Accused 9-11 plotters face death penalty trial

Five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the September 11 attacks in 2001 will face the death penalty if convicted in a US war crimes tribunal, the Pentagon official overseeing the trials said on Wednesday.

Nearly 3,000 people were killed when alleged al Qaeda operatives hijacked four passenger planes and crashed them into New York's World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field. (Reuters)