Bin Laden Aide Sentenced to Life in Prison
By Jeralyn, Section Terror Trials
Posted on Fri May 15, 2015 at 01:18:02 PM EST
Tags: Khalid al-Fawwaz (all tags)
Posted on Fri May 15, 2015 at 01:18:02 PM EST
Tags: Khalid al-Fawwaz (all tags)
Khalid al-Fawwaz, a Saudi and alleged top aide to Osama bin Laden, was sentenced to life in prison today for his role in the 1998 embassy attacks in Kenya and Tanzania.
He was not charged with helping to plan the attacks, which killed 224 and injured more than 4,000. Instead, prosecutors said he was bin Laden's "bridge to the West" in London, disseminating the al Qaeda leader's violent messages to media outlets and sending supplies to the group's members in Africa.
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