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Bin Laden Media Guru Convicted of War Crimes

Bahlul doesn't contest charges

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 3, 2008 11:41 AM CST

(Newser) – The man who produced recruitment videos for Osama bin Laden was convicted of war crimes today after a 4-day military trial the defendant adamantly boycotted, the Miami Herald reports. Ali Hamza al Bahlul forbade his lawyer from offering evidence or questioning witnesses because he rejected... Read full story »

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Bahlul doesn't contest charges

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