9/11 mastermind tells hearing he wants martyrdom
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080605/capt.a883bab834644a20aed17d0f4660a5a6.guantanamo_sept_11_trial_xbl110.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=XMl0CWsVIwDstZDIUF7MrA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this image reviewed by the U.S. Military, U.S. troopers perform a security check on the belongings of Anthony D. Romero, the American executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, as he arrives as an observer to proceedings at the U.S. Military Commissions at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, in Cuba, Thursday, June 5, 2008. The accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and four alleged confederates faced a military judge in their long-awaited first appearance before a war-crimes tribunal. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080605/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/guantanamo_sept11_trial)AP - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the reputed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, told a military judge at his arraignment Thursday that he welcomes the death penalty as a way to martyrdom and ridiculed the proceedings as an "inquisition."</p><br clear="all"/>
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