US to Seek Death Sentence for 6 Guantanamo Detainees

If convicted, their bodies should be fed to pigs.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States will seek the death penalty against six Guantanamo Bay detainees who are suspects in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a senior U.S. official said.

The government is expected to announce Monday that it will submit criminal charges against the detainees, which include alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, according to the official.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the government has not made an official announcement.

All six suspects are accused of helping plan the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, the official said.

The New York Times quoted an official familiar with the case as saying that the other five detainees expected to be charged are: Mohammed al-Qahtani, the so-called 20th hijacker in the 9/11 attacks; Ramzi bin al-Shibh, accused of being an intermediary between the hijackers and al Qaeda leaders; Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, who has been identified as Mohammed's lieutenant; al-Baluchi's alleged assistant, Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi; and Walid bin Attash, who is accused of selecting and training some hijackers.

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If a judge approves the charges, it will mark the first time that Guantanamo detainees have been charged in the September 11 attacks.

About 380 foreign nationals are being held at Guantanamo. The detainees' lawyers have repeatedly complained that their clients are being denied due process.

The U.S. Supreme Court also has twice expressed reservations about how the government handles detainees at the U.S. naval base.

In 2006, the high court struck down the Bush administration's use of military tribunals to try terror suspects, saying the process was unconstitutional because the system did not allow prisoners to challenge their detention.

Congress later passed the Military Commissions Act, which provided terror suspects with a limited right to appeal any conviction. It also reduced the jurisdiction of federal courts.

The terrorists are taking advantage off our good nature. Time to take of the kiddy gloves.