Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

Riyadh, July 30: Accused Al-Qaeda and 9/11 terror attack mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has on Monday indicated a willingness to cooperate with the legal lawsuit filed against him by victims seeking actions from Saudi Arabia on condition if the United States opts not to seek death penalty against him.

Mohammed’s offer was unveiled late on Friday in a filed letter by lawyers -representing business and individuals seeking funds worth billion dollars in damages – in the US district court, Manhattan, Reuters and the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) news agency has on Monday reported.

The Saudi government has, since a long time ago, denied inclusion in the 2001 assaults, in which hijacked planes collided with New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon outside Washington DC, and a Pennsylvania field. About 3,000 individuals were reported dead.

As per the letter, the offended parties’ legal advisors have been in contact with lawyers for five observers in government custody about their accessibility for depositions, according to Al-Jazeera news reports.

The legal counsellors said three, including Mohammed, are housed at the Guantanamo Bay- Cuba detainment camp – where they deal with capital indictments, while two are at the “Supermax” greatest security jail in Florence, Colorado.

As per the letter, Mohammed would not concur “at the present time” to be dismissed, yet that could change.

“Counsel stated that ‘the primary driver’ of this decision is the ‘capital nature of the prosecution’ and that ‘in the absence of a potential death sentence much broader cooperation would be possible’,” the letter said.

Mohammed and the other Guantanamo prisoners have been going to pre-preliminary hearings in their cases, the letter said.

 

 

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