On 19 June 2004, G Parthasarathy, India's former Ambassador to several countries, spoke at the Nani Palkhivala Memorial Lecture, examining India’s foreign policy challenges in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
District Judge George Daniels delivered the judgment. Saudi intelligence agent Omar al-Bayoumi and Saudi diplomat & cleric Fahad al-Thumairy have been linked to the 9/11 hijackers.
The pre-trial deal would have seen Khalid Sheikh Mohammed & 2 accomplices plead guilty to all 9/11 attack charges in exchange for removal of death penalty as sentencing option.
In a plea-deal announced by US Dept of Defence, Mohammed, Walid bin Attash & Mustafa al Hawsawi have agreed to plead guilty in exchange for removal of death penalty as possible punishment.
In a message on Twitter Saturday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that while the terror threat may not have gone away, people have refused "to live in permanent fear".
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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