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Moussaoui Says He Was to Hijack 5th Plane |
Moussaoui Says He Was to Hijack 5th Plane
Mar 27 1:39 PM US/Eastern
By MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press Writer
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
Al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui testified Monday that he and
would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid were supposed to hijack a fifth
airplane on Sept. 11, 2001, and fly it into the White House.
Moussaoui's testimony on his own behalf stunned the courtroom. His
account was in stark contrast to his previous statements in which he
said the White House attack was to come later if the United States
refused to release a radical Egyptian sheik imprisoned on earlier
terrorist convictions.
On Dec. 22, 2001, Reid was subdued by passengers when he attempted to
detonate a bomb in his shoe aboard American Airlines Flight 63 from
Paris to Miami. There were 197 people on board. The plane was diverted
to Boston, where it landed safely.
Moussaoui told the court he knew the World Trade Center attack was
coming and that he lied to investigators when arrested in August 2001
because he wanted it to happen.
"You lied because you wanted to conceal that you were a member of al-
Qaida?" prosecutor Rob Spencer asked.
"That's correct," Moussaoui said.
Spencer: "You lied so the plan could go forward?"
Moussaoui: "That's correct."
The exchange was key to the government's case that the attacks might
have been averted if Moussaoui had been more cooperative following his
arrest.
Moussaoui told the court he knew the attacks were coming some time
after August 2001 and bought a radio so he could hear them unfold.
Specifically, he said he knew the World Trade Center was going to be
attacked, but asserted he was not part of that plot and didn't know
the details.
Nineteen men pulled off the Sept. 11 attacks on New York in Washington
in the worst act of terrorism ever on U.S. soil.
"I had knowledge that the Twin Towers would be hit," Moussaoui said.
"I didn't know the details of this."
Asked by his lawyer why he signed his guilty plea in April as "the
20th hijacker," Moussaoui replied: "Because everybody used to refer to
me as the 20th hijacker and it was a bit of fun."
Before Moussaoui took the stand, his lawyers made a last attempt to
stop him from testifying, but failed. Defense attorney Gerald Zerkin
argued that his client would not be a competent witness because he has
contempt for the court, only recognizes Islamic law and therefore "the
affirmation he undertakes would be meaningless."
Moussaoui at first denied he was to have been a fifth hijack pilot
Sept. 11 but under cross examination spoke of the plan that would have
him attack the White House. He said Reid was the only person he knew
for sure would have been on that mission, but others were discussed.
The 19 terrorists on Sept. 11 hijacked and crashed four airliners,
killing nearly 3,000 people in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon
and on the planes. The intended target of the plane that crashed into
a Pennsylvania field remains unknown.
Moussaoui said he talked with an al-Qaida official in 1999 about why a
1993 bombing at the World Trade Center failed to bring the towers
down. He said "was asked in the same period for the first time if I
want to be a suicide pilot and I declined."
Just before Moussaoui took the stand, the court heard testimony that
two months before the attacks that a CIA deputy chief waited in vain
for permission to tell the FBI about a "very high interest" al-Qaida
operative who became one of the hijackers.
The official, a senior figure in the CIA's Osama bin Laden unit, said
he sought authorization on July 13, 2001, to send information to the
FBI but got no response for 10 days, then asked again.
As it turned out, the information on Khalid al-Mihdhar did not reach
the FBI until late August. At the time, CIA officers needed permission
from a special unit before passing certain intelligence on to the FBI.
The official was identified only as John. His written testimony was
read into the record.
"John's" testimony was part of the defense's case that federal
authorities missed multiple opportunities to catch hijackers and
perhaps thwart the 9/11 plot.
His testimony included an e-mail sent by FBI supervisor Michael
Maltbie discussing Moussaoui but playing down his terrorist
connections. Maltbie's e-mail said "there's no indication that
(Moussaoui) had plans for any nefarious activity."
He sent that e-mail to the CIA even after receiving a lengthy memo
from the FBI agent who arrested Moussaoui and suspected him of being a
terrorist with plans to hijack aircraft.
Prosecutors argue that Moussaoui, a French citizen, thwarted a prime
opportunity to track down the 9/11 hijackers and possibly unravel the
plot when he was arrested in August 2001 on immigration violations and
lied to the FBI about his al-Qaida membership and plans to hijack a
plane.
Had Moussaoui confessed, the FBI could have pursued leads that would
have led them to most of the hijackers, government witnesses have
testified.
To win the death penalty, prosecutors must first prove that
Moussaoui's actions _ specifically, his lies _ were directly
responsible for at least one death on Sept. 11.
If they fail, Moussaoui would get life in prison.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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"Captain Compassion" <daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
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Moussaoui Says He Was to Hijack 5th Plane
Mar 27 1:39 PM US/Eastern
By MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press Writer
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
Al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui testified Monday that he and
would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid were supposed to hijack a fifth
airplane on Sept. 11, 2001, and fly it into the White House.
Moussaoui's testimony on his own behalf stunned the courtroom. His
account was in stark contrast to his previous statements in which he
said the White House attack was to come later if the United States
refused to release a radical Egyptian sheik imprisoned on earlier
terrorist convictions.
The testimony is worthless given that we know that the current American
regime has a penchant for torturing Muslims who fall into its clutches.
Mens sana.
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27 Mar 2006 07:29:55 PM |
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I sincerely hope the jury is not stupid enough to give this clown the death
penalty. It is exactly what the dirtbag WANTS!
Better for him to spend the rest of his natural life in a small cell being
Bubba's *****!
"Captain Compassion" <daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
news:8rdg22p5gqnu32afhjnle85mrpnq6bp8s8@4ax.com...
Moussaoui Says He Was to Hijack 5th Plane
Mar 27 1:39 PM US/Eastern
By MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press Writer
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
Al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui testified Monday that he and
would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid were supposed to hijack a fifth
airplane on Sept. 11, 2001, and fly it into the White House.
Moussaoui's testimony on his own behalf stunned the courtroom. His
account was in stark contrast to his previous statements in which he
said the White House attack was to come later if the United States
refused to release a radical Egyptian sheik imprisoned on earlier
terrorist convictions.
On Dec. 22, 2001, Reid was subdued by passengers when he attempted to
detonate a bomb in his shoe aboard American Airlines Flight 63 from
Paris to Miami. There were 197 people on board. The plane was diverted
to Boston, where it landed safely.
Moussaoui told the court he knew the World Trade Center attack was
coming and that he lied to investigators when arrested in August 2001
because he wanted it to happen.
"You lied because you wanted to conceal that you were a member of al-
Qaida?" prosecutor Rob Spencer asked.
"That's correct," Moussaoui said.
Spencer: "You lied so the plan could go forward?"
Moussaoui: "That's correct."
The exchange was key to the government's case that the attacks might
have been averted if Moussaoui had been more cooperative following his
arrest.
Moussaoui told the court he knew the attacks were coming some time
after August 2001 and bought a radio so he could hear them unfold.
