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9/11 mastermind loses appeal to delay Monday hearing

 
Published on Oct 12, 2012
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In this Jan 19, 2009 file courtroom sketch by artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the US Military, 9/11 attacks co-defendant Khalid Sheikh Mohammed sits during a hearing at the US Military Commissions court for war crimes, at the US Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept 11 terror attacks has lost an appeal citing rats and mold as a reason to delay his court appearance on Monday, a defence lawyer said. -- FILE PHOTO: AP

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept 11 terror attacks has lost an appeal citing rats and mold as a reason to delay his court appearance on Monday, a defence lawyer said.

Judge James Pohl's decision was still sealed on Thursday, three days before the hearing in question, but lawyer James Connell said he had received word by mid-afternoon.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's "emergency motion to delay October hearings - due to defense offices deemed unsafe due to the presence of hazardous mold, rodents and rodent feces - was denied," announced Mr Connell, defence lawyer for one of the five men accused of plotting the Sept 11, 2001 attacks.

The new series of preliminary hearings for the five men is scheduled to begin Monday at the United States (US) naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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