Jury Selection Begins at Trial of Bin Laden’s Son-in-Law
Source: New York Times
Jury Selection Begins at Trial of Bin Ladens Son-in-Law
By BENJAMIN WEISER MARCH 3, 2014
In the days and weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, a Kuwaiti-born cleric, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, became a familiar figure in propaganda videos for Al Qaeda, appearing in some with Osama bin Laden, and other times alone, issuing blistering threats against the United States.
The storms shall not stop, especially the airplanes storm, he said in one speech, a federal indictment charges.
Mr. Abu Ghaith, who later married Bin Ladens daughter Fatima, was captured last year and brought to the United States on terrorism charges. His trial started on Monday in Manhattan with jury selection which resumes on Tuesday morning. He is the most senior Bin Laden adviser to be tried in a civilian court since the Sept. 11 attacks, experts say.
Abu Ghaith held a key position in Al Qaeda, comparable to the consigliere in a mob family or propaganda minister in a totalitarian regime, George Venizelos, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations office in New York, said last year.
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