9/11 accused was tortured in Guantanamo, judge to decide if he can be tried

Ramzi bin al Shibh has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial due to torture, and his defence lawyers are seeking post-torture trauma care for him.

Hundreds of men brought to Guantanamo over the years were detained without cause and had no role in terror attack. Photo: AP.

Defence lawyers argue that the best hope of al Shibh, a Yemeni accused of organising one cell of the 9/11 hijackers, regaining competency to stand trial is a step that some Americans are likely to find distasteful: for him to be provided with post-torture trauma care and no longer subject to solitary confinement.

Biden was unsettled about accepting terms for the plea from those responsible for the deadliest assault on the United States since Pearl Harbour, a White House National Security Council official said. The case has had a succession of military judges, with the fourth announcing on Wednesday that he will retire in April. The charges accuse alleged lead conspirator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other four of helping orchestrate the killings of 2,976 people on Sept. 11, 2001.

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