Jury convicts Yemeni in 2nd Guantanamo trial

An aide to Osama bin Laden who refused to defend himself at his Guantanamo war crimes trial was convicted of three terrorism-related charges and faced sentencing Monday that could bring life in prison.

The jury of military officers at the second Guantanamo war crimes trial voted to convict Ali Hamza al-Bahlul of 35 counts of conspiracy, solicitation to commit murder and providing material support to terrorism.

The 39-year-old Yemeni showed no emotion, sitting calmly at the defense table as the verdict was read at the isolated U.S. military base in eastern Cuba following a lopsided weeklong trial in which the prisoner did not allow his lawyer to mount a defense.

Al-Bahlul was convicted of 17 counts of conspiracy, eight counts of solicitation to commit murder and 10 counts of providing material support for terrorism. Each count could bring life in prison.

The jury dismissed one count of conspiracy and one count of providing material support for terrorism.