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The US has charged a Guantanamo Bay detainee with war crimes for the 1998 al-Qaeda attack on the US embassy in Tanzania, which left 11 people dead. | The US has charged a Guantanamo Bay detainee with war crimes for the 1998 al-Qaeda attack on the US embassy in Tanzania, which left 11 people dead. |
Charges against Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani - who was captured in 2004 - include murder and attacking civilians. | |
Mr Ghailani, a Tanzanian is the 15th person to be charged at Guantanamo, where trials are expected to start later this year. | |
The Pentagon said Mr Ghailani could receive the death penalty if convicted. | |
Mr Ghailani goes by dozens of aliases, including "Foopie" and "Ahmed the Tanzanian". | |
He is accused of buying the lorry that carried the bomb used in the Dar es Salaam attack. |