NEW YORK, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- A former aide to Osama bin Laden was convicted Thursday for plotting the 1998 attacks on two U.S. embassies in East Africa, killing 224 people.
Khaled al-Fawwaz, 52, was convicted on four counts of conspiracy for plotting to kill Americans, conspiring to murder U.S. officials and diplomats, plotting to destroy government buildings, and planning to attack national defense facilities.