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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who federal authorities accuse of proposing and overseeing the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., appeared in a military courtroom today at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Mohammed said he would represent himself and, when told he could face the death penalty if convicted, "Yes, this is what I wish, to be a martyr for a long time. I will, God willing, have this, by you."
Today was Mohammed's formal arraignment (others accused in conspiring the attacks were also formally charged). He was captured in 2003, and the Pentagon says his involvement with the attacks includes "proposing the operational concept to Osama bin Laden as early as 1996, obtaining approval and funding from bin Laden for the attacks, overseeing the entire operation, and training the hijackers in all aspects of the operation in Afghanistan and Pakistan."
The former third-in-command at Al Qaeda has been in U.S. custody since his capture and he did undergo waterboarding, which his defense said could have impaired his cognitive abilities. In the courtroom, the AP reported that Mohammed "sang verses from the Quran" before being asked to stop by the judge. The Pentagon has claimed Mohammed has confessed to his involvement, even feeling sorry for killing so many people.
For more, the Lede is liveblogging the hearing and has some background about circumstances around the case.
Sketch of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Waleed bin Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, and Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, known as Ammar al-Baluchi, at Camp Justice in Guatanamo Bay drawn by Janet Hamlin, photographed by Brennan Linsley/AP
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He's trying to use reverse psychology. Feed him to a wood chipper.
Keep him as long as possible, and feed him some pork every day.
If they do whack him, bury him with a pig and soak his body in pigs blood.
No maryterdom for you.
He believes in an interpretation of Islam that would reward him for his death. I say put him in supermax and let him go crazy (or more crazy than he already is).
You people are cruel. He needs nourishment for his body and soul. I would suggest BLT sandwiches, hold the lettuce and tomatoes, for the rest of his life. He should not get what he wants, he should suffer as he made others suffer. How about him working at a hog farm in Arkansas for forty five years?
Nah, what's the hurry. A couple of decades with only himself for company, spam on crackers, naked in a windowless, elevator sized cell... should give him plenty of time to think about the path he chose to take.
And no, you can't have a Koran.
cage him!
Bury him alive in Marion Il. and when he finally shits himself and dies, wrap pieces of him in pig's offal and ship the parts to his family.
Leave him in solitary to wet dreams of 72 dark eyed virgins. Wow, Paradise as a brothel of underaged girls for horny young jihadis who get none in the real world.
Dammit, where's a genie when you need him?
How about denying him the use of a razor? He will suffocate through his own growth of excited follicles.
Good point about the 72 virgins Think Twice. We are not talking "hotties" here. Perhaps the gang over there have been spending way too much time with the sheep and the camels out in the desert.