FACTBOX: Recent convictions in U.S. terrorism cases

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Al Qaeda suspect accused in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa was transferred from Guantanamo Bay on Tuesday for prosecution in a U.S. court in New York.

Terrorism cases are often tried in U.S. civilian courts, but the man transferred on Tuesday, Ahmed Ghailani, will become the first detainee from the prison camp at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba to go on trial in a U.S. civilian court.

Following are recent convictions in U.S. terrorism cases:

* May 27 in Texas -- Five leaders of the Holy Land Foundation charity received prison sentences ranging from 65 years to 20 years for their role in funneling more than $12 million to Hamas.

* May 20 in Minnesota -- Mohammed Warsame pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide material support to al Qaeda, admitting that he attended al Qaeda training camps and sent money to one of his former commanders.

* April 28 in New Jersey -- Five people received sentences ranging from 33 years in prison to life plus 30 years, for plotting to kill U.S. soldiers at the Fort Dix military base.

* April 28 in California -- Seven people who raised money on behalf of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) group pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorists.

* April 16 in Washington -- Wesam al-Delaema was sentenced to 25 years in prison on charges of planting roadside bombs targeting U.S. soldiers in Iraq and by demonstrating on video how to operate the bombs.

* February 26 -- Christopher Paul was sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiring to use explosives against targets in Europe and the United States.

* January 27 in New York -- Four defendants pleaded guilty to terrorism violations in connection with their efforts to buy arms for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sri Lanka.

* January 15 in Ohio -- Zubair Ahmed and Khaleel Ahmed pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists in connection with their efforts to travel abroad in order to murder or maim U.S. military forces in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Source: U.S. Justice Department

(Compiled by Andy Sullivan, Editing by Frances Kerry)