Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the main plotter in al-Qaida’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, agreed to plead guilty, the Defense Department said Wednesday, pointing to a long-delayed resolution in an attack that altered the course of the United States and much of the Middle East.
He and two accomplices, Walid Bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi, are expected to enter the pleas at the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as soon as next week.
Pentagon officials declined to immediately release the terms of the plea bargain.
HAMAS DEATH: Hamas’ top political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed Wednesday by a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital of Tehran, the militant group said, blaming Israel for a shock assassination that risked escalating into an all-out regional war.
ABORTION LAW: Iowa’s strict abortion law went into effect Monday, immediately prohibiting most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. Now, across the country, four states ban abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, and 14 states have near-total bans at all stages of pregnancy.
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