Guantanamo Bay detainee to face trial
Published:Tuesday | June 9, 2009 | 2:05 PM
The first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be tried in a US civilian court will make his initial appearance today in New York.
Ahmed Ghailani, a Tanzanian, faces charges for the 1998 US embassy bombings in East Africa linked to al-Queda militants.
He was captured in Pakistan in 2004 and taken to the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in 2006.
Ghailani trial comes at a time when the US is considering closing the prison camp.
US President Barack Obama had declared a move to close the camp within his first year in office.
But he is having difficulties finding an alternative location to hold the detainees.