Jurors in the trial of accused embassy bomber Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani were set to resume deliberations this morning after a long weekend. The jury deliberated throughout the day on Thursday, even though it was Veterans Day, a federal holiday, without reaching a verdict in the case. There were no deliberations on Friday.
Prosecutors allege that Mr. Ghailani was part of an al-Qaida conspiracy that bombed U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on Aug. 7, 1998, and that he played a key role in assembling the parts for the truck bomb used in Tanzania. A total of 224 people were killed, and thousands were injured, in the bombings. Prosecutors charge that Mr. Ghailani, along with two al-Qaida operatives, fled Kenya the day before the bombings and flew to Pakistan, where he was captured six years later. He is the first Guantánamo detainee to be tried in a civilian court.
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