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Ali Hamza al Bahlul in a 2004 illustration. |
From 'New Zealand Herald': GUANTANAMO BAY - A videomaker for Osama bin Laden who vowed that al Qaeda would never stop fighting America and claimed he volunteered for the September 11th attacks was sentenced to life in prison for encouraging terrorism. A jury of nine United States military officers deliberated for just under an hour before condemning Ali Hamza al-Bahlul at Guantanamo Bay's second war-crimes trial. Al Qaeda's propagandist was convicted of 35 counts of conspiracy, solicitation to commit murder and providing material support for terrorism.
The 39-year-old Yemeni defiantly admitted joining al Qaeda, accused the US of oppressing Muslims for 50 years and said, "We will fight any Government that governs America. "We are the only ones on earth who stand against you," al-Bahlul said, adding that the US had only itself to blame for the September 11th attacks. "Whoever said this happened out of nowhere is an idiot," he said in a hilltop courtroom overlooking Guantanamo Bay. "You have started the war against us." Al-Bahlul has been held at Guantanamo since 2002.
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