Posted on 05/23/2006 2:07:43 PM PDT by conservative in nyc
DUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden said Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person convicted in a U.S. court for the September 11 attacks, had nothing to do with the operations, according to a Web site audiotape released on Tuesday.
Bin Laden said he had personally assigned tasks to the 19 hijackers who staged the attacks on U.S. cities which killed about 3,000 people.
"The truth is that he has no connection whatsoever with the events of September 11. I am certain of what I say because I was responsible for entrusting the 19 brothers ... with the raids," said the speaker who sounded like the leader of Al Qaeda.
The authenticity of the tape could not be verified. It was posted on a Web site often used by Al Qaeda.
Moussaoui was sentenced on May 4 to life in prison with no chance of release, ending 4-1/2 years of legal wrangling over his fate.
The 37-year-old French citizen of Moroccan descent pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy in connection with the attacks, in which hijacked airliners were flown into buildings in New York City and Washington D.C.
Some U.S. officials initially said they believed Moussaoui was to have taken part in the September 11 attacks as a 20th hijacker. Others later said he was supposed to have been part of a second wave of attacks that were not carried out.
More to come, I'm sure.
Well if he said, it must be true. Riiight.
Blah, blah, blah.
Jail sucks, huh?
Bin Laden wouldn't LIE, would he?
That's good enough for me. Cut him loose.
why didn't he come over here to court and say that?
The Moussaoui defense: get a mass murderer to vouch for your innocence.
The ACLU will soon demand his release!!
He should have testified in his behalf then.
SOB is long over due to be put in the ground. But he's going to end up there without question because we have brave warriors risking all hunting his sorry as$ 24/7.
Killing him is going to have a larger impact then most "experts" acknowledge or even understand.
Mooseowie was not the 20th hijacker. There were only 19 hijackers. Why? 19 is a sacred number to the muslims. Just ask Louie
"FARRAKHAN: Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president. Thomas Jefferson, the third president, and 16 and three make 19 again. What is so deep about this number 19? Why are we standing on the Capitol steps today? That number 19 -- when you have a nine you have a womb that is pregnant. And when you have a one standing by the nine, it means that there's something secret that has to be unfolded."
But... But... I thought that the 9/11 attacks were organized by the Mossad... Er, I mean, by the Bush Administration working through the CIA...
So, um, that must mean that, um, Bin Laden was working for Bush. Yeah, that's what it means... (/sarcasm)
Well, this is sure a good reason to let him go.............Nah, Bubba still wants some fun!!! Besides, he can still say "Death to America", while dealing with Bubba!!
Funny how the trial "flushed him out." Couldn't keep quiet when we were talking about his "big day."
Well, let's subpoena the son of a bitch and see if he's willing to say that under oath.
"Of course the Easter Bunny is real," the old man reassured me. And my faith was once again restored, for I knew that Santa would never lie.
Yup, good 'nuff for me. Let 'im go.
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