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Mistaken identity defence raised in US terror case

Sulaiman Abu Ghaith is charged with conspiring to kill Americans in his role as Al Qaeda’s spokesman.

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By (AP)

Published: Fri 28 Feb 2014, 10:10 AM

Last updated: Sat 4 Apr 2015, 12:44 AM

A defence lawyer says the suspect whom prosecutors call a relative of Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda’s spokesman after the 2001 terror attacks on the US might be the wrong man.

New York Judge Lewis Kaplan scheduled a Friday hearing after claims were made on Wednesday on behalf of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith.

Attorney Zoe Dolan wrote that the defense recently learned there may be a second person with a similar name as Abu Ghaith who is at Guantanamo Bay. Dolan says the government is believed to have information about the other individual.

A trial is scheduled to begin on Monday for Abu Ghaith. He is charged with conspiring to kill Americans in his role as Al Qaeda’s spokesman.

Prosecutors did not immediately return a message for comment.

(AP)

Published: Fri 28 Feb 2014, 10:10 AM

Last updated: Sat 4 Apr 2015, 12:44 AM

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