Specifically, he said he knew the World Trade Center was going to be
attacked, but asserted he was not part of that plot and didn't know
the details.
Nineteen men pulled off the Sept. 11 attacks on New York in Washington
in the worst act of terrorism ever on U.S. soil.
"I had knowledge that the Twin Towers would be hit," Moussaoui said.
"I didn't know the details of this."
Asked by his lawyer why he signed his guilty plea in April as "the
20th hijacker," Moussaoui replied: "Because everybody used to refer to
me as the 20th hijacker and it was a bit of fun."
Before Moussaoui took the stand, his lawyers made a last attempt to
stop him from testifying, but failed. Defense attorney Gerald Zerkin
argued that his client would not be a competent witness because he has
contempt for the court, only recognizes Islamic law and therefore "the
affirmation he undertakes would be meaningless."
Moussaoui at first denied he was to have been a fifth hijack pilot
Sept. 11 but under cross examination spoke of the plan that would have
him attack the White House. He said Reid was the only person he knew
for sure would have been on that mission, but others were discussed.
The 19 terrorists on Sept. 11 hijacked and crashed four airliners,
killing nearly 3,000 people in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon
and on the planes. The intended target of the plane that crashed into
a Pennsylvania field remains unknown.
Moussaoui said he talked with an al-Qaida official in 1999 about why a
1993 bombing at the World Trade Center failed to bring the towers
down. He said "was asked in the same period for the first time if I
want to be a suicide pilot and I declined."
Just before Moussaoui took the stand, the court heard testimony that
two months before the attacks that a CIA deputy chief waited in vain
for permission to tell the FBI about a "very high interest" al-Qaida
operative who became one of the hijackers.
The official, a senior figure in the CIA's Osama bin Laden unit, said
he sought authorization on July 13, 2001, to send information to the
FBI but got no response for 10 days, then asked again.
As it turned out, the information on Khalid al-Mihdhar did not reach
the FBI until late August. At the time, CIA officers needed permission
from a special unit before passing certain intelligence on to the FBI.
The official was identified only as John. His written testimony was
read into the record.
"John's" testimony was part of the defense's case that federal
authorities missed multiple opportunities to catch hijackers and
perhaps thwart the 9/11 plot.
His testimony included an e-mail sent by FBI supervisor Michael
Maltbie discussing Moussaoui but playing down his terrorist
connections. Maltbie's e-mail said "there's no indication that
(Moussaoui) had plans for any nefarious activity."
He sent that e-mail to the CIA even after receiving a lengthy memo
from the FBI agent who arrested Moussaoui and suspected him of being a
terrorist with plans to hijack aircraft.
Prosecutors argue that Moussaoui, a French citizen, thwarted a prime
opportunity to track down the 9/11 hijackers and possibly unravel the
plot when he was arrested in August 2001 on immigration violations and
lied to the FBI about his al-Qaida membership and plans to hijack a
plane.
Had Moussaoui confessed, the FBI could have pursued leads that would
have led them to most of the hijackers, government witnesses have
testified.
To win the death penalty, prosecutors must first prove that
Moussaoui's actions _ specifically, his lies _ were directly
responsible for at least one death on Sept. 11.
If they fail, Moussaoui would get life in prison.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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I sincerely hope the jury is not stupid enough to give this clown the death
penalty. It is exactly what the dirtbag WANTS!
Better for him to spend the rest of his natural life in a small cell being
Bubba's *****!
You have bought the official story of martyrdom.
"Captain Compassion" <daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
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Moussaoui Says He Was to Hijack 5th Plane
Mar 27 1:39 PM US/Eastern
By MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press Writer
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
Al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui testified Monday that he and
would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid were supposed to hijack a fifth
airplane on Sept. 11, 2001, and fly it into the White House.
Moussaoui's testimony on his own behalf stunned the courtroom. His
account was in stark contrast to his previous statements in which he
said the White House attack was to come later if the United States
refused to release a radical Egyptian sheik imprisoned on earlier
terrorist convictions.
On Dec. 22, 2001, Reid was subdued by passengers when he attempted to
detonate a bomb in his shoe aboard American Airlines Flight 63 from
Paris to Miami. There were 197 people on board. The plane was diverted
to Boston, where it landed safely.
Moussaoui told the court he knew the World Trade Center attack was
coming and that he lied to investigators when arrested in August 2001
because he wanted it to happen.
"You lied because you wanted to conceal that you were a member of al-
Qaida?" prosecutor Rob Spencer asked.
"That's correct," Moussaoui said.
Spencer: "You lied so the plan could go forward?"
Moussaoui: "That's correct."
The exchange was key to the government's case that the attacks might
have been averted if Moussaoui had been more cooperative following his
arrest.
Moussaoui told the court he knew the attacks were coming some time
after August 2001 and bought a radio so he could hear them unfold.
Specifically, he said he knew the World Trade Center was going to be
attacked, but asserted he was not part of that plot and didn't know
the details.
Nineteen men pulled off the Sept. 11 attacks on New York in Washington
in the worst act of terrorism ever on U.S. soil.
"I had knowledge that the Twin Towers would be hit," Moussaoui said.
"I didn't know the details of this."
Asked by his lawyer why he signed his guilty plea in April as "the
20th hijacker," Moussaoui replied: "Because everybody used to refer to
me as the 20th hijacker and it was a bit of fun."
Before Moussaoui took the stand, his lawyers made a last attempt to
stop him from testifying, but failed. Defense attorney Gerald Zerkin
argued that his client would not be a competent witness because he has
contempt for the court, only recognizes Islamic law and therefore "the
affirmation he undertakes would be meaningless."
Moussaoui at first denied he was to have been a fifth hijack pilot
Sept. 11 but under cross examination spoke of the plan that would have
him attack the White House. He said Reid was the only person he knew
for sure would have been on that mission, but others were discussed.
The 19 terrorists on Sept. 11 hijacked and crashed four airliners,
killing nearly 3,000 people in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon
and on the planes. The intended target of the plane that crashed into
a Pennsylvania field remains unknown.
Moussaoui said he talked with an al-Qaida official in 1999 about why a
1993 bombing at the World Trade Center failed to bring the towers
down. He said "was asked in the same period for the first time if I
want to be a suicide pilot and I declined."
Just before Moussaoui took the stand, the court heard testimony that
two months before the attacks that a CIA deputy chief waited in vain
for permission to tell the FBI about a "very high interest" al-Qaida
operative who became one of the hijackers.
The official, a senior figure in the CIA's Osama bin Laden unit, said
he sought authorization on July 13, 2001, to send information to the
FBI but got no response for 10 days, then asked again.
As it turned out, the information on Khalid al-Mihdhar did not reach
the FBI until late August. At the time, CIA officers needed permission
from a special unit before passing certain intelligence on to the FBI.
The official was identified only as John. His written testimony was
read into the record.
