9/11 trial likely to be a slow, lengthy process

DOUBTS were raised yesterday over the outcome of the trial of the September 11 six, only a day after it was announced they would face criminal charges.

Given the slow pace of the military panels at Guantanamo Bay where they are all held, verdicts are unlikely before US President George W Bush leaves office in January 2009.

The trials themselves may not even be under way by then and the next president may be less keen on the military tribunal system.