Jury Convicts Yemeni In 2nd Guantanamo Trial -- Washington PostGUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- An aide to Osama bin Laden who refused to defend himself at his Guantanamo war crimes trial was convicted of three terrorism-related charges and faced sentencing Monday that could bring life in prison.
The jury of military officers at the second Guantanamo war crimes trial voted to convict Ali Hamza al-Bahlul of 35 counts of conspiracy, solicitation to commit murder and providing material support to terrorism.
The 39-year-old Yemeni showed no emotion, sitting calmly at the defense table as the verdict was read at the isolated U.S. military base in eastern Cuba following a lopsided weeklong trial in which the prisoner did not allow his lawyer to mount a defense.
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My Comment: Someone always wants to be a martyr.
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