrawal of troops, Trump administration works to find solution for imprisoned terrorists whose release is ‘unacceptable’
By Deb Riechmann and SUSANNAH GEORGE
In this file picture taken on Friday, July 21, 2017, Kurdish soldiers from the Anti-Terrorism Units, carry a blindfolded an Indonesian man suspected of Islamic State membership, at a security center, in Kobani, Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
February 12, 2018, 9:05 am
US pushes for home countries to take back Islamic State detainees in Syria
Western nations weighing options for foreign fighters who joined terrorist group and are now being held by Syrian Democratic Forces
By Lolita C. Baldor
Activists protest the Guantanamo Bay detention camp during a rally in Lafayette Square outside the White House January 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. (AFP/Brendan Smialowski)
January 31, 2018, 6:49 am
Trump orders Guantanamo kept open, says work remains in terror fight
Reversing efforts by Obama to shut down controversial prison, president says terrorists cannot be released, ‘much work to be done’ to defeat IS
By AP
The sun rises at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba. (Brennan Linsley/AP)
December 13, 2017, 7:41 am
Men due to leave Gitmo under Obama seem stuck under Trump
Five prisoners were cleared by the previous administration but release procedure wasn’t completed in time; White House has not made clear its plans for Cuban detention facility
By Ben Fox
This undated photo taken by the International Red Cross and released by lawyer Walter Ruiz, shows his client Mustafa al Hawsawi posing for a portrait while he's a detainee at the Guantanamo US Naval Base in Guantanamo, Cuba. (Mustafa al-Hawsawi via AP)
December 7, 2017, 10:07 am
Saudi at Guantanamo said to have admitted helping 9/11 plot
Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi allegedly purchased plane tickets and facilitated money transfers for hijackers who killed nearly 3,000
By Ben Fox
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