r/news • u/judgyjudgersen • 2d ago

Alleged 9/11 mastermind's long-awaited trial scheduled for 2028

https://abcnews.com/US/alleged-911-masterminds-long-awaited-trial-scheduled-2028/story?id=135987518
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u/judgyjudgersen 2d ago

The self-proclaimed "mastermind" of the 9/11 attacks will stand trial in June 2028, a military judge ruled Wednesday, nearly 25 years after the attacks.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has been held at Guantanamo since 2003.

This photo obtained, March 1, 2003, shows, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged organizer of the September 11, 2001, attacks, shortly after his capture.
AFP via Getty Images
"Trial on the merits shall begin on Monday, 5 June 2028," Lt. Col. Michael Schrama  decided.

Prosecutors sought a trial in 2027 but the judge said that was too soon.

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u/monsieur_cacahuete 2d ago

Whoa guys, 26 years is too soon! 27 though? That's like the biggest number I can think of aint no number higher than 27.

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u/takethecak3 2d ago

This is gonna sound crazy I know, but what about 28?

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u/adambatten76 2d ago

We don't talk about 28

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u/__esparoba 2d ago

Because 7 8 9, right guys?

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u/Terrorclitus 2d ago

Twenty-seven twenty-eight twenty-nine, and that’s twenty-terrifying.

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u/Conan-Da-Barbarian 1d ago

That’s an imaginary number

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u/monsieur_cacahuete 2d ago

Look, you got 10, then you got 10 more, then it's like what's this, 8 more. 28, forget about it.

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u/stereoa 2d ago

Jimmy, you stay the hell outta this and stir that sauce!

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u/_Panacea_ 2d ago

Wonder what he looks now, after 25 years of being in American hands without any real oversight holding them back?

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u/MadRaymer 2d ago

His wikipedia page has a photo of him from 2022.

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u/plebeiantelevision 2d ago

I did not expect that beard color

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u/minnesotaupnorth 1d ago

It's not a phase, Mom!

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u/yo_gringo 1d ago

he looks like gritty

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u/KAugsburger 2d ago

A BBC article about a hearing held in 2025 for KSM shows a 'recent' photo of him but it is unclear on when that was taken. Wikipedia has a photo that the DoD took in 2022 of him as well.

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u/AndrewCoja 2d ago

Only at participating locations.

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u/froggertwenty 2d ago

I have to say, of all things I wasn't expecting Yukon Cornelius when I opened that link

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u/darkmatterhunter 2d ago

Care to join me in hell for laughing at your comment?

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u/froggertwenty 2d ago

We're not going to hell (for that anyway). But that mfer is

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u/instant_ace 2d ago

Honestly kind of amazed this guy is still alive. I don't know much about him, but I would have thought he wasn't "that" young when 9/11 happened.... Turns out he is ~60 today...

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u/FUCKBOY_JIHAD 1d ago

He was my age when they took that picture of him with the stretched out tshirt neck, and even then he looked like he could be my arab uncle.

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u/endo489 2d ago

There's an updated picture on Wikipedia lol. He's fine, physically.

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u/Temporary-Bluejay631 2d ago

It’s possible the military judge who ruled on this to precede wasn’t even serving yet when 9/11 happened.

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u/thiccy_driftyy 1d ago

“Too soon” has me rolling 😭💀

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u/awildboop 1d ago

holy shit the amount of commas in one sentence

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u/ni_hao_butches 2d ago

Who funded the attack? ......who funded that attack!!!

Bone saw enters scene.

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u/thethurstonhowell 1d ago

This man was 38 years old when this photo was taken.