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Archive Home > 2009 > May > 22 > First U.S. trial planned for Guantanamo detainee

First U.S. trial planned for Guantanamo detainee

By Devlin Barrett / The Bulletin
May 22, 2009

WASHINGTON — The first Guantanamo detainee chosen for trial in the United States is a man officials say began his terrorist career on a bicycle delivering bomb parts and rose through al-Qaida ranks to become a bodyguard to Osama bin Laden.

Ahmed Ghailani was in his 20s when prosecutors....

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