The jury is expected to resume deliberations Monday in the trial of a man accused of conspiring to bomb U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani faces charges of conspiracy and murder in the attacks in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The bombings killed 224 people, including a dozen Americans, and wounded thousands of others.His defense attorney told the jury Tuesday that Ghailani was used by al Qaeda, which claimed responsibility."Call him a dupe, call him a pawn -- used, set up like a bowling pin, in the immortal words of Jerry Garcia," defense attorney Peter Quijano said. "But don't call him guilty."The prosecution, which made its closing arguments November 8, accused the 36-year-old Tanzanian of mass murder. Assistant U.S. Attorney Harry Chernoff said Ghailani played a key role in securing the trucks that carried the bomb in Tanzania and securing other materials."He is a mass murderer who has the blood of hundreds on his hands," Chernoff told the jury.The trial, which began in October, has moved more quickly than originally anticipated. Jurors listened to weeks of testimony from witnesses who were flown in from Kenya and Tanzania to testify, and jurors looked at dozens of government exhibits.The defense called no witnesses and the defendant did not take the stand. At the onset of the trial, the presiding federal judge barred prosecutors from calling a crucial witness, with the judge saying the government had obtained the identity and location of the witness through Ghailani when he was held and interrogated at a jail overseas run by the CIA.