"John's" testimony was part of the defense's case that federal
authorities missed multiple opportunities to catch hijackers and
perhaps thwart the 9/11 plot.
His testimony included an e-mail sent by FBI supervisor Michael
Maltbie discussing Moussaoui but playing down his terrorist
connections. Maltbie's e-mail said "there's no indication that
(Moussaoui) had plans for any nefarious activity."
He sent that e-mail to the CIA even after receiving a lengthy memo
from the FBI agent who arrested Moussaoui and suspected him of being a
terrorist with plans to hijack aircraft.
Prosecutors argue that Moussaoui, a French citizen, thwarted a prime
opportunity to track down the 9/11 hijackers and possibly unravel the
plot when he was arrested in August 2001 on immigration violations and
lied to the FBI about his al-Qaida membership and plans to hijack a
plane.
Had Moussaoui confessed, the FBI could have pursued leads that would
have led them to most of the hijackers, government witnesses have
testified.
To win the death penalty, prosecutors must first prove that
Moussaoui's actions _ specifically, his lies _ were directly
responsible for at least one death on Sept. 11.
If they fail, Moussaoui would get life in prison.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:07:06 -0800, Captain Compassion
<daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote:
Moussaoui Says He Was to Hijack 5th Plane
Mar 27 1:39 PM US/Eastern
By MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press Writer
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
Al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui testified Monday that he and
would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid were supposed to hijack a fifth
airplane on Sept. 11, 2001, and fly it into the White House.
Moussaoui's testimony on his own behalf stunned the courtroom. His
account was in stark contrast to his previous statements in which he
said the White House attack was to come later if the United States
refused to release a radical Egyptian sheik imprisoned on earlier
terrorist convictions.
On Dec. 22, 2001, Reid was subdued by passengers when he attempted to
detonate a bomb in his shoe aboard American Airlines Flight 63 from
Paris to Miami. There were 197 people on board. The plane was diverted
to Boston, where it landed safely.
Moussaoui told the court he knew the World Trade Center attack was
coming and that he lied to investigators when arrested in August 2001
because he wanted it to happen.
"You lied because you wanted to conceal that you were a member of al-
Qaida?" prosecutor Rob Spencer asked.
"That's correct," Moussaoui said.
Spencer: "You lied so the plan could go forward?"
Moussaoui: "That's correct."
The exchange was key to the government's case that the attacks might
have been averted if Moussaoui had been more cooperative following his
arrest.
Moussaoui told the court he knew the attacks were coming some time
after August 2001 and bought a radio so he could hear them unfold.
Specifically, he said he knew the World Trade Center was going to be
attacked, but asserted he was not part of that plot and didn't know
the details.
Nineteen men pulled off the Sept. 11 attacks on New York in Washington
in the worst act of terrorism ever on U.S. soil.
"I had knowledge that the Twin Towers would be hit," Moussaoui said.
"I didn't know the details of this."
Asked by his lawyer why he signed his guilty plea in April as "the
20th hijacker," Moussaoui replied: "Because everybody used to refer to
me as the 20th hijacker and it was a bit of fun."
Before Moussaoui took the stand, his lawyers made a last attempt to
stop him from testifying, but failed. Defense attorney Gerald Zerkin
argued that his client would not be a competent witness because he has
contempt for the court, only recognizes Islamic law and therefore "the
affirmation he undertakes would be meaningless."
Moussaoui at first denied he was to have been a fifth hijack pilot
Sept. 11 but under cross examination spoke of the plan that would have
him attack the White House. He said Reid was the only person he knew
for sure would have been on that mission, but others were discussed.
The 19 terrorists on Sept. 11 hijacked and crashed four airliners,
killing nearly 3,000 people in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon
and on the planes. The intended target of the plane that crashed into
a Pennsylvania field remains unknown.
Moussaoui said he talked with an al-Qaida official in 1999 about why a
1993 bombing at the World Trade Center failed to bring the towers
down. He said "was asked in the same period for the first time if I
want to be a suicide pilot and I declined."
Just before Moussaoui took the stand, the court heard testimony that
two months before the attacks that a CIA deputy chief waited in vain
for permission to tell the FBI about a "very high interest" al-Qaida
operative who became one of the hijackers.
The official, a senior figure in the CIA's Osama bin Laden unit, said
he sought authorization on July 13, 2001, to send information to the
FBI but got no response for 10 days, then asked again.
As it turned out, the information on Khalid al-Mihdhar did not reach
the FBI until late August. At the time, CIA officers needed permission
from a special unit before passing certain intelligence on to the FBI.
The official was identified only as John. His written testimony was
read into the record.
"John's" testimony was part of the defense's case that federal
authorities missed multiple opportunities to catch hijackers and
perhaps thwart the 9/11 plot.
His testimony included an e-mail sent by FBI supervisor Michael
Maltbie discussing Moussaoui but playing down his terrorist
connections. Maltbie's e-mail said "there's no indication that
(Moussaoui) had plans for any nefarious activity."
He sent that e-mail to the CIA even after receiving a lengthy memo
from the FBI agent who arrested Moussaoui and suspected him of being a
terrorist with plans to hijack aircraft.
Prosecutors argue that Moussaoui, a French citizen, thwarted a prime
opportunity to track down the 9/11 hijackers and possibly unravel the
plot when he was arrested in August 2001 on immigration violations and
lied to the FBI about his al-Qaida membership and plans to hijack a
plane.
Had Moussaoui confessed, the FBI could have pursued leads that would
have led them to most of the hijackers, government witnesses have
testified.
To win the death penalty, prosecutors must first prove that
Moussaoui's actions _ specifically, his lies _ were directly
responsible for at least one death on Sept. 11.
If they fail, Moussaoui would get life in prison.
It's hard for me to keep track of the lies and smokescreens from
BUSHco. Now they've got this nobody up there making crazy claims
about hijack this or blow up that. He's working hand in glove with
BUSHco, how can anyone not see that?
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The Moussaoui case is a fabricated red herring, designed to distract
attention from what really happened on 9/11. Available evidence does not
support the official story of 19 hijackers, thus any mention of the
hijackers is disinformation. Dragging Richard Reid into the story from out
of nowhere is a red flag: There is no evidence - aside from Mousssaoui's
recent revelation - that he had anything to do with the 9/11 plot; but Reid
is well known by the frightened American population of sheep (who now must
remove their shoes before boarding airplanes.) This is typical Bush tactic:
Appeal to "brand name" bad guys, fabricate a fairy story in which they
collaborate, and sell it to the Faux News sheeple as fact.
This is all just another disinformation dog-and-pony show, intended to draw
fire away from BushCo's downward spiral. It is a desperate attempt to fan
the flames of fear, legitimize the official 9/11 fairy tale and legitimize
Bush's actions since 9/11/01 all in one tidy bundle. It's as fake as the
"Fat Osama" video, which is the sum total of 'evidence' that Osama
masterminded the 9/11 attacks.
