The jury is expected to resume their deliberations on the case of a man accused of bombing the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani is the prime suspect in the bombing that killed 224 people, including 12 Americans and wounding thousands. Ghailani's attorney claims that he was used by al Qaeda and forced him to commit the violent acts. The government rejected the claim that Ghailani was duped into participating with the bombings and rejected the claim that al Qaeda forced him to do the acts. On November 8, the prosecutors made their closing arguements against the defendant towards the jury stating that Ghailani had committed mass murder and played an important role in securing the trucks that brought the bombs into the embassies.
The trial which began in October is now beginning to pick up a faster than expected pace. Jurors hae listened to weeks of testimony from many witnesses who were flown in from Kenya and Tanzania to testify. They also viewed governement exhibits that displayed the attacks brutiality. The defense called no witnesses and the defendant did not take the stand once in the trial.
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