Tuesday, June 9, 2009

First Trial for Guantanamo Prisoner

Ahmed Ghailani has been transported to New York for his first civil court hearing. Ghailani was imprisoned at Guantanamo under suspicion of being involved in the U.S. Embassy bombing in East Africa. He is facing 286 counts in his trial and has been a prisoner at Gitmo since 2006.  Some of his charges include being a conspirator working for Al-Qaeda and a personal body guard for Osama Bin Laden. 

His case is part of President Obama's effort to start closing down Gitmo- one of Obama's campaign promises.  Experts say this case is an important trial run for Obama's plan to shut down Gitmo.

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