FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - The brother-in-law of a September 11, 2001, aircraft hijacker pleaded guilty in a U.S. military court on Thursday to plotting with al Qaeda to blow up oil tankers in the Middle East.
Ahmed al Darbi, a 39-year-old Saudi, pleaded guilty at a hearing at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The judge, Air Force Colonel Mark Allred, accepted the plea made through al Darbi's attorney, Ramzi Kassem.
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