Watch closely as Moussaoui eagerly takes credit for al Queda involvement in
9/11 (indeed, he is their only spokesman to date); but in the end he will
not be sentenced to death due to mishandling of the case. Oops! It was no
accident that his case was fumbled to avoid a death sentence. I saw that
coming a mile away, as any student of Bush-era disinformation should have.
"Captain Compassion" <daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
news:8rdg22p5gqnu32afhjnle85mrpnq6bp8s8@4ax.com...
Moussaoui Says He Was to Hijack 5th Plane
Mar 27 1:39 PM US/Eastern
By MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press Writer
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
Al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui testified Monday that he and
would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid were supposed to hijack a fifth
airplane on Sept. 11, 2001, and fly it into the White House.
Moussaoui's testimony on his own behalf stunned the courtroom. His
account was in stark contrast to his previous statements in which he
said the White House attack was to come later if the United States
refused to release a radical Egyptian sheik imprisoned on earlier
terrorist convictions.
On Dec. 22, 2001, Reid was subdued by passengers when he attempted to
detonate a bomb in his shoe aboard American Airlines Flight 63 from
Paris to Miami. There were 197 people on board. The plane was diverted
to Boston, where it landed safely.
Moussaoui told the court he knew the World Trade Center attack was
coming and that he lied to investigators when arrested in August 2001
because he wanted it to happen.
"You lied because you wanted to conceal that you were a member of al-
Qaida?" prosecutor Rob Spencer asked.
"That's correct," Moussaoui said.
Spencer: "You lied so the plan could go forward?"
Moussaoui: "That's correct."
The exchange was key to the government's case that the attacks might
have been averted if Moussaoui had been more cooperative following his
arrest.
Moussaoui told the court he knew the attacks were coming some time
after August 2001 and bought a radio so he could hear them unfold.
Specifically, he said he knew the World Trade Center was going to be
attacked, but asserted he was not part of that plot and didn't know
the details.
Nineteen men pulled off the Sept. 11 attacks on New York in Washington
in the worst act of terrorism ever on U.S. soil.
"I had knowledge that the Twin Towers would be hit," Moussaoui said.
"I didn't know the details of this."
Asked by his lawyer why he signed his guilty plea in April as "the
20th hijacker," Moussaoui replied: "Because everybody used to refer to
me as the 20th hijacker and it was a bit of fun."
Before Moussaoui took the stand, his lawyers made a last attempt to
stop him from testifying, but failed. Defense attorney Gerald Zerkin
argued that his client would not be a competent witness because he has
contempt for the court, only recognizes Islamic law and therefore "the
affirmation he undertakes would be meaningless."
Moussaoui at first denied he was to have been a fifth hijack pilot
Sept. 11 but under cross examination spoke of the plan that would have
him attack the White House. He said Reid was the only person he knew
for sure would have been on that mission, but others were discussed.
The 19 terrorists on Sept. 11 hijacked and crashed four airliners,
killing nearly 3,000 people in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon
and on the planes. The intended target of the plane that crashed into
a Pennsylvania field remains unknown.
Moussaoui said he talked with an al-Qaida official in 1999 about why a
1993 bombing at the World Trade Center failed to bring the towers
down. He said "was asked in the same period for the first time if I
want to be a suicide pilot and I declined."
Just before Moussaoui took the stand, the court heard testimony that
two months before the attacks that a CIA deputy chief waited in vain
for permission to tell the FBI about a "very high interest" al-Qaida
operative who became one of the hijackers.
The official, a senior figure in the CIA's Osama bin Laden unit, said
he sought authorization on July 13, 2001, to send information to the
FBI but got no response for 10 days, then asked again.
As it turned out, the information on Khalid al-Mihdhar did not reach
the FBI until late August. At the time, CIA officers needed permission
from a special unit before passing certain intelligence on to the FBI.
The official was identified only as John. His written testimony was
read into the record.
"John's" testimony was part of the defense's case that federal
authorities missed multiple opportunities to catch hijackers and
perhaps thwart the 9/11 plot.
His testimony included an e-mail sent by FBI supervisor Michael
Maltbie discussing Moussaoui but playing down his terrorist
connections. Maltbie's e-mail said "there's no indication that
(Moussaoui) had plans for any nefarious activity."
He sent that e-mail to the CIA even after receiving a lengthy memo
from the FBI agent who arrested Moussaoui and suspected him of being a
terrorist with plans to hijack aircraft.
Prosecutors argue that Moussaoui, a French citizen, thwarted a prime
opportunity to track down the 9/11 hijackers and possibly unravel the
plot when he was arrested in August 2001 on immigration violations and
lied to the FBI about his al-Qaida membership and plans to hijack a
plane.
Had Moussaoui confessed, the FBI could have pursued leads that would
have led them to most of the hijackers, government witnesses have
testified.
To win the death penalty, prosecutors must first prove that
Moussaoui's actions _ specifically, his lies _ were directly
responsible for at least one death on Sept. 11.
If they fail, Moussaoui would get life in prison.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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27 Mar 2006 03:22:56 PM |
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"What Me Worry?" <__@____.___> wrote in message
news:8uXVf.850816$x96.825822@attbi_s72...
The Moussaoui case is a fabricated red herring, designed to distract
attention from what really happened on 9/11. Available evidence does not
support the official story of 19 hijackers, thus any mention of the
hijackers is disinformation. Dragging Richard Reid into the story from
out of nowhere is a red flag: There is no evidence - aside from
Mousssaoui's recent revelation - that he had anything to do with the 9/11
plot; but Reid is well known by the frightened American population of
sheep (who now must remove their shoes before boarding airplanes.) This
is typical Bush tactic: Appeal to "brand name" bad guys, fabricate a fairy
story in which they collaborate, and sell it to the Faux News sheeple as
fact.
This is all just another disinformation dog-and-pony show, intended to
draw fire away from BushCo's downward spiral. It is a desperate attempt
to fan the flames of fear, legitimize the official 9/11 fairy tale and
legitimize Bush's actions since 9/11/01 all in one tidy bundle. It's as
fake as the "Fat Osama" video, which is the sum total of 'evidence' that
Osama masterminded the 9/11 attacks.
Watch closely as Moussaoui eagerly takes credit for al Queda involvement
in 9/11 (indeed, he is their only spokesman to date); but in the end he
will not be sentenced to death due to mishandling of the case. Oops! It
was no accident that his case was fumbled to avoid a death sentence. I
saw that coming a mile away, as any student of Bush-era disinformation
should have.
I agree, but the Moussaoui thing is now all over the television. There's
not much we can do about it now. This is the way the truth becomes
irreversibly obscured.
~e.
"Captain Compassion" <daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
news:8rdg22p5gqnu32afhjnle85mrpnq6bp8s8@4ax.com...
Moussaoui Says He Was to Hijack 5th Plane
Mar 27 1:39 PM US/Eastern
By MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press Writer
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
Al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui testified Monday that he and
would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid were supposed to hijack a fifth
airplane on Sept. 11, 2001, and fly it into the White House.
