Geoffrey Stewart and Stanley Cohen (R), one of the defense lawyers for Osama bin Laden's son-in-law and former Al-Qaeda spokesman Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, speaks with media in Manhattan yesterday.
Bin Laden son-in-law gets life term
NEW YORK: A US court sentenced Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law and former Al Qaeda spokesman Sulaiman Abu Ghaith to life in prison yesterday.
The 48-year-old Kuwaiti, who has defended the September 11, 2001 attacks, was found guilty on March 26 of plotting to kill Americans and providing material support to terrorists.
Before the sentence was handed down in a US federal courtroom, Abu Ghaith spoke in Arabic through a translator to say the only judgement he would accept was that of God.
“Today when you are shackling my hands, and intend to bury me alive, you are unleashing the hands of thousands of Muslims and they will join the rally of free men,” he said.
Judge Lewis Kaplan said Abu Ghaith failed to show remorse for the September 11 attacks.
“You continue to threaten,” Kaplan said. “What you have done warrants the maximum sentence.”
AFP
