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The first Guantanamo detainee who is to be tried in a US civilian court has arrived in New York, officials say.The first Guantanamo detainee who is to be tried in a US civilian court has arrived in New York, officials say.
Ahmed Ghailani has been transferred to face charges in a New York court in connection with the 1998 US embassy bombings in East Africa.Ahmed Ghailani has been transferred to face charges in a New York court in connection with the 1998 US embassy bombings in East Africa.
Mr Ghailani, a Tanzanian, was seized in Pakistan in 2004. Mr Ghailani, a Tanzanian, was seized in Pakistan in 2004. He is expected to make an initial court appearance in Manhattan later on Tuesday.
He was one of 14 so-called "high-value detainees" moved from secret CIA prisons outside the US to Guantanamo in September 2006. He was taken to Guantanamo with other "high value" detainees in late 2006.
Mr Ghailani was indicted in 1998 for the bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania which killed more than 200 people. "With his appearance in federal court today, Ahmed Ghailani is being held accountable for his alleged role in the bombing of US Embassies in Tanzania and Kenya and the murder of 224 people," a statement by US Attorney General Eric Holder said.
According to the transcript of a closed-door hearing in March 2007, Mr Ghailani admitted delivering explosives used to blow up the US embassy in the Tanzanian city of Dar Es Salaam.According to the transcript of a closed-door hearing in March 2007, Mr Ghailani admitted delivering explosives used to blow up the US embassy in the Tanzanian city of Dar Es Salaam.
However, he told the hearing he did not know about the attack beforehand and apologised to the US government and the victims' families.However, he told the hearing he did not know about the attack beforehand and apologised to the US government and the victims' families.
Investigators say he left Africa just before the bombings.