Bush Transfers Detainees From CIA Prisons For "Eventual" Trial...

Associated Press Nedra Pickler September 6, 2006 at 12:02 PM
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President Bush has transferred 14 key terrorist leaders from secret CIA custody to the U.S. military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to be prepared for eventual trials, a senior administration official said Wednesday.

The high-value suspected terrorists include Khalid Sheik Mohammed, believed to be the No. 3 al-Qaida leader before he was captured in Pakistan in 2003; Ramzi Binalshibh, an alleged would-be Sept. 11, 2001, hijacker; and Abu Zubaydah, who was believed to be a link betweenOsama bin Laden and many al-Qaida cells before he was also captured in Pakistan, in March 2002.

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