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Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani


US charges embassy bomb suspect
The US has charged a Guantanamo Bay detainee with war crimes for the 1998 al-Qaeda attack on the US embassy in Tanzania, which left 11 people dead.


The FBI wanted poster for Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani in a file image. The Pentagon on Monday sought murder and terrorism charges against a suspect in the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombing in Tanzania, and will seek the death penalty if the man is convicted.
(FBI/Handout/Reuters)