In court with '9/11 mastermind' Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Legal disputes leave Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in limbo as the population dwindles at Guantanamo Bay

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"Can you confirm that Mr Mohammed is pleading guilty to all charges and specifications without exceptions or substitutions?" the judge asked his lawyer as Mohammed watched on.

"Yes, we can, Your Honour," the lawyer responded.

Sitting in court, 59-year-old Mohammed, his beard dyed bright orange and wearing a headdress, tunic and trousers, bore little resemblance to a photo circulated shortly after his capture in 2003.

Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks on the US, had been due to plead guilty this week - more than 23 years after almost 3,000 people were killed in what the US government has described as "the most egregious criminal act on American soil in modern history".

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