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The cases of the five suspected al-Qaida militants1 believed to have planned the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States have been formally referred to a military tribunal.
The self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and his four alleged2 co-conspirators, could face the death penalty if a U.S. military commission finds them guilty for the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.
In a statement Wednesday, the Defense3 Department said the defendants4 are due to appear in court for arraignment5 proceedings6 within 30 days. The trial will be held at the U.S. naval7 base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the United States has special military commissions set up to try terror suspects.
The five face a litany of charges, including terrorism, hijacking8 aircraft, conspiracy9, attacking civilians11, murder and destruction of property in violation12 of the law of war.
Pentagon officials say they have provided the defendants, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin13 Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, each, in addition to their detailed14 defense council, attorneys with specialized15 knowledge and experience in death penalty cases in order to assist in their defense.
Despite these considerations, human rights groups again criticized the use of military tribunals as opposed to civilian10 courts. Laura Pitter is a lawyer and counterterrorism adviser16 for Human Rights Watch.
"Coerced17 evidence is still allowed in certain circumstances," said Pitter. "Torture can seep18 in to some of the evidence that will be admissible. [The system in] Guantanamo is not in line with any fair trial justice standards, so it will taint19 any verdict that's arrived there."
Pitter says she believes this is unfortunate, considering there is a viable20 option in the U.S. federal court system.
"Part of what Americans really believe in is that even the worst of the worst are to be tried in a fair system," she said. "They need to be tried in a system that's recognized as fair by international standards and U.S. domestic standards. So to do so in a different system really does not make any sense."
U.S. President Barack Obama initially21 had pledged to try the accused in a civilian court, but he reversed course a year ago after U.S. lawmakers passed restrictions22 prohibiting the transfer of terror detainees to the United States.
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1 militants | |
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 ) | |
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2 alleged | |
a.被指控的,嫌疑的 | |
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3 defense | |
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩 | |
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4 defendants | |
被告( defendant的名词复数 ) | |
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5 arraignment | |
n.提问,传讯,责难 | |
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6 proceedings | |
n.进程,过程,议程;诉讼(程序);公报 | |
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adj.海军的,军舰的,船的 | |
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8 hijacking | |
n. 劫持, 抢劫 动词hijack的现在分词形式 | |
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n.阴谋,密谋,共谋 | |
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adj.平民的,民用的,民众的 | |
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11 civilians | |
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n.违反(行为),违背(行为),侵犯 | |
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n.箱柜;vt.放入箱内;[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件 | |
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17 coerced | |
v.迫使做( coerce的过去式和过去分词 );强迫;(以武力、惩罚、威胁等手段)控制;支配 | |
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v.渗出,渗漏;n.渗漏,小泉,水(油)坑 | |
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n.污点;感染;腐坏;v.使感染;污染 | |
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22 restrictions | |
约束( restriction的名词复数 ); 管制; 制约因素; 带限制性的条件(或规则) | |
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