Moussaoui's testimony on his own behalf stunned the courtroom. His
account was in stark contrast to his previous statements in which he
said the White House attack was to come later if the United States
refused to release a radical Egyptian sheik imprisoned on earlier
terrorist convictions.
On Dec. 22, 2001, Reid was subdued by passengers when he attempted to
detonate a bomb in his shoe aboard American Airlines Flight 63 from
Paris to Miami. There were 197 people on board. The plane was diverted
to Boston, where it landed safely.
Moussaoui told the court he knew the World Trade Center attack was
coming and that he lied to investigators when arrested in August 2001
because he wanted it to happen.
"You lied because you wanted to conceal that you were a member of al-
Qaida?" prosecutor Rob Spencer asked.
"That's correct," Moussaoui said.
Spencer: "You lied so the plan could go forward?"
Moussaoui: "That's correct."
The exchange was key to the government's case that the attacks might
have been averted if Moussaoui had been more cooperative following his
arrest.
Moussaoui told the court he knew the attacks were coming some time
after August 2001 and bought a radio so he could hear them unfold.
Specifically, he said he knew the World Trade Center was going to be
attacked, but asserted he was not part of that plot and didn't know
the details.
Nineteen men pulled off the Sept. 11 attacks on New York in Washington
in the worst act of terrorism ever on U.S. soil.
"I had knowledge that the Twin Towers would be hit," Moussaoui said.
"I didn't know the details of this."
Asked by his lawyer why he signed his guilty plea in April as "the
20th hijacker," Moussaoui replied: "Because everybody used to refer to
me as the 20th hijacker and it was a bit of fun."
Before Moussaoui took the stand, his lawyers made a last attempt to
stop him from testifying, but failed. Defense attorney Gerald Zerkin
argued that his client would not be a competent witness because he has
contempt for the court, only recognizes Islamic law and therefore "the
affirmation he undertakes would be meaningless."
Moussaoui at first denied he was to have been a fifth hijack pilot
Sept. 11 but under cross examination spoke of the plan that would have
him attack the White House. He said Reid was the only person he knew
for sure would have been on that mission, but others were discussed.
The 19 terrorists on Sept. 11 hijacked and crashed four airliners,
killing nearly 3,000 people in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon
and on the planes. The intended target of the plane that crashed into
a Pennsylvania field remains unknown.
Moussaoui said he talked with an al-Qaida official in 1999 about why a
1993 bombing at the World Trade Center failed to bring the towers
down. He said "was asked in the same period for the first time if I
want to be a suicide pilot and I declined."
Just before Moussaoui took the stand, the court heard testimony that
two months before the attacks that a CIA deputy chief waited in vain
for permission to tell the FBI about a "very high interest" al-Qaida
operative who became one of the hijackers.
The official, a senior figure in the CIA's Osama bin Laden unit, said
he sought authorization on July 13, 2001, to send information to the
FBI but got no response for 10 days, then asked again.
As it turned out, the information on Khalid al-Mihdhar did not reach
the FBI until late August. At the time, CIA officers needed permission
from a special unit before passing certain intelligence on to the FBI.
The official was identified only as John. His written testimony was
read into the record.
"John's" testimony was part of the defense's case that federal
authorities missed multiple opportunities to catch hijackers and
perhaps thwart the 9/11 plot.
His testimony included an e-mail sent by FBI supervisor Michael
Maltbie discussing Moussaoui but playing down his terrorist
connections. Maltbie's e-mail said "there's no indication that
(Moussaoui) had plans for any nefarious activity."
He sent that e-mail to the CIA even after receiving a lengthy memo
from the FBI agent who arrested Moussaoui and suspected him of being a
terrorist with plans to hijack aircraft.
Prosecutors argue that Moussaoui, a French citizen, thwarted a prime
opportunity to track down the 9/11 hijackers and possibly unravel the
plot when he was arrested in August 2001 on immigration violations and
lied to the FBI about his al-Qaida membership and plans to hijack a
plane.
Had Moussaoui confessed, the FBI could have pursued leads that would
have led them to most of the hijackers, government witnesses have
testified.
To win the death penalty, prosecutors must first prove that
Moussaoui's actions _ specifically, his lies _ were directly
responsible for at least one death on Sept. 11.
If they fail, Moussaoui would get life in prison.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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*****.
"What Me Worry?" <__@____.___> wrote in message
news:8uXVf.850816$x96.825822@attbi_s72...
The Moussaoui case is a fabricated red herring, designed to distract
attention from what really happened on 9/11. Available evidence does not
support the official story of 19 hijackers, thus any mention of the
hijackers is disinformation. Dragging Richard Reid into the story from
out of nowhere is a red flag: There is no evidence - aside from
Mousssaoui's recent revelation - that he had anything to do with the 9/11
plot; but Reid is well known by the frightened American population of
sheep (who now must remove their shoes before boarding airplanes.) This
is typical Bush tactic: Appeal to "brand name" bad guys, fabricate a fairy
story in which they collaborate, and sell it to the Faux News sheeple as
fact.
This is all just another disinformation dog-and-pony show, intended to
draw fire away from BushCo's downward spiral. It is a desperate attempt
to fan the flames of fear, legitimize the official 9/11 fairy tale and
legitimize Bush's actions since 9/11/01 all in one tidy bundle. It's as
fake as the "Fat Osama" video, which is the sum total of 'evidence' that
Osama masterminded the 9/11 attacks.
Watch closely as Moussaoui eagerly takes credit for al Queda involvement
in 9/11 (indeed, he is their only spokesman to date); but in the end he
will not be sentenced to death due to mishandling of the case. Oops! It
was no accident that his case was fumbled to avoid a death sentence. I
saw that coming a mile away, as any student of Bush-era disinformation
should have.
"Captain Compassion" <daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
news:8rdg22p5gqnu32afhjnle85mrpnq6bp8s8@4ax.com...
Moussaoui Says He Was to Hijack 5th Plane
Mar 27 1:39 PM US/Eastern
By MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press Writer
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
Al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui testified Monday that he and
would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid were supposed to hijack a fifth
airplane on Sept. 11, 2001, and fly it into the White House.
Moussaoui's testimony on his own behalf stunned the courtroom. His
account was in stark contrast to his previous statements in which he
said the White House attack was to come later if the United States
refused to release a radical Egyptian sheik imprisoned on earlier
terrorist convictions.
On Dec. 22, 2001, Reid was subdued by passengers when he attempted to
detonate a bomb in his shoe aboard American Airlines Flight 63 from
Paris to Miami. There were 197 people on board. The plane was diverted
to Boston, where it landed safely.
Moussaoui told the court he knew the World Trade Center attack was
coming and that he lied to investigators when arrested in August 2001
because he wanted it to happen.
"You lied because you wanted to conceal that you were a member of al-
Qaida?" prosecutor Rob Spencer asked.
