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| Bin Laden ex-driver found guilty |
| A US military jury at Guantanamo Bay has convicted Osama Bin Laden's former driver of supporting terrorism
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 6-August-2008
8:25:17 AM |
| The verdict on Salim Hamdan is the first to be delivered in a full war crimes trial at the US prison in Cuba. Sentencing begins later on Wednesday.
The jury found Hamdan guilty of five of eight charges of supporting terrorism but acquitted him of two other more serious charges of conspiracy.
Hamdan, a Yemeni, was captured in Afghanistan in November 2001.
Dressed in traditional Yemeni robes, he was initially impassive when the verdict began to be read out, but the BBC's Kim Ghattas, at the trial, says he later appeared to break down in tears.
Hamdan faces a maximum life sentence when the sentencing hearing gets under way later on Wednesday.
Our correspondent says the case could still go as far as the Supreme Court, if there is an appeal.
Defence fears
The military jury had deliberated for about eight hours over three days.
The prosecution had said Hamdan played a "vital role" in the conspiracy behind the 9/11 attacks. But defence lawyers said he was a low-level employee.
The BBC's Adam Brookes in Washington says US President George W Bush will hope to use the conclusion of the first full trial as evidence that the Guantanamo Bay system does actually work.
However, defence lawyers had feared a guilty verdict was inevitable and said the system was geared to convict
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