Zacarias Moussaoui, on trial for his connection with the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, is a paranoid schizophrenic, a defense psychologist told a jury. Moussaoui faces the death penalty.
Posted on 04/18/2006 10:41:01 AM PDT by wallcrawlr
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Zacarias Moussaoui's behavior is abnormal even for an al-Qaida terrorist, a defense psychologist testified Tuesday.
Xavier Amador diagnosed the Sept. 11, 2001, conspirator with paranoid schizophrenia after observing his actions and writings since 2002. He cited delusional beliefs firmly held by Moussaoui, including his conviction that President Bush will free him from prison and that his court-appointed lawyers are in a conspiracy to kill him.
He also contrasted Moussaoui's erratic behavior with that of several other al-Qaida terrorists who have been tried in U.S. criminal court.
The defense introduced affidavits filed by lawyers for Ramzi Yousef, serving life in prison for the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center, and other al-Qaida members. All the lawyers said their clients actively assisted their defense and did not believe their lawyers were working against them.
"What we see with this individual is unique to him," Amador said. "It's not al-Qaida."
Amador said his diagnosis was confirmed after an April 2005 encounter with Moussaoui in which the defendant repeatedly spit water on him — and appeared to be talking to himself.
Amador said the visit lasted for about an hour, and Moussaoui spent much of the time telling Amador to go away. Amador observed Moussaoui talking to himself in a manner that did not appear to be prayer, the witness said.
When Amador refused to go away, he said, Moussaoui spit water at him more than a dozen times, then resigned himself to Amador's presence.
Moussaoui then complained that guards used excessive force in taking him from his Alexandria jail cell to a deposition at the federal courthouse. And he told Amador that Bush would release him from prison.
Government experts have reached conclusions that diverge from Amador's statements, and are expected to testify later this week in rebuttal.
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Good. Kill both of his personalities.
Just cause he's crazy, that's no reason not to kill him.
Also, if his mom had only breastfed him, 9/11 never would have happened.
What's wrong with these people?!
He still looks like that guy from Hootie and the Blowfish! Does anyone have a picture of them together? Just a coincidence I'm sure.
Gee, why didn't they just say so right at the very beginning? Let's let him go free.
Islam: Welcoming the mentally ill( and causing them) for centuries!
As opposed to most other Islamic terrorists, who are mentally stable. /sarc
Noooo! Say it isn't so! /sarcasm
Do the Dolphins make him cry too?
Note to lawyer: All mass murderers are mentally ill. Healthy people don't conspire to kill others.
Crazy like me
:-) Best zinger of the week.
(chortle)
So.
LoL, He does look like Hootie.
Moussaoui is mentally ill alright. With Paranoid Islaphenia. It's pandemic and has affected over a billion world wide.
Beat me by 16 seconds!
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