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CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Five detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, say they want to confess to conspiracy charges for planning the September 11, 2001, attacks, a Pentagon spokeswoman said Monday.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the confessed architect of the attacks, and four other alleged co-conspirators asked a military judge if they could withdraw all pending motions and plead guilty, Maj. Gail Crawford said in an e-mail.

The defendants announced their decision in front of relatives of victims in the al Qaeda-orchestrated attacks, said Jennifer Daskal, senior counterterrorism counsel for Human Rights Watch. She attended Monday's hearing.

Gee, could it be they see their chances of martyrdom going the way of the Dodo once Obama is in office?

Yahoo News

The aircraft observed about 25 al-Qaida insurgents carrying AK-47 assault rifles — one brandishing a rocket-propelled grenade — walking into a palm grove, the military said.

So, I take it al-Qaida members now wear uniforms. Because, if they are not, how the hell does an aircraft manage to identify people in civilian clothing as al-Qaida insurgents? Or, is it just getting to the point where they have guns, they are al-Qaida insurgents?

You know, I don't even want to know.

Look, I am not saying they killed innocent people. Far from it. I am just not too keen on naming people al-Qaida insurgents simply because they firing at American troops. If someone fires at our troops, they deserve a response. Shooting back, and killing them, is more then adequate. But labeling them al-Qaida insurgents without any true proof is a propaganda ploy, not appropriate for military press conferences.