• Al Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani was charged of the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassy buildings in Africa.

  He was held at the Guantanamo Bay jail since 2006, but moved to New York City on June 9, 2009, to begin his trial for the bombings.http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/06/09/2009-06-09_al_qaedas_ahmed_khalfan_ghailani_transferred_from_guantanamo_to_stand_trial_for_.html He pleaded not guilty to all charges the same day.http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/06/09/2009-06-09_al_qaedas_ahmed_khalfan_ghailani_transferred_from_guantanamo_to_stand_trial_for_.html

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: March 14, 1974, or April 13, 1974 http://www.terrorismcentral.com/Library/...
  2. Birthplace: Zanzibar, Tanzania http://www.terrorismcentral.com/Library/...
  3. Arrested: July 25, 2004 http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/p...
  4. Speaks: Swahili http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/p...
  5. Height: 5'3"-5'4" http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/p...
  6. Weight: 150 lbs http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/p...
  7. Hair: Black http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/p...
  8. Eyes: Brown http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/p...
  9. Provided materials for al Qaeda that were used in the 1998 bombings of the U.S. Embassy in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/p...
  10. Left Africa one day before the bombings http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/p...
  11. Charged with murder, conspiracy and providing material support to terrorism http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/393826...
  12. $5 million reward offered for information used to capture or convict Ghailani http://www.terrorismcentral.com/Library/...
  13. Admitted to providing materials to al Qaeda for the bombings http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/393826...

• Background

  Prior to the U.S. Embassy bombings, Ghailani served as an explosives expert for al Qaeda. He purchased supplies and bomb-making materials for al Qaeda for the bombings and left Africa one day before the Dar Es Salaam bombing on August 7, 1988. The bombings, which also occurred in Nairobi, Kenya, killed hundreds of people. Ghailani was indicted for his role in the attacks on December 16, 1998.

  Ghailani then worked as a line soldier, cook and in the document forgery office for al Qaeda in Afghanistan. He was taken into custody by police on Pakistan on July 25, 2004. Ghailani was transferred to U.S. custody in 2005 and placed in the Guantanamo Bay the following year. Official charges came in 2008, with Ghailani facing several counts of murder, conspiracy and providing material support to terrorism.

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