"That's correct," Moussaoui said.
Spencer: "You lied so the plan could go forward?"
Moussaoui: "That's correct."
The exchange was key to the government's case that the attacks might
have been averted if Moussaoui had been more cooperative following his
arrest.
Moussaoui told the court he knew the attacks were coming some time
after August 2001 and bought a radio so he could hear them unfold.
Specifically, he said he knew the World Trade Center was going to be
attacked, but asserted he was not part of that plot and didn't know
the details.
Nineteen men pulled off the Sept. 11 attacks on New York in Washington
in the worst act of terrorism ever on U.S. soil.
"I had knowledge that the Twin Towers would be hit," Moussaoui said.
"I didn't know the details of this."
Asked by his lawyer why he signed his guilty plea in April as "the
20th hijacker," Moussaoui replied: "Because everybody used to refer to
me as the 20th hijacker and it was a bit of fun."
Before Moussaoui took the stand, his lawyers made a last attempt to
stop him from testifying, but failed. Defense attorney Gerald Zerkin
argued that his client would not be a competent witness because he has
contempt for the court, only recognizes Islamic law and therefore "the
affirmation he undertakes would be meaningless."
Moussaoui at first denied he was to have been a fifth hijack pilot
Sept. 11 but under cross examination spoke of the plan that would have
him attack the White House. He said Reid was the only person he knew
for sure would have been on that mission, but others were discussed.
The 19 terrorists on Sept. 11 hijacked and crashed four airliners,
killing nearly 3,000 people in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon
and on the planes. The intended target of the plane that crashed into
a Pennsylvania field remains unknown.
Moussaoui said he talked with an al-Qaida official in 1999 about why a
1993 bombing at the World Trade Center failed to bring the towers
down. He said "was asked in the same period for the first time if I
want to be a suicide pilot and I declined."
Just before Moussaoui took the stand, the court heard testimony that
two months before the attacks that a CIA deputy chief waited in vain
for permission to tell the FBI about a "very high interest" al-Qaida
operative who became one of the hijackers.
The official, a senior figure in the CIA's Osama bin Laden unit, said
he sought authorization on July 13, 2001, to send information to the
FBI but got no response for 10 days, then asked again.
As it turned out, the information on Khalid al-Mihdhar did not reach
the FBI until late August. At the time, CIA officers needed permission
from a special unit before passing certain intelligence on to the FBI.
The official was identified only as John. His written testimony was
read into the record.
"John's" testimony was part of the defense's case that federal
authorities missed multiple opportunities to catch hijackers and
perhaps thwart the 9/11 plot.
His testimony included an e-mail sent by FBI supervisor Michael
Maltbie discussing Moussaoui but playing down his terrorist
connections. Maltbie's e-mail said "there's no indication that
(Moussaoui) had plans for any nefarious activity."
He sent that e-mail to the CIA even after receiving a lengthy memo
from the FBI agent who arrested Moussaoui and suspected him of being a
terrorist with plans to hijack aircraft.
Prosecutors argue that Moussaoui, a French citizen, thwarted a prime
opportunity to track down the 9/11 hijackers and possibly unravel the
plot when he was arrested in August 2001 on immigration violations and
lied to the FBI about his al-Qaida membership and plans to hijack a
plane.
Had Moussaoui confessed, the FBI could have pursued leads that would
have led them to most of the hijackers, government witnesses have
testified.
To win the death penalty, prosecutors must first prove that
Moussaoui's actions _ specifically, his lies _ were directly
responsible for at least one death on Sept. 11.
If they fail, Moussaoui would get life in prison.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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"Get a Life" <getalife@papernapkin.net> wrote in message
news:rl0Wf.8629$9h5.7700@dukeread09...
*****.
Prove me wrong.
"What Me Worry?" <__@____.___> wrote in message
news:8uXVf.850816$x96.825822@attbi_s72...
The Moussaoui case is a fabricated red herring, designed to distract
attention from what really happened on 9/11. Available evidence does not
support the official story of 19 hijackers, thus any mention of the
hijackers is disinformation. Dragging Richard Reid into the story from
out of nowhere is a red flag: There is no evidence - aside from
Mousssaoui's recent revelation - that he had anything to do with the 9/11
plot; but Reid is well known by the frightened American population of
sheep (who now must remove their shoes before boarding airplanes.) This
is typical Bush tactic: Appeal to "brand name" bad guys, fabricate a
fairy story in which they collaborate, and sell it to the Faux News
sheeple as fact.
This is all just another disinformation dog-and-pony show, intended to
draw fire away from BushCo's downward spiral. It is a desperate attempt
to fan the flames of fear, legitimize the official 9/11 fairy tale and
legitimize Bush's actions since 9/11/01 all in one tidy bundle. It's as
fake as the "Fat Osama" video, which is the sum total of 'evidence' that
Osama masterminded the 9/11 attacks.
Watch closely as Moussaoui eagerly takes credit for al Queda involvement
in 9/11 (indeed, he is their only spokesman to date); but in the end he
will not be sentenced to death due to mishandling of the case. Oops! It
was no accident that his case was fumbled to avoid a death sentence. I
saw that coming a mile away, as any student of Bush-era disinformation
should have.
"Captain Compassion" <daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
news:8rdg22p5gqnu32afhjnle85mrpnq6bp8s8@4ax.com...
Moussaoui Says He Was to Hijack 5th Plane
Mar 27 1:39 PM US/Eastern
By MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press Writer
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
Al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui testified Monday that he and
would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid were supposed to hijack a fifth
airplane on Sept. 11, 2001, and fly it into the White House.
Moussaoui's testimony on his own behalf stunned the courtroom. His
account was in stark contrast to his previous statements in which he
said the White House attack was to come later if the United States
refused to release a radical Egyptian sheik imprisoned on earlier
terrorist convictions.
On Dec. 22, 2001, Reid was subdued by passengers when he attempted to
detonate a bomb in his shoe aboard American Airlines Flight 63 from
Paris to Miami. There were 197 people on board. The plane was diverted
to Boston, where it landed safely.
Moussaoui told the court he knew the World Trade Center attack was
coming and that he lied to investigators when arrested in August 2001
because he wanted it to happen.
"You lied because you wanted to conceal that you were a member of al-
Qaida?" prosecutor Rob Spencer asked.
"That's correct," Moussaoui said.
Spencer: "You lied so the plan could go forward?"
Moussaoui: "That's correct."
The exchange was key to the government's case that the attacks might
have been averted if Moussaoui had been more cooperative following his
arrest.
Moussaoui told the court he knew the attacks were coming some time
after August 2001 and bought a radio so he could hear them unfold.
Specifically, he said he knew the World Trade Center was going to be
attacked, but asserted he was not part of that plot and didn't know
the details.
Nineteen men pulled off the Sept. 11 attacks on New York in Washington
in the worst act of terrorism ever on U.S. soil.
