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  • Accused 9/11 mastermind wants death sentence

    06/05/2008 8:02:55 AM PDT · by SmithL · 63 replies · 153+ views
    AP via SFGate ^ | 6/5/8 | ANDREW O. SELSKY, Associated Press Writer
    GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said Thursday that he would welcome the death penalty for his confessed role as mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. "Yes, this is what I wish, to be a martyr for a long time," Mohammed told a military judge who warned that he faces execution if convicted of organizing the attacks on America. "I will, God willing, have this, by you." The former No. 3 leader of al-Qaida and four alleged co-conspirators were being arraigned Thursday in their long-awaited first appearance before a war-crimes tribunal. All five face death...