An Egyptian lawyer’s statements under questioning by British authorities about the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa will be allowed as evidence at a U.S. trial that could include a codefendant who was captured this month in Libya, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Southern District Judge Lewis Kaplan (See Profile) rejected arguments that alleged al-Qaida operative Adel Abdel Bary was under duress when British detectives interrogated him at a London police station in September 1998. Kaplan also is considering a request to put Abdel Bary on trial with Abu Anas al-Libi, who was recently snatched off the streets of Tripoli and brought to New York to face terrorism charges in the embassy bombing case.
