Military Commissions Update: Khalid Sheik Mohammed Charged For 9/11 Attack

The Office of the Military Commissions, has referred charges against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. The charge sheet lists nine charges and included eighty-eight pages. The crimes are all defined in 10 U.S.C. Section 950v. The bulk of the charge sheet is devoted to listing all of the specifics regarding the attacks, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed meeting with Usama bin Laden in 1996 to begin the planning process.

The charges are as follows:

CHARGE I: VIOLATION OF 10 U.S.C. §950v(b)(28), CONSPIRACY
CHARGE II: VIOLATION OF 10 U.S.C. § 950v(b)(2), ATTACKING CIVILIANS
CHARGE III: VIOLATION OF 10 U.S.C. § 950v(b)(3), ATTACKING CIVILIAN OBJECTS
CHARGE IV: VIOLATION OF 10 U.S.C. § 950v(b)(13), INTENTIONALLY CAUSING SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
CHARGE V: VIOLATION OF 10 U.S.C. § 950v(b)(15), MURDER IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW OF WAR
CHARGE VI: VIOLATION OF 10 U.S.C. § 950v(b)(16), DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW OF WAR
CHARGE VII: VIOLATION OF 10 U.S.C. § 950v(b)(23), HIJACKING OR HAZARDING A VESSEL OR AIRCRAFT
CHARGE VIII: VIOLATION OF 10 U.S.C. § 950v(b)(24), TERRORISM
CHARGE IX: VIOLATION OF 10 U.S.C. § 950v(b)(25), PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM

The charge sheet goes on to list the 2,973 people killed as a result of the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the crash of United Airlines Flight 93.

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