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Muslim Traitor Admits Guilt in Embassy Bombings Voice of America, October 21, 2000 A former U.S. Army sergeant admitted Friday to conspiring with Saudi-fugitive Osama Bin Laden to bomb two U.S. Embassies in Africa in 1998 that killed more than 200 people. In pleading guilty in federal court in New York, Egyptian native Ali Mohamed said Mr. Bin Laden was the central figure in a conspiracy to commit terrorist acts against Americans. He said they had also identified British, French and Israeli targets. U.S. officials described the plea bargain as a major break-through in the government's efforts to learn more about the methods of the top U.S. terrorist suspect and perhaps apprehend him. In addition to the U.S. Embassy bombings, Mr. Bin Laden is considered a prime suspect in last week's bombing of a U.S. waship in Yemen. Mohamed is among 17 people named in an indictment related to the 1998 bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. He is expected to provide crucial testimony in the trial of five defendants scheduled to begin in January. The United States is seeking the extradition of three people from Britain, while eight others, including Osama bin Laden, remain fugitives. He is believed to be living in Afghanistan. Mohamed told U.S. prosecutors that he trained members of Mr. Bin Laden's Al Qaeda terrorist network, and arranged a meeting in Sudan between Mr. Bin Laden and the head of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah terrorist group. He also said Iran had supplied Mr. Bin Laden with weapons and explosives. Mohamed was facing up to life in prison without the possibility of parole, but that sentence is expected to be reduced because of his cooperation with authorities.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
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