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Bin Laden's video-maker convicted Bin Laden's video-maker gets life
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A man accused of being Osama Bin Laden's media secretary has been convicted by a US military jury at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre. A man accused of being Osama Bin Laden's media secretary has been sentenced to life in prison at the US detention centre in Guantanamo Bay.
Ali Hamza al-Bahlul showed no emotion as he was found guilty of conspiracy, solicitation to commit murder and making propaganda videos for al-Qaeda. Ali Hamza al-Bahlul's sentence came after he was convicted of conspiracy, solicitation to commit murder and making propaganda videos for al-Qaeda.
The 39-year-old Yemeni faces a possible life sentence. He refused to present a defence during the trial. A jury of nine military officers took an hour to agree on the sentence at Guantanamo's second war-crimes trial.
It is the second war crimes case to be tried at Guantanamo Bay. It is not clear where the 39-year-old Yemeni will serve his sentence.
We are the only ones on Earth who stand against you Ali Hamza al-Bahlul Bahlul, who was brought to the US facility on Cuba in 2002, had refused to present a defence during his trial, calling it a farce.
The jury of nine US military officers announced their verdict at the American military base in Cuba. Prosecutors said he had shown no remorse or regret for his crimes.
Their decision was reached at the end of last week but has only just been made public. "When will it be safe for this man to leave confinement? Never," said Army Maj Daniel Cowhig, for the prosecution.
Bahlul, who was brought to Guantanamo in 2002, sat calmly as the decision was read out.
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However speaking through an Arabic translator at his sentencing hearing later he defiantly admitted being a member of al-Qaeda. Bahlul had shown no emotion as he was found guilty on 35 charges on Monday.
"We will fight government that governs America," AP news agency quoted Bahlul as telling military jurors at his sentencing hearing. But at his sentencing hearing, he defiantly admitted being a member of al-Qaeda.
"We will fight government that governs America," AP news agency quoted him as telling the military jurors through a translator.
We are the only ones on Earth who stand against you Ali Hamza al-Bahlul
"We are the only ones on Earth who stand against you.""We are the only ones on Earth who stand against you."
He also said the US had only itself to blame for the 11 September 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.He also said the US had only itself to blame for the 11 September 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.
"Whoever said this happened out of nowhere is an idiot. You have started a war against us," he added."Whoever said this happened out of nowhere is an idiot. You have started a war against us," he added.
Prosecutors said Bahlul had acknowledged to interrogators being al-Qaeda's media chief and having made propaganda videos for Bin Laden designed to recruit suicide bombers.Prosecutors said Bahlul had acknowledged to interrogators being al-Qaeda's media chief and having made propaganda videos for Bin Laden designed to recruit suicide bombers.
The American military said any work Bahlul did for al-Qaeda was by definition a war crime because the group was a terrorist organisation.The American military said any work Bahlul did for al-Qaeda was by definition a war crime because the group was a terrorist organisation.
He is the second prisoner to face a war crimes trial under a specially-created system of military commissions that civil rights activists and lawyers have criticised as lacking full protection of defendants' rights.He is the second prisoner to face a war crimes trial under a specially-created system of military commissions that civil rights activists and lawyers have criticised as lacking full protection of defendants' rights.
In the first such trial, Salim Hamdan, Osama Bin Laden's former driver, was convicted in August and sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail.In the first such trial, Salim Hamdan, Osama Bin Laden's former driver, was convicted in August and sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail.