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'Trusted lieutenant' of bin Laden on trial for U.S. embassy bombs
Source: Reuters
'Trusted lieutenant' of bin Laden on trial for U.S. embassy bombs
BY JOSEPH AX
NEW YORK Thu Jan 22, 2015 4:02pm EST
(Reuters) - A Saudi man charged in connection with the twin 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa was a “trusted lieutenant” of Osama bin Laden from the earliest days of al Qaeda, U.S. prosecutors said at the start of his trial in New York.
Khalid al-Fawwaz disseminated bin Laden’s calls for violence against Americans from an office in London, Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Lewin told a federal jury on Thursday.
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He is not charged with planning the 1998 attacks, which killed 224 and wounded thousands at embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
Instead, prosecutors say al-Fawwaz provided crucial support to al Qaeda that laid the groundwork for the bombings, publicizing bin Laden’s declarations and facilitating communications among al Qaeda members.
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BY JOSEPH AX
NEW YORK Thu Jan 22, 2015 4:02pm EST
(Reuters) - A Saudi man charged in connection with the twin 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa was a “trusted lieutenant” of Osama bin Laden from the earliest days of al Qaeda, U.S. prosecutors said at the start of his trial in New York.
Khalid al-Fawwaz disseminated bin Laden’s calls for violence against Americans from an office in London, Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Lewin told a federal jury on Thursday.
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He is not charged with planning the 1998 attacks, which killed 224 and wounded thousands at embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
Instead, prosecutors say al-Fawwaz provided crucial support to al Qaeda that laid the groundwork for the bombings, publicizing bin Laden’s declarations and facilitating communications among al Qaeda members.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/22/us-usa-security-fawwaz-idUSKBN0KV2KB20150122