"I had knowledge that the Twin Towers would be hit," Moussaoui said.
"I didn't know the details of this."
Asked by his lawyer why he signed his guilty plea in April as "the
20th hijacker," Moussaoui replied: "Because everybody used to refer to
me as the 20th hijacker and it was a bit of fun."
Before Moussaoui took the stand, his lawyers made a last attempt to
stop him from testifying, but failed. Defense attorney Gerald Zerkin
argued that his client would not be a competent witness because he has
contempt for the court, only recognizes Islamic law and therefore "the
affirmation he undertakes would be meaningless."
Moussaoui at first denied he was to have been a fifth hijack pilot
Sept. 11 but under cross examination spoke of the plan that would have
him attack the White House. He said Reid was the only person he knew
for sure would have been on that mission, but others were discussed.
The 19 terrorists on Sept. 11 hijacked and crashed four airliners,
killing nearly 3,000 people in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon
and on the planes. The intended target of the plane that crashed into
a Pennsylvania field remains unknown.
Moussaoui said he talked with an al-Qaida official in 1999 about why a
1993 bombing at the World Trade Center failed to bring the towers
down. He said "was asked in the same period for the first time if I
want to be a suicide pilot and I declined."
Just before Moussaoui took the stand, the court heard testimony that
two months before the attacks that a CIA deputy chief waited in vain
for permission to tell the FBI about a "very high interest" al-Qaida
operative who became one of the hijackers.
The official, a senior figure in the CIA's Osama bin Laden unit, said
he sought authorization on July 13, 2001, to send information to the
FBI but got no response for 10 days, then asked again.
As it turned out, the information on Khalid al-Mihdhar did not reach
the FBI until late August. At the time, CIA officers needed permission
from a special unit before passing certain intelligence on to the FBI.
The official was identified only as John. His written testimony was
read into the record.
"John's" testimony was part of the defense's case that federal
authorities missed multiple opportunities to catch hijackers and
perhaps thwart the 9/11 plot.
His testimony included an e-mail sent by FBI supervisor Michael
Maltbie discussing Moussaoui but playing down his terrorist
connections. Maltbie's e-mail said "there's no indication that
(Moussaoui) had plans for any nefarious activity."
He sent that e-mail to the CIA even after receiving a lengthy memo
from the FBI agent who arrested Moussaoui and suspected him of being a
terrorist with plans to hijack aircraft.
Prosecutors argue that Moussaoui, a French citizen, thwarted a prime
opportunity to track down the 9/11 hijackers and possibly unravel the
plot when he was arrested in August 2001 on immigration violations and
lied to the FBI about his al-Qaida membership and plans to hijack a
plane.
Had Moussaoui confessed, the FBI could have pursued leads that would
have led them to most of the hijackers, government witnesses have
testified.
To win the death penalty, prosecutors must first prove that
Moussaoui's actions _ specifically, his lies _ were directly
responsible for at least one death on Sept. 11.
If they fail, Moussaoui would get life in prison.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it
takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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27 Mar 2006 03:42:44 PM |
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On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:59:00 GMT, "What Me Worry?" <__@____.___>
wrote:
The Moussaoui case is a fabricated red herring, designed to distract
attention from what really happened on 9/11. Available evidence does not
support the official story of 19 hijackers, thus any mention of the
hijackers is disinformation. Dragging Richard Reid into the story from out
of nowhere is a red flag: There is no evidence - aside from Mousssaoui's
recent revelation - that he had anything to do with the 9/11 plot; but Reid
is well known by the frightened American population of sheep (who now must
remove their shoes before boarding airplanes.) This is typical Bush tactic:
Appeal to "brand name" bad guys, fabricate a fairy story in which they
collaborate, and sell it to the Faux News sheeple as fact.
This is all just another disinformation dog-and-pony show, intended to draw
fire away from BushCo's downward spiral. It is a desperate attempt to fan
the flames of fear, legitimize the official 9/11 fairy tale and legitimize
Bush's actions since 9/11/01 all in one tidy bundle. It's as fake as the
"Fat Osama" video, which is the sum total of 'evidence' that Osama
masterminded the 9/11 attacks.
Watch closely as Moussaoui eagerly takes credit for al Queda involvement in
9/11 (indeed, he is their only spokesman to date); but in the end he will
not be sentenced to death due to mishandling of the case. Oops! It was no
accident that his case was fumbled to avoid a death sentence. I saw that
coming a mile away, as any student of Bush-era disinformation should have.
So Moussaoui is a Bush stooge? Next you will be saying that Moussaoui
is an Israeli agent.
"Captain Compassion" <daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
news:8rdg22p5gqnu32afhjnle85mrpnq6bp8s8@4ax.com...
Moussaoui Says He Was to Hijack 5th Plane
Mar 27 1:39 PM US/Eastern
By MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press Writer
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
Al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui testified Monday that he and
would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid were supposed to hijack a fifth
airplane on Sept. 11, 2001, and fly it into the White House.
Moussaoui's testimony on his own behalf stunned the courtroom. His
account was in stark contrast to his previous statements in which he
said the White House attack was to come later if the United States
refused to release a radical Egyptian sheik imprisoned on earlier
terrorist convictions.
On Dec. 22, 2001, Reid was subdued by passengers when he attempted to
detonate a bomb in his shoe aboard American Airlines Flight 63 from
Paris to Miami. There were 197 people on board. The plane was diverted
to Boston, where it landed safely.
Moussaoui told the court he knew the World Trade Center attack was
coming and that he lied to investigators when arrested in August 2001
because he wanted it to happen.
"You lied because you wanted to conceal that you were a member of al-
Qaida?" prosecutor Rob Spencer asked.
"That's correct," Moussaoui said.
Spencer: "You lied so the plan could go forward?"
Moussaoui: "That's correct."
The exchange was key to the government's case that the attacks might
have been averted if Moussaoui had been more cooperative following his
arrest.
Moussaoui told the court he knew the attacks were coming some time
after August 2001 and bought a radio so he could hear them unfold.
Specifically, he said he knew the World Trade Center was going to be
attacked, but asserted he was not part of that plot and didn't know
the details.
Nineteen men pulled off the Sept. 11 attacks on New York in Washington
in the worst act of terrorism ever on U.S. soil.
"I had knowledge that the Twin Towers would be hit," Moussaoui said.
"I didn't know the details of this."
Asked by his lawyer why he signed his guilty plea in April as "the
20th hijacker," Moussaoui replied: "Because everybody used to refer to
me as the 20th hijacker and it was a bit of fun."
Before Moussaoui took the stand, his lawyers made a last attempt to
stop him from testifying, but failed. Defense attorney Gerald Zerkin
argued that his client would not be a competent witness because he has
contempt for the court, only recognizes Islamic law and therefore "the
affirmation he undertakes would be meaningless."
Moussaoui at first denied he was to have been a fifth hijack pilot
Sept. 11 but under cross examination spoke of the plan that would have
him attack the White House. He said Reid was the only person he knew
for sure would have been on that mission, but others were discussed.
