After 9/11 the US and its allies vowed to fight terrorism. Iraq and Afghanistan have played host to invasions to eradicate extremism. Barack Obama came into office in January 2009 promising to close Guantanamo Bay, one of the most iconic symbols of the war on terror.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says he plans to seek the death penalty against self-proclaimed September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees if convicted in federal criminal court in New York
Self-proclaimed September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court, according to an Obama administration official.
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