Al-Shabab control much of southern Somalia A Somali man appeared before the Court in New York, accused of helping al-Qaeda and militants of the group al-Shabab in Somalia.Abdulkadir Ahmed Warsame was seized in the Gulf of Aden in April and was then questioned for two months in a US war ship before his trial in America.
It is a sign of how the administration of the President Barack Obama plans to deal with the suspected terrorists caught overseas, said a correspondent for the BBC.
Mr. Warsame pleaded not guilty.
Questioning "Double".Mr. Warsame was arrested on 19 April, say prosecutors.
He is accused of supporting the militant group Yemeni al-Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula (AQAP) and al-Shabab militant also.
Under questioning by agents of intelligence on the American war ship, the suspect gave what has been described as significant evidence on the relationship between the two militant groups, according to the agency Associated Press.
The news agency added that, after the examination was complete, the FBI began the interrogation of Mr. Warsame from scratch - in a way that could be used in court.
The fact that Mr. Warsame took place during interrogation on the warship is a sign of how the United States are planning to deal with the terrorist suspects captured abroad, reported the BBC Tom Burridge, in Washington.
After having promised - and so far failed - close Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, President Obama is unlikely to increase the prison population, our correspondent says.
He added that Mr. Obama has also said that it would close the network of CIA secret prisons abroad.
Case of Mr. Warsame also shows how the Government is determined to try suspected terrorists arrested abroad in the civil courts in America.
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