The 19 terrorists on Sept. 11 hijacked and crashed four airliners,
killing nearly 3,000 people in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon
and on the planes. The intended target of the plane that crashed into
a Pennsylvania field remains unknown.
Moussaoui said he talked with an al-Qaida official in 1999 about why a
1993 bombing at the World Trade Center failed to bring the towers
down. He said "was asked in the same period for the first time if I
want to be a suicide pilot and I declined."
Just before Moussaoui took the stand, the court heard testimony that
two months before the attacks that a CIA deputy chief waited in vain
for permission to tell the FBI about a "very high interest" al-Qaida
operative who became one of the hijackers.
The official, a senior figure in the CIA's Osama bin Laden unit, said
he sought authorization on July 13, 2001, to send information to the
FBI but got no response for 10 days, then asked again.
As it turned out, the information on Khalid al-Mihdhar did not reach
the FBI until late August. At the time, CIA officers needed permission
from a special unit before passing certain intelligence on to the FBI.
The official was identified only as John. His written testimony was
read into the record.
"John's" testimony was part of the defense's case that federal
authorities missed multiple opportunities to catch hijackers and
perhaps thwart the 9/11 plot.
His testimony included an e-mail sent by FBI supervisor Michael
Maltbie discussing Moussaoui but playing down his terrorist
connections. Maltbie's e-mail said "there's no indication that
(Moussaoui) had plans for any nefarious activity."
He sent that e-mail to the CIA even after receiving a lengthy memo
from the FBI agent who arrested Moussaoui and suspected him of being a
terrorist with plans to hijack aircraft.
Prosecutors argue that Moussaoui, a French citizen, thwarted a prime
opportunity to track down the 9/11 hijackers and possibly unravel the
plot when he was arrested in August 2001 on immigration violations and
lied to the FBI about his al-Qaida membership and plans to hijack a
plane.
Had Moussaoui confessed, the FBI could have pursued leads that would
have led them to most of the hijackers, government witnesses have
testified.
To win the death penalty, prosecutors must first prove that
Moussaoui's actions _ specifically, his lies _ were directly
responsible for at least one death on Sept. 11.
If they fail, Moussaoui would get life in prison.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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27 Mar 2006 04:33:10 PM |
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Captain Compassion wrote:
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:59:00 GMT, "What Me Worry?" <__@____.___>
wrote:
The Moussaoui case is a fabricated red herring, designed to distract
attention from what really happened on 9/11. Available evidence does not
support the official story of 19 hijackers, thus any mention of the
hijackers is disinformation. Dragging Richard Reid into the story from out
of nowhere is a red flag: There is no evidence - aside from Mousssaoui's
recent revelation - that he had anything to do with the 9/11 plot; but Reid
is well known by the frightened American population of sheep (who now must
remove their shoes before boarding airplanes.) This is typical Bush tactic:
Appeal to "brand name" bad guys, fabricate a fairy story in which they
collaborate, and sell it to the Faux News sheeple as fact.
This is all just another disinformation dog-and-pony show, intended to draw
fire away from BushCo's downward spiral. It is a desperate attempt to fan
the flames of fear, legitimize the official 9/11 fairy tale and legitimize
Bush's actions since 9/11/01 all in one tidy bundle. It's as fake as the
"Fat Osama" video, which is the sum total of 'evidence' that Osama
masterminded the 9/11 attacks.
Watch closely as Moussaoui eagerly takes credit for al Queda involvement in
9/11 (indeed, he is their only spokesman to date); but in the end he will
not be sentenced to death due to mishandling of the case. Oops! It was no
accident that his case was fumbled to avoid a death sentence. I saw that
coming a mile away, as any student of Bush-era disinformation should have.
So Moussaoui is a Bush stooge? Next you will be saying that Moussaoui
is an Israeli agent.
Moussaoui is a clown, Cap'n. Haven't you figured that out by now?
"I don't want to learn how to land this airplane. I just need to know
how to fly it!"
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| User: "Captain Compassion" |
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| Title: Re: Moussaoui Says He Was to Hijack 5th Plane |
27 Mar 2006 09:02:16 PM |
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On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:33:10 -0800, "Erik A. Mattila"
<eam@nospamimpix.com> wrote:
Captain Compassion wrote:
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:59:00 GMT, "What Me Worry?" <__@____.___>
wrote:
The Moussaoui case is a fabricated red herring, designed to distract
attention from what really happened on 9/11. Available evidence does not
support the official story of 19 hijackers, thus any mention of the
hijackers is disinformation. Dragging Richard Reid into the story from out
of nowhere is a red flag: There is no evidence - aside from Mousssaoui's
recent revelation - that he had anything to do with the 9/11 plot; but Reid
is well known by the frightened American population of sheep (who now must
remove their shoes before boarding airplanes.) This is typical Bush tactic:
Appeal to "brand name" bad guys, fabricate a fairy story in which they
collaborate, and sell it to the Faux News sheeple as fact.
This is all just another disinformation dog-and-pony show, intended to draw
fire away from BushCo's downward spiral. It is a desperate attempt to fan
the flames of fear, legitimize the official 9/11 fairy tale and legitimize
Bush's actions since 9/11/01 all in one tidy bundle. It's as fake as the
"Fat Osama" video, which is the sum total of 'evidence' that Osama
masterminded the 9/11 attacks.
Watch closely as Moussaoui eagerly takes credit for al Queda involvement in
9/11 (indeed, he is their only spokesman to date); but in the end he will
not be sentenced to death due to mishandling of the case. Oops! It was no
accident that his case was fumbled to avoid a death sentence. I saw that
coming a mile away, as any student of Bush-era disinformation should have.
So Moussaoui is a Bush stooge? Next you will be saying that Moussaoui
is an Israeli agent.
Moussaoui is a clown, Cap'n. Haven't you figured that out by now?
"I don't want to learn how to land this airplane. I just need to know
how to fly it!"
The Captain will agree that Moussaoui isn't the sharpest pencil in the
box.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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| User: "Gogarty" |
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| Title: Re: Moussaoui Says He Was to Hijack 5th Plane |
27 Mar 2006 04:11:07 PM |
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In article <7vmg22p91894gsvqmhd1gi605smdv3a28b@4ax.com>,
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net says...
So Moussaoui is a Bush stooge? Next you will be saying that Moussaoui
is an Israeli agent.
Hmmmmm. Funny you should bring that up.
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| User: "F. H." |
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| Title: Re: Moussaoui Says He Was to Hijack 5th Plane |
27 Mar 2006 02:53:30 PM |
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What Me Worry? wrote:
The Moussaoui case is a fabricated red herring, designed to distract
attention from what really happened on 9/11. Available evidence does not
support the official story of 19 hijackers, thus any mention of the
hijackers is disinformation. Dragging Richard Reid into the story from out
of nowhere is a red flag:
Bingo!
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