July 2, 2009 2:17 PM

Alleged Bin Laden Aide to Be Tried In 2010

By
CBSNews
This is an undated photograph of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani who was named in an indictment on Dec.16,1998 as a conspirator in the bombing of the United States embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Pakistan has arrested a Tanzanian al-Qaida suspect, Ahmed Khalfa

This is an undated photograph of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani who was named in an indictment on Dec.16,1998 as a conspirator in the bombing of the United States embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Pakistan has arrested a Tanzanian al-Qaida suspect, Ahmed Khalfa (AP)

(AP)  A September 2010 trial has been set for a Guantanamo detainee charged in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.

Federal judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan set the Sept. 13, 2010 trial date at a Thursday hearing for Ahmed Ghailani.

Authorities allege he was a bomb-maker, document forger and aide to Osama bin Laden. The attacks at embassies in Tanzania and Kenya killed 224 people, including 12 Americans.

Ghailani was brought to the United States last month. The government has not decided whether to seek the death penalty if it wins a conviction.

The Tanzanian, captured in Pakistan in 2004, was held at the naval prison in Cuba since 2006.

AP
.
Scroll Left
Scroll Right More »
CBS News on Facebook
  • Building You a Better Morning

  • CBS This Morning

    "CBS This Morning," anchored by Charlie Rose, Gayle King and Erica Hill, airs weekdays from 7 to 9 a.m. ET and at the same time in other time zones.
    Learn more...