Sulaiman Abu Ghaith sentenced to life in prison

Abu Ghaith (left) appeared alongside Bin Laden in a video
just one day after the 9/11 attacks
Osama Bin Laden's son-in-law, who was an al-Qaeda
spokesman after 9/11, has been sentenced to life in prison
for terrorism-related charges at a trial in New York.
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, 48, is the highest-ranking al-Qaeda
figure to face trial on US soil since the attacks.
The Kuwaiti clergyman was captured in Jordan last year
and brought to the US.
In March, a jury found Abu Ghaith guilty of conspiracy to kill
Americans and aiding al-Qaeda.
Addressing him directly, US District Judge Lewis Kaplan
said it was his "assessment that you are committed to doing
everything you can to carry out al Qaeda's agenda to kill
Americans".
Videos showing Abu Ghaith threatening America with no end
to the "storm of airplanes'' were shown to jurors.
Abu Ghaith argued his role was a purely religious one, aimed
at encouraging all Muslims to rise up against their
oppressors.
He testified that Bin Laden had asked him to be al-Qaeda's
spokesman on the night of the 9/11 attacks.
Abu Ghaith repeatedly claimed al-Qaeda responsibility for
the 9/11 attacks, in his videos
Abu Ghaith, who is one of the highest-ranking al-Qaeda
linked figures to face a civilian jury on terrorism-related
charges, is married to Bin Laden's eldest daughter Fatima.
Bin Laden, a founder of al-Qaeda, was killed by US forces in
May 2011 at his hideout in Pakistan.