Guantanamo inmate accused of being main plotter in 9/11 attacks to plead guilty

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (AP)

The man accused of being the main plotter in al Qaida’s September 11 attacks in 2001 has agreed to plead guilty, the US Defence Department said.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accomplices are expected to enter the pleas at the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as soon as next week.