THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON: 6 men are being held and charged with the September 11 terrorist attack on America. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has admitted to being the ‘mastermind’ behind the attacks. The military want the 6 to be tried before a military tribunal but the case has been clouded by the use of ‘waterboarding’, which is a form of torture that goes back to the Spanish Inquisition. The subject is strapped down and water is poured over his cloth covered face, which gives the impression of drowning. The argument was ‘that more chilling attacks are planned and we need to know’.

“These charges allege a long term, highly sophisticated, organized plan by al-Qaida to attack the United States of America,” Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Hartmann, the legal adviser to the tribunal system, told reporters. He said a total of 169 charges were sworn against suspects “alleged to be responsible for the planning and execution of the attacks” in 2001 that killed nearly 3,000 people.