RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) - A U.S. jury on Friday began deliberating the fate of an alleged Russian Taliban fighter, the first military prisoner from Afghanistan to be tried in a U.S. federal court.
Irek Hamidullin, a former Soviet tank commander who converted to Islam, faces possible life in prison if convicted of 15 criminal counts in U.S. District Court.
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