{{The US has charged Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law with conspiring to kill US nationals, after government sources said he was arrested overseas and brought to New York City to stand trial.}}
Suleiman Abu Ghaith, reportedly a 47-year-old Kuwaiti and allegedly one of the chief propagandists of the al-Qaeda network, is expected to be arraigned before a US district judge on Friday morning.
Abu Ghaith stands accused of conspiring “to kill nationals of the United States”, the US Justice Department said on Thursday.
Eric Holder, US attorney-general, said the arrest showed that the US would never relent in its pursuit of the fighters who launched the attacks of September 11, 2001, on New York and Washington.
“No amount of distance or time will weaken our resolve to bring America’s enemies to justice,” he said.
“To violent extremists who threaten the American people and seek to undermine our way of life, this arrest sends an unmistakable message.
“There is no corner of the world where you can escape from justice because we will do everything in our power to hold you accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”
US authorities accuse Ghaith of assisting bin Laden, who was killed in a 2011 raid by American commandos, and of taking to the airwaves to promote al-Qaeda’s war against America after the 9/11 attacks.
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