The Verdicts

(AP)  Four men were convicted of charges in the nearly simultaneous 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa that killed 224 people and buried thousands of others under piles of tangled metal and concrete.

Two defendants were convicted of counts that could carry the death penalty.

Rashed Daoud Al-'Owhali, 24, of Saudi Arabia, Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, 27, of Tanzania, Wadih El-Hage, 40, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Lebanon, and Mohamed Sadeek Odeh, 36, of Jordan, were convicted of conspiring to kill Americans in the bombings. The death penalty counts pertained to Al-Owhali and Mohamed.

Verdicts for the top counts in the embassy bombing case are as follows. Counts 5-8 were potential death penalty counts:

Counts 1-4: Conspiracy to kill Americans; to kill U.S. officers or employees; to use weapons of mass destruction against Americans and U.S. property; to damage or destroy U.S. property with explosives.

Wadih El Hage: Guilty on three (3) counts. (Not charged in count 3).

Mohamed Sadeek Odeh: Guilty on all counts.

Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-'Owhali: Guilty on all counts.

Khalfan Khamis Mohamed: Guilty on all counts.

Count 5: Bombing of U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.

Mohamed Sadeek Odeh (aiding and abetting only): Guilty.

Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-'Owhali: Guilty.

Did Al-'Owhali use an explosive himself, or did he merely help others? Himself.

If Al-'Owhali used an explosive, did that cause the death of at least one person? (If "yes" death penalty applies.) Yes.

Count 6: Bombing of U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Khalfan Khamis Mohamed: Guilty.

Did Mohamed use an explosive himself, or did he merely help others? Himself.

If Mohamed used an explosive, did that cause the death of at least one person? (If "yes" death penalty applies.) Yes.

Count 7: Use of a weapon of mass destruction against the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.

Mohamed Sadeek Odeh (aiding and abetting only): Guilty.

Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-'Owhali: Guilty.

Did Al-'Owhali use a weapon of mass destruction himself, or did he merely help others? Himself.

If Al-'Owhali used a weapon of mass destruction, did that cause the death of at least one person? (If "yes" death penalty applies.) Yes.

Count 8: Use of a weapon of mass destruction against the U.S. Embassy in Dar el Salaam, Tanzania.

Khalfan Khamis Mohamed: Guilty.

Did Mohamed use a weapon of mass destruction himself, or did he merely help others? Himself.

If Mohamed used a weapon of mass destruction, did that cause the death of at least one person? (If "yes" death penalty applies.) Yes.

Counts 9 through 302 relate to murder charges stemming from the death of each individual in the embassy attacks and to perjury charges against El-Hage. Guilty on all counts. Each defendant faced varying counts.


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