First Guantanamo inmate transferred to U.S. for trial

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Note: Makes sense to me. Let's bring these murderous bastards to the US for trial. Perhaps here in the US, they can attempt escape and take more Americans out in the process.
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Reporting from Washington -- The first detainee from the U.S. military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to arrive in the United States has been moved to New York City to face criminal charges in connection with the bombings of U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, according to the Justice Department.

Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian national held at Guantanamo since September 2006, arrived at the Metropolitan Correction Center in New York, which has housed several suspected terrorists during their prosecutions in the federal court for the Southern District of New York, the department said. He was due to appear in federal court today.

President Obama has pledged to close the Guantanamo prison within a year, while authorities attempt to secure alternative places for them. This has sparked a political debate within the United States, with Republican congressional leaders warning that Americans don't want terrorists at prisons near them and the Obama administration maintaining that federal facilities are secure.

Ghailani is charged with murder in the deaths of each of the 224 people killed in the U.S. embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. His March 2001 indictment also accuses him of conspiring with Osama bin Laden and other members of Al Qaeda to kill Americans anywhere in the world, according to the Justice Department.

An inter-agency Guantanamo Review Task Force has referred him for criminal prosecution. The Defense Department turned him over to the U.S. Marshals Service, which was holding him at the Metropolitan Correction Center.

"With his appearance in federal court today, Ahmed Ghailani is being held accountable for his alleged role in the bombing of U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya and the murder of 224 people," Atty. Gen. Eric Holder said in statement issued this morning.

"The Justice Department has a long history of securely detaining and successfully prosecuting terror suspects through the criminal justice system, and we will bring that experience to bear in seeking justice in this case."

If convicted, Ghailani could face life imprisonment or the death penalty on many of the charges against him, according to the Justice Department.

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