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THE US has charged a Guantanamo Bay detainee with war crimes for the 1998 al-Qaeda attack on the US embassy in Tanzania, which left 11 people dead.

Charges against Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani - who was captured in 2004 - include murder and attacking civilians.

Mr Ghailani, a Tanzanian is the 15th person to be charged at Guantanamo, where trials are expected to start later this year.

The Pentagon said Mr Ghailani could receive the death penalty if convicted.

Mr Ghailani goes by dozens of aliases, including “Foopie” and “Ahmed the Tanzanian”.

He is accused of buying the lorry that carried the bomb used in the Dar es Salaam attack.

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