Gen. Mark Martins, the chief prosecutor, said the commission provides many of the same protections that defendants would get in civilian court.

5 charged in 9/11 attack resist Gitmo hearing

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — The self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks repeatedly declined to answer a judge’s questions Saturday and his co-defendants knelt in prayer in what appeared to be a concerted protest against the military proceedings.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other men appeared for the first time in more than three years for arraignment at a military tribunal atGuantanamo Bay. They’re charged with 2,976 counts of murder for the 2001 attacks.

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