Ahmed Ghailani

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani is an alleged member of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization. He was indicted in the United States as a participant in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings. He was on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list from its inception in October 2001. In 2004, he was captured and detained by Pakistani forces in a joint operation with the United States. Until June 9, 2009, Ghailani had been held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp; he is one of the 14 people who had previously been held at secret locations abroad. At the behest of the Obama administration, Ghailani was transported from Guantanamo Bay to New York City to stand trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on the morning of June 9, 2009. He is currently being held in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan