9/11 trial: the defendants and the charges

Age: 47

Born: Kuwait, of Pakistani family. Used many aliases.

Captured: Rawalpindi, Pakistan, March 2003. Held overseas by CIA, transferred
to Guantanamo 2006.

Self-confessed “mastermind” of 9/11 attacks, persuaded Osama bin
Laden to support and fund the plot, then oversaw it. Has also told
interrogators of involvement in 1993 World Trade Centre attack, 2002 Bali
nightclub bombings and beheading of Daniel Pearl.

Previously declared: “I am looking to be martyred.”

Ramzi bin al-Shibh

Age: 40

Born: Yemen.

Captured: Karachi, Pakistan, Sept 11 2002. Held overseas by CIA, transferred
to Guantanamo 2006.

Accused of being “key facilitator” of 9/11 attacks. Lived with
several of the hijackers in Hamburg, Germany; wired them money in US, passed
information from al-Qaeda leaders. Tried to enroll in Florida flight school
but refused visa; may have been missing “20th hijacker”.

Walid bin Attash

Age: 33

Born: Yemen. Member of prominent Saudi family close to bin Laden, lost leg
fighting in Afghanistan.

Captured: Karachi, April 2003. Held overseas by CIA, transferred to Guantanamo
2003.

Accused of selecting and training some of the hijackers after working as bin
Laden’s bodyguard. Allegedly also involved in preparing 1998 US embassy
bombings in East Africa and 2000 attack on USS Cole.

Ali Abdul Aziz Ali (aka Ammar al-Baluchi)

Age: 34

Born: Pakistan. Nephew of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

Captured: Karachi, April 2003 (with bin Attash), reputedly with letter to bin
Laden in pocket. Held overseas by CIA, transferred to Guantanamo 2006.

Allegedly organised transfer of funds from Dubai to finance 9/11, taught
hijackers how to behave and operate in US , helped arrange plane tickets,
traveller’s cheques, and hotel reservations.

Mustafa al Hawsawi

Age: 43

Born: Saudi Arabia.

Captured: Pakistan, March 2003. Transferred to Guantanamo, Sept 2003, moved
overseas by CIA in 2004, returned to Guantanamo 2006.

Allegedly worked with bin Laden in Afghanistan. Accused of organising and
financing Sept 11 attacks, working with Aziz Ali; said to have shared credit
card with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

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