By DAVID MCFADDEN
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - It's life in prison for Osama bin Laden's video maker. A jury of U.S. military officers says the Yemeni prisoner must spend the rest of his life behind bars for encouraging terrorist attacks.
The jury of nine military officers deliberated for just under an hour before condemning Ali Hamza al-Bahlul at Guantanamo's second war-crimes trial.
The jury found al-Bahlul guilty Monday of 35 counts of conspiracy, solicitation to commit murder and providing material support for terrorism.
The military has not said where al-Bahlul will serve his sentence.
Al-Bahlul refused to defend himself in what he called a legal farce and said al-Qaida won't stop attacking America. Read more ...
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - It's life in prison for Osama bin Laden's video maker. A jury of U.S. military officers says the Yemeni prisoner must spend the rest of his life behind bars for encouraging terrorist attacks.
The jury of nine military officers deliberated for just under an hour before condemning Ali Hamza al-Bahlul at Guantanamo's second war-crimes trial.
The jury found al-Bahlul guilty Monday of 35 counts of conspiracy, solicitation to commit murder and providing material support for terrorism.
The military has not said where al-Bahlul will serve his sentence.
Al-Bahlul refused to defend himself in what he called a legal farce and said al-Qaida won't stop attacking America. Read more ...
Source: AP
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