He has confessed in a federal court in Manhattan that he had acted as an al-Qaeda spokesman after the attacks. He has also admitted three lesser counts that include threatening to kill, injure or destroy property by means of an explosive and conspiring to murder US citizens abroad news.sky.com.
Bary had been was extradited from Britain to the US in 2012, along with radical cleric Abu Hamza who has been found guilty in the US on terrorism charges. Bary has reportedly told the judge that he had contacted the media to claim responsibility for the embassy blasts. Another of his revelations was that he had put journalists in touch with al Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri.
Obviously, he is trying to win the sympathies of the court.
If his plea goes through, he would face a maximum 25 years in prison and the 14 years that he has already spent in jail in the UK could be discounted from his sentence.
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