![A One Hundred Dollar Confederate States of America banknote dated December 22, 1862. Issued during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Slave hoeing cotton in the center with John C. Calhoun on the left and Columbia on the right. Over 670,000 of these notes were issued from August, 1862 to January, 1863. [1] The bill is 7.375 by 3.125 inches (187 mm by 79 mm) and is thinner than a modern US dollar. Annotations on the banknote. Serial number 131615 Keatinge & Ball, Columbia, S.C. (lower left) Receivable in Payment of All Dues Except Export Duties. (lower right) Issued by Maj. James Glover, q.m. 26th January 1863 (hand written on back) Interest Paid to 1st January 1864 at Richmond. (stamped on back) The ink from this stamp can be seen on the front right side.](/assets/images/2026-08-27T14-03-16-011Z-alleged-9-11-mastermind-khalid-sheikh-mohammed-to-stand-trial-in-june-2028-wikimedia-1280.webp)
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, is scheduled to go on trial before a US military court in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, beginning June 5, 2028. A spokesman for the military court confirmed the trial date on August 27, 2026.
Known as "KSM," Mohammed was considered one of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's top lieutenants before his capture in March 2003 in Pakistan. He was held in secret CIA facilities for three years prior to his transfer to the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay in 2006.
Mohammed, a trained engineer who attended university in the United States, has stated that he masterminded the 9/11 attacks "from A to Z." The attacks resulted in nearly 3,000 deaths after hijacked planes crashed into the Twin Towers in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, and a field in Pennsylvania.
In addition to the 9/11 attacks, Mohammed claims involvement in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six people, and asserts he personally beheaded US journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.
The trial has faced multiple delays, and a plea deal that would have removed the death penalty option was withdrawn the previous year. Guantanamo Bay is used by the United States to detain militants captured during the "War on Terror" following the 9/11 attacks, aiming to prevent defendants from claiming rights under US law. At its peak, the facility held approximately 800 prisoners, many of whom have since been transferred to other countries.
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