Self-proclaimed mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, will be moved to New York to face trial at the federal courthouse in Manhattan. The announcement was made by Attorney General Eric Holder during a Friday press conference.
Holding the trials in a New York civilian court has received mixed opinions from officials.
Rudy Giuliani, who was the mayor of New York during the Sept. 11 attacks, accused the decision of being a regression to a “pre-9/11 mentality with respect to Islamic extremist terrorism.”
War criminals are typically tried in military tribunals. According to Giuliani, having the 9/11 conspirators stand trial in a civilian court is not recognizing them as war criminals. He said in a statement that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed “is not just another murderer, or even a mass murderer. He murdered as part of a declared war against us—America.”
Giuliani said the decision is the “same mistake” made when trials were held in New York for Omar Abdel-Rahman, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
“We treated them like domestic criminals, when in fact they were terrorists,” Giuliani said.
Holding the trials in a New York civilian court has received mixed opinions from officials.
Rudy Giuliani, who was the mayor of New York during the Sept. 11 attacks, accused the decision of being a regression to a “pre-9/11 mentality with respect to Islamic extremist terrorism.”
War criminals are typically tried in military tribunals. According to Giuliani, having the 9/11 conspirators stand trial in a civilian court is not recognizing them as war criminals. He said in a statement that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed “is not just another murderer, or even a mass murderer. He murdered as part of a declared war against us—America.”
Giuliani said the decision is the “same mistake” made when trials were held in New York for Omar Abdel-Rahman, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
“We treated them like domestic criminals, when in fact they were terrorists,” Giuliani said.
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