Tanzanian Bomb Supplier Says Alleged Terrorist ‘Tricked’ Him
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A Tanzanian man testified he was “tricked” into selling bomb-making materials to an alleged al-Qaeda terrorist facing trial for the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.
Hussein Abebe, 46, a former miner, said yesterday he wants to serve as a government witness against fellow Tanzanian Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, who is scheduled to be tried before a federal jury in New York Sept. 27 for his alleged participation in a global al-Qaeda conspiracy that includes the Aug. 7, 1998, bombings at U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya.