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WASHINGTON - The man accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , and two of his accomplices held at the Guantanamo prison have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in exchange for a life sentence, the New York Times reported on Wednesday citing unidentified Pentagon officials.The deal for the guilty pleas by Mohammed, Walid Bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawasawi rather than a death penalty trial has been approved by a senior Pentagon official, the Times said.
11 attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon outside Washington."In exchange for the removal of the death penalty as a possible punishment, these three accused have agreed to plead guilty to all of the charged offenses, including the murder of the 2,976 people listed in the charge sheet," the chief prosecutor, Rear Admiral Aaron Rugh, said in a letter to family members of Sept. 11 victims, according to the Times.
9/11 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Walid Bin Attash Mustafa Al-Hawasawi
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