Khalid al-Fawwaz guilty of US embassy bombings, A former aide of Osama Bin Laden has been found guilty of plotting the al-Qaeda bombing of US embassies in east Africa in 1998 that killed 224 people.
Khalid al-Fawwaz, a Saudi national, was convicted by a New York court after three days of jury deliberations.
Extradited from the UK to the US in 2012, he was found guilty on four conspiracy counts and now faces a possible life sentence.
Al-Fawwaz, 52, has been described as Osama Bin Laden's spokesman in London.
A statement from Preet Bharara, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said the defendant "played a critical role for al-Qaeda in its murderous conspiracy against America".
There were a dozen Americans among the dead after US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania were bombed in 1998..........Read MoreRead More
Khalid al-Fawwaz, a Saudi national, was convicted by a New York court after three days of jury deliberations.
Extradited from the UK to the US in 2012, he was found guilty on four conspiracy counts and now faces a possible life sentence.
Al-Fawwaz, 52, has been described as Osama Bin Laden's spokesman in London.
A statement from Preet Bharara, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said the defendant "played a critical role for al-Qaeda in its murderous conspiracy against America".
There were a dozen Americans among the dead after US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania were bombed in 1998..........Read MoreRead More
