US Tries First Guantanamo Terrorist Suspect
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Channel: Voice of America · 2010 · News & Politics
Jury selection is underway in New York in the trial of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani. He is the first suspect held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to be tried in an American civilian court. The Tanzanian national is accused of terrorism in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa and conspiracy with al-Qaida to kill Americans around the world. VOA New York Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports.
