A former aide of Osama bin Laden was found guilty [6] on Feb. 26 of plotting the 1998 al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies [7] in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224. Extradited from the UK in 2012, Saudi national Khalid al-Fawwaz [7] was convicted on four counts of conspiracy by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [8]after three days of jury deliberations, and faces a possible life sentence. US Attorney Preet Bharara [9] said al-Fawwaz "played a critical role for al-Qaeda in its murderous conspiracy against America." He described al-Fawwaz as one of bin Laden's "original and most trusted lieutenants" who was leader of an al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan, and later acted as bin Laden's spokesperson in London. Al-Fawwaz was arrested in the UK in 1998, the same year as the bombings. His trial lasted a month [10] under heavy security in Manhattan. Al-Fawwaz did not testify.
From Jurist [11], Feb. 27. Used with permission.
