TagsTagsThere’s a new audio tape supposedly from Osama bin Laden, in which he (or an amazing facsimile) says that Zacarias Moussaoui was not part of the 9/11 plot. CAIRO, Egypt - Osama bin Laden purportedly said in an audio tape Tuesday that Zacarias Moussaoui — the only person convicted in the ...
It took only a few days for Zacarias Moussaoui to begin trying to work the American legal system again: Moussaoui asks for new trial. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Less than a week after he was jailed for life over the September 11 attacks, Al-Qaeda plotter Zacarias Moussaoui submitted a motion asking ...
Zacarias Moussaoui, 9/11, Islam, Death Penalty, Life Sentence
At Counterterrorism Blog, Walid Phares examines the lessons of the Zacarias Moussaoui trial: Wrong Court, Wrong Debate. The debate on the Moussaoui case won’t stop, nationwide and beyond, in view of the progressive realization by most Americans and many citizens of other democracies that this case will be a benchmark in ...
They’re telling us that these will be Zacarias Moussaoui’s final public words: Moussaoui: U.S. Will Never Catch Bin Laden. “God save Osama bin Laden — you will never get him,” Moussaoui declared moments after walking into the courtroom flashing a victory sign. “You have branded me as a terrorist or a criminal ...
Zacarias Moussaoui, 9/11, Islam, Death Penalty, Life Sentence, France
The lawyer for Zacarias Moussaoui’s mother says, “The fight isn’t over — far from it.” The lawyer for Zacarias Moussaoui’s mother expressed delight Wednesday that the Frenchman was spared the death penalty, and vowed to lead a legal battle to bring the al-Qaida conspirator home. A federal jury in Alexandria, Va., on ...
Zacarias Moussaoui, 9/11, Islam, Death Penalty, Life Sentence, France
According to this AP release at the Jerusalem Post, France is offering Zacarias Moussaoui consular protection. The French government is offering Zacarias Moussaoui the consular protection he deserves as a French national, but so far the al-Qaida conspirator has not asked for it, the French Embassy said Wednesday. In a press communique, ...
Zacarias Moussaoui, 9/11, Islam, Death Penalty, Life Sentence, France
Allahpundit’s going through the juror answers in the Zacarias Moussaoui death penalty trial, and he’s found the only two mitigating factors that a majority of jurors agreed the defense had proved: He had a rough childhood. UPDATE at 5/3/06 6:16:23 pm: I wonder what sort of childhood this person (no way to ...
Zacarias Moussaoui, 9/11, Islam, Death Penalty, Life Sentence
In January 2002, I wrote this about the decision to try Zacarias Moussaoui in a criminal court: A criminal trial is too good for the likes of Zacarias Moussaoui, who by any definition of the words has to be considered a spy and a saboteur. But he will now be afforded ...
Zacarias Moussaoui, 9/11, Islam, Death Penalty, Life Sentence
Moussaoui Gets Life in Prison. A federal jury decided Wednesday al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui deserves life in prison for his role in the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history, on Sept. 11, 2001. On the seventh day of deliberation, the jury of nine men and three women informed Judge Leonie Brinkema ...
Here are the documents and photo exhibits used by the government in their case against Islamic terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui, including some photos of 9/11 never shown by mainstream media: Moussaoui trial exhibits and documents. (Hat tip: RaiderDan.) Warning: some disturbingly graphic pictures.
OpinionJournal on The Meaning of Moussaoui. The further we move away from 9/11 without another domestic attack, the more tempting it is to believe that awful day was an aberration, to think that we can return to normalcy if we merely leave Iraq and the other Middle Eastern regimes to their ...
I’ve heard numerous TV and radio commentators say they thought Zacarias Moussaoui was psychotic, deranged, insane, and variations on that theme. But if you understand that he looks at the world through a filter of radical Islam and jihad, his evil mindset—the same mentality that drove the hijackers on 9/11—makes perfect ...
Some of the video footage that’s been hidden from us by the media is apparently being played for the jury in Zacarias Moussaoui’s sentencing trial: Giuliani Tells Moussaoui Jury About 9/11. ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The stories and photos of three young girls, all of whom lost parents in the Sept. 11 ...
In a few minutes, the jury will announce their verdict in the death-sentence trial of confessed Islamic terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui... UPDATE at 4/3/06 1:08:18 pm: Moussaoui is eligible for the death penalty.