It reiterated that pilgrims require a Haj visa and it can be obtained through recognised official channels
The preliminary hearings in a US military court in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba had already been pushed back so that the accused could observe the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and were due to run from Wednesday through August 28.
But the Internet failure prompted defense attorneys to ask Judge James Pohl for more time to prepare, and the motion to delay was granted. The hearings will now begin at 9:00 am (1300 GMT) on Thursday, the judge said in his ruling.
The lawyers for the accused hope to raise the issue of the alleged torture of their clients — and the US government’s refusal to let them discuss the details.
Before being transferred to Guantanamo Bay in 2006, the five men were held in secret CIA prisons, where they were subjected to interrogation tactics which they say amounted to torture and were banned by President Barack Obama in 2009.
The details of the alleged abuses have been classified by the US government as “top secret,” prohibiting the defendants or their lawyers to discuss the specifics at trial.
Confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is on trial, along with his Pakistani nephew Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, also known as Ammar al-Baluchi; Mustapha al-Hawsawi of Saudi Arabia; and Yemenis Ramzi Binalshibh and Walid bin Attash.
The five face the death penalty if convicted for their roles in the terror attacks by Al-Qaeda militants in which hijacked planes were used to strike New York, Washington and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing 2,976 people.
The hearings are expected to help pave the way for the trial, which is not expected to take place for at least a year.
On May 5, when the defendants were formally charged, the men disrupted the proceedings by reading what looked to be
It reiterated that pilgrims require a Haj visa and it can be obtained through recognised official channels
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