(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121016-guantanamo-pretrial-11a.photoblog600.jpg)Janet Hamlin / APMerrilly Noeth, a relative of a victim of the Sept. 11 attacks, is pictured watching from behind sound-proof glass on the second day of the Military Commissions pretrial hearing for the five men accused of planning the attacks, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, on Tuesday. Only two of five suspects were present in the second day of the proceedings--Yemenis Walid bin Attash and Ramzi Binalshibh.By NBC News' Courtney Kube and wire servicesThe military tribunal of 9/11 terrorism suspect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-conspirators resumed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on Tuesday, with just two of the five suspects present, a day after the judge agreed that they could not be forced to attend this week’s hearings.
Follow @NBCNewsUS (http://twitter.com/NBCNewsUS)The men are accused of planning and providing logistical support to the the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks by hijackers who crashed planes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania, killing nearly 3,000 people.
Mohammed and the other four who are portrayed as his underlings face charges that include terrorism and murder, and they could be sentenced to death if convicted.
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