ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (CNN) -- Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person charged in the United States in the terrorism conspiracy behind the 9/11 attacks, pleaded guilty Friday to all six counts against him. |
I can't believe he pleaded guilty. I thought for sure we'd hear one of those long screeds denouncing America as the Great Satan, proclaiming he was doing Allah's will, and let's not forget the virgins awaiting him in heaven for his work.
Moussaoui, 36, could get the death penalty for his crimes -- a penalty he said he would resist.
"I will fight every inch of the death penalty," he said in court Friday. |
Oh please resist. That will make it all the more satisfying watching the trial and sentencing.
Moussaoui denied direct involvement in the attacks of September 11, 2001, but said he was part of a broader al Qaeda conspiracy to "use planes as weapons." |
Ah that old stand by defense of "I didn't do it, but that sure was a damn good idea." That works every time. Just ask OJ.
When U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema asked how he was going to plead, Moussaoui said, "Guilty." In making the plea, Moussaoui gave up all rights of appeal and said he understood he could receive the death penalty. |
Good. Less court fees down the road. Can we raid his bank account to pay for every public hearing he's had thus far?
Moussaoui's defense attorneys had objected to his decision to plead guilty and they filed papers Friday arguing that he was not mentally competent to enter his plea. |
No way, the defense attorney doesn't want his client dead? I guess it's harder to charge hours to a corpse.
Moussaoui, a French citizen of Moroccan heritage, had been accused of six conspiracies: to commit acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries, to commit aircraft piracy, to destroy aircraft, to use weapons of mass destruction, to murder U.S. government employees and to destroy U.S. government property. |
Those damn frogs are behind it! The Middle East generally believes 9/11 was a Jewish conspiracy, but maybe the French were behind it! That would explain their general standoffish, selfish, and their total lack of principles nature. For more evidence of their sneakiness check House of Wheels.
He was arrested a month before the September 11 attacks after raising suspicions at a Minnesota flight school when he showed up paying close to $7,000 cash for Boeing 747 simulator training. |
Well we got one of the bastards. If only our intelligence agencies had been on their game a little more, we may have been able to stop the whole thing.... |
