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Trial Starts in Case of Bin Laden's Son-in-Law Abu Ghaith
NTDTV
Published on Mar 3, 2014
Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, goes on trial in the U.S. on terrorism charges.
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Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, went on trial in New York on Monday (March 3), becoming one of the highest-profile defendants to face terrorism charges in the United States.
Prosecutors have accused the Kuwaiti-born Abu Ghaith, 48, of recording videos in Afghanistan on behalf of al Qaeda immediately following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, threatening further violence against Americans.
Defense lawyers argue that the government cannot prove that Abu Ghaith had any involvement in or knowledge of plots to kill U.S. citizens.
Jury selection began on Monday and should be completed by Wednesday, with opening statements from both sides expected to take place later that day or soon after. The trial is expected to last around a month.
Abu Ghaith faces charges of conspiring to kill Americans, providing material support and resources to terrorists, and conspiring to provide such support.
