U.S. close to decision on 9/11 trial for Mohammed

WASHINGTON: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday said the administration is close to a decision on how to prosecute the self-professed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed but declined to provide specifics.

His initial plan to try Mohammed and four other accused plotters in a Manhattan federal court was put on hold after New York officials and lawmakers said he should be tried in a military court. AGENCIES

U.S. close to decision on 9/11 trial for Mohammed

WASHINGTON: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday said the administration is close to a decision on how to prosecute the self-professed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed but declined to provide specifics.

His initial plan to try Mohammed and four other accused plotters in a Manhattan federal court was put on hold after New York officials and lawmakers said he should be tried in a military court. AGENCIES

Iraqi PM demands US to halt Koran burning

BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki urged the United States on Thursday to prevent the American pastor of an obscure Christian church from burning copies of the Koran in commemoration of the Sept. 11 attacks.

The U.S. government and political and religious leaders around the world have condemned plans by Terry Jones, whose tiny Protestant church campaigns against what it calls “radical Islam,” to burn 200 copies of the Koran on Saturday.

Maliki said the event could become a pretext for more killing. “This ghastly action doesn’t fall within free expression and there must be an intervention to stop it,” the Shi’ite Muslim premier said during a meeting with top U.S. officials in Iraq, according to a statement issued by his office.

“This will cause damage in the relations between religions, human and cultural communication between the nations, if it

US leaders discuss calling pastor who plans Koran-burning

WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is discussing whether to call a Florida pastor to ask him to call off plans for a Koran-burning day that U.S. leaders have warned could endanger American troops abroad, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

“That possibility is currently under discussion within the administration,” Pentagon spokesman Geoffrey Morrell said when asked whether U.S. leaders would call the head of the small Florida church. “I don’t believe they’ve come to any resolution yet.”

The church leader plans to burn Korans on Saturday’s anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on Washington and New York by militant Muslims. AGENCIES

Dems, GOP Split On NY Terror Trials

Full Story And Original Content.TrendPK.com Dems, GOP Split On NY Terror Trials:Bringing those accused in the Sept. 11 attacks to New York for trial would increase the security threat to the city and give radical Islamists a platform to propagate their ideology, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Sunday. Giuliani’s view that the Obama administration is

Full Story And Original Content.TrendPK.com Dems, GOP Split On NY Terror Trials:Bringing those accused in the Sept. 11 attacks to New York for trial would increase the security threat to the city and give radical Islamists a platform to propagate their ideology, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Sunday.
Giuliani’s view that the Obama administration is [...]

UFC 103 Results

UFC 103 Results, FanHouse has UFC 103 results for all of the Sept. 19 UFC 103 fights, plus live UFC coverage from Dallas, live blogs of all the fights and live UFC Twitter updates from MDS and Mike Chiappetta.

UFC 103 Results Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin fights Vitor Belfort in the main event, while former Pride star Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic fights Junior “Cigano” dos Santos in the co-main event.

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