‘High-value’ Guantanamo prisoner from U.S. pleads guilty

Khan moved to the U.S. with his family in 1996 and was granted political asylum. He graduated from Owings Mills High School in suburban Baltimore and worked at several office jobs as well as at his family’s gas station.

Military prosecutors say he traveled in 2002 to Pakistan, where he was introduced to Mohammed as someone who could help al Qaeda because of his fluent English and familiarity with the U.S.

Prosecutors say Khan later traveled with his wife, Rabia, to Bangkok, where he delivered $50,000 to the Southeast Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah, an al Qaeda affiliate, to help fund the Aug. 5, 2003, suicide bombing of the J.W. Marriott hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia. The attack killed 11 people and wounded at least 81 more.

The U.S. military holds 171 prisoners at Guantanamo, and officials have said about 35 could face war crimes charges.

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