source: Pakistan News Jan 23, 2010
American Defense Department have dropped charges against 5 accused of attacks on New York including Khalid Sheikh Muhammad.
The Pentagon on Friday officially dropped military charges against the accused mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and four other alleged conspirators, a development that likely foreshadows their transfer to New York City to face charges in a civilian federal court.
The Pentagon said the dismissal of the charges “without prejudice” against alleged plot leader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the others, Walid Bin Attash, Ramzi Bin al Shibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, was a procedural step to clear the way for their civilian trials.
There was no word as to when they would be transferred from Guantanamo to the New York.
