Osama’s son-in-law held, brought to US

Abu Ghaith has been captured by the United States.

Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, the son-in-law of Osama bin Laden and his once spokesman, has been captured and brought to the U.S..

Abu Ghaith, whose arrest is said to be a major milestone in the war against terrorism, is scheduled to be produced before a New York court on 8th March 2013.

The indictment charges Abu Ghaith with participating in a conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals. No trial date has yet been set in the case.

It has been 13 years since Abu Ghaith allegedly worked alongside Osama bin Laden in his campaign of terror, and during the period he allegedly took to the public airwaves, exhorting others to embrace al-Qaeda’s cause and warning of more terrorist attacks like the mass murder of 9/11.

According to the indictment unsealed in a New York Court, from May 2001 to 2002, Abu Ghaith served alongside bin Laden, appearing with him and his then-deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri, speaking on behalf of the terrorist organisation and in support of its mission, and warning that attacks similar to those of September 11, 2001 would continue.

After the 9/11 attack, bin Laden summoned Abu Ghaith and asked for his assistance and he agreed to provide it.

On the morning of September 12, 2001, he spoke on behalf of the al-Qaeda, warning the United States and its allies that “[a] great Army is gathering against you” and called upon “the nation of Islam” to do battle against “the Jews, the Christians and the Americans“.

Abu Ghaith arranged to be, and was successfully smuggled from Afghanistan into Iran in 2002, where he spent most of the decade.