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October 6, 2010

First Civilian Trial for Gitmo Prisoner Opens in NY
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The first civilian trial of a former Guantánamo Bay prisoner is set to
begin today in New York. Ahmed Ghailani has pleaded not guilty on
charges surrounding the 1998 embassy bombings in East Africa that killed
224 people. Ghailani has previously admitted to supplying the attackers
but said he was unaware they intended to bomb the embassies. Ghailani’s
attorneys say he was tortured at secret CIA prisons before his transfer
to Guantánamo in 2006.



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