Prosecutors used a passport photo of one of the U.S. embassy bombings defendants to link him to the crime on Wednesday. The photo of Khalfan Khamis Mohamed was found at the house used by two men who bought a truck used in one of the bombings, prosecutors told the jury. The photograph was among items seized during a search of the Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, residence used by Ahmed Ghailani. Mohamed is one of four men on trial for the Tanzania bombing and the simultaneous attack at the U.S. embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, that killed 213 people. Two witnesses on Wednesday testified that Mohamed, in June 1998, rented a different Dar es Salaam house in the city's Ilala district.
Prosecutors say final preparations for the Tanzania attack occurred there.
In all, it was the first evidence against Mohamed after six weeks of testimony. Four witnesses testified Wednesday about the type of truck used in the Tanzania bombing, its sale, and its alterations in the weeks before the attack. A former Nissan service manager testified the bomb truck could be identified by its vehicle identification number stamped on the frame, which was recovered from the bombing debris. Swedan and Ghailani are among 13 fugitives in the case, along with Saudi exile Osama bin Laden, accused of orchestrating both embassy bombings. Swedan was identified on Monday as the man who also bought the truck used in the Kenya bombing.