Who Are These Six Men At Gitmo?

What is known is a horror show. These men if the stories are true are vile, evil creatures in the guise of human beings. Khalid Sheik Mohammed is said to have admitted being responsible for the worst terrorist attack on United States soil. He has admitted his role in at least 30 terror plots. He has also bragged that he was the one who personally decapitated Daniel Pearl in 2003. He has claimed that he was responsible for the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York. He is also wanted by the French for his connection with a suicide bomb attack in Djerba in 2002. The Australians also would like to question him about the Bali bombing in 2002 where 202 people died. Khalid Sheik Mohammed was arrested in March 2003 in Pakistan. He didn't arrive to Cuba though until 2006. He is expected to be tried by special military tribunal. Ramzi bin al-Shibh was the roommate of Mohammed Alta. He appears to have been the money behind 9/11. He was denied a visa to enter the U.S. four separate times in 2000 because of fears that he would not leave once he got on American soil. Considering who his friends were that is a valid thought, although it would have been because he would have been on board one of the four planes that were hi-jacked. Ramzi bin al-Shibh was born in Yemen in 1972. In 1995 after being denied for a visa to the United States he fled to Germany and requested political asylum. He lived in Hamburg until 1997 when the judge refused to grant him asylum. He returned to Yemen for a short time until he received a German visa. During this time he was roommates with Alta. In 2000 when he was denied four times entry into the United States his potential role of hijacker changed to the role of "coordinator". He became a link between his former roommate Alta in the U.S. and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in Afghanistan. A year to the day after the bombing in New York Binalshibh was captured in Pakistan. On September 14,2002 he was turned over to the United States. On October 17, 2002 he was removed from the FBI Seeking Information wanted list. From that time until September 2006 he was imprisoned in a disclosed location. In 2006 he was transferred to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba along with other CIA held prisoners. He is also wanted in Germany. Mohammed al-Qahtani has been called the 20th hijacker. Weeks prior to 9/11 he was tried to enter the United States illegally in Orlando, Florida. Alta was in the parking lot to retrieve him at the airport when he was detained. It is believed he was to be on Flight 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania because all of the other flights had five hijackers. He has spent the most time at Gitmo as prisoner no. 063. There are many documents of the tortures that he has been subject to while in detention. Because of those questionable actions there was speculation that he would never be placed in a trial.

"The techniques made some detainees unprosecutable," Fallon said. "It would provide the defense counsel a tremendous advantage at trial to sway the presiding officer and members, as well as it would have disclosed those techniques to the public."

Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali also known as Ammar al-Baluchiis accused of serving as a key lieutenant to his uncle Khalid Sheikh Mohammed during the 9/11 attack. He was raised in Kuwait mentored by Ramzi Yousef who is considered one of the masterminds of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He is thought to have delivered funds to the hijackers prior to the attack in 2001. HE is also thought to have communicated with other plotters in attacks after 9/11 including the "shoe bomber" Richard Reid. After his uncle was arrested he took over the responsibility of planning more hijacking attacks including Heathrow and targets in Karachi in 2003. He was captured within days of completing the Karachi plot according to the United States.

Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi and Walid bin Attash are thought to have selected and trained some of the hijackers. Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi is said to have tried to bring in some "muscle" with the 20th hijacker. It's also said that he sent a total of $325,000 to the hijackers funding them. Walid bin Attash is said to be the mastermind behind the USS Cole bombing. But one question remains for this CJ. Why now? With all the evidence why not years ago? They had the detainees in their hands the entire time. Isn't justice expected to be swift? Those are questions that will probaly never have an answer.