Topic: Ahmed Ghailani

US embassy bombing man jailed for life

The first former Guantanamo Bay detainee to be tried in a US civilian court was sentenced Tuesday to life imprisonment without parole for his role in the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa.President Barack Obama's administration welcomed the ...

Judge sentences ex-Guantanamo detainee to life

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday sentenced to life in prison Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, the first Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial, denying defense calls for leniency over his treatment by the CIA.Ghailani, 36 was accused of ...

Ex-Guantanamo suspect expected to get life in New York

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge is expected to hand a life sentence to Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, the first Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial, when his case comes to a close on Tuesday.A federal jury in November delivered ...

US judge upholds Ghailani conviction

A US judge on Friday upheld the conviction of Ahmed Ghailani after the Tanzanian man was found guilty of just one from 286 charges related to the 1988 bombings of two US embassies in Africa.Judge Lewis Kaplan rejected a defense motion ...

Detainee appeals NY conviction in embassy bombings

0 . The former Guantanamo detainee found guilty of conspiracy in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa has asked a judge to toss the ...
The accused embassy terror bomber acquitted of more than 280 counts filed an appeal Friday of the single count of conspiracy that stuck.. . Lawyers...
A juror has asked to be dismissed from the embassy bombing trial, complaining to a judge that she is being "attacked" for her holdout position on...
An ex-FBI agent described on Monday the frightening moment when he found a blasting cap hidden in an accused terrorist's room.. . The retired...

New blow lobbed at embassy bomb suspect

A second witness on Tuesday directly tied a Tanzanian man on trial for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa to the attacks.. . Felix Lekule, a...
Prosecutors presented their first witnesses to tie a former Guantanamo Bay detainee to a truck bomb used to destroy a U.S. embassy.. . Federal...