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Alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be sent from Guantanamo Bay to New York for trial in a civilian court, reports say. | Alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be sent from Guantanamo Bay to New York for trial in a civilian court, reports say. |
Citing unnamed government officials, the reports said he would be transferred from the US prison camp in Cuba with four other suspects. | Citing unnamed government officials, the reports said he would be transferred from the US prison camp in Cuba with four other suspects. |
US Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to announce the decision later, the officials say. | US Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to announce the decision later, the officials say. |
Mr Mohammed has admitted planning the 9/11 attacks, the US military says. | Mr Mohammed has admitted planning the 9/11 attacks, the US military says. |
The five men have until now been facing prosecution at US military commissions in Guantanamo. | |
But US President Barack Obama has made closing the detention camp a top priority. | |
His administration says it will try some detainees in US courts and repatriate or resettle others who are not perceived as a threat. | |
However, questions remain over the fate of those assessed as dangerous but who for legal reasons could not be prosecuted in a US court - prompting suggestions that the 22 January closure deadline will slip. | |
According to the reports, Mr Holder will also announce that a suspect in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen will be tried at a military tribunal. |