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| US says Osama bin Laden's name belongs in NY trial |
| 2013-04-27 |
| Abu Hamza - the Hook New York prosecutors are urging a judge not to ban the use of Osama bin Laden's name at the terrorism trial of an Egyptian Islamic preacher. Federal prosecutors said in court papers Friday that references to the deceased founder of al-Qaida will not be prejudicial. Mustafa Kamel Mustafa is scheduled for trial next March. He has pleaded not guilty. He was extradited to the United States from Great Britain in October to face charges that he conspired with Seattle men to set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon. He's also accused of helping abduct two American tourists and 14 other people in Yemen in 1998. Defense lawyers had asked the trial judge to exclude bin Laden's name, saying it would be "irrelevant and prejudicial" to Mustafa. |
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