Keep Guantanamo open, Sept. 11 families say

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - Nine relatives of Sept. 11 victims witnessed the controversial Guantanamo war court in action on Thursday and called on U.S. President Barack Obama to keep the remote detention camp and war crimes trials open.

The family members, brought to the U.S. military base in Cuba by the Pentagon, saw three of the five men accused of plotting the 2001 hijacked airliner attacks face the court set up by former President George W. Bush to try suspects in his war on terrorism.