The New York Times Reports Confessions from Three Suspects of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks

The New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing U.S. Department of Defense officials, that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the man accused of masterminding the September 11 terrorist attacks in the U.S., and two of his accomplices have agreed to confess to their crimes of 'conspiracy' in exchange for life imprisonment. The names of the officials cited by The New York Times have not been disclosed. According to The New York Times, the agreement for confessions from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid bin Attash, and Mustafa al-Hawsawi means they will receive life sentences instead of facing the death penalty. This agreement has been confirmed by a senior Pentagon official. All three men have been detained since 2003 at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Mohammed is an Al-Qaeda operative whom the United States has accused of being the principal architect of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. According to the lead prosecutor in the case, Aaron Roug, in exchange for the removal of the death penalty as a potential punishment, these three defendants have confessed to all the charges filed against them, including the murder of 2,976 people mentioned in the indictment. He stated this in a letter to the families of the September 11 victims. The U.S. Department of Defense announced on Wednesday that prosecutors have reached agreements with Mohammed, bin Attash, and al-Hawsawi, but did not disclose the terms of this deal in their statement. This news was prepared using a Reuters report. Pre-trial hearings for the five suspects of the September 11 attacks will resume, provided that the death penalty is not imposed; the mastermind of the September 11 attacks is ready to testify against Saudi Arabia; the announcement of the death of the Al-Qaeda leader in the Arabian Peninsula; Al-Awlaki has been replaced by Al-Tarafi; a memorial service for the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks will be held in the U.S.; the U.S. has returned two Pakistani brothers to their country after 20 years from Guantanamo.