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Moussaoui Gets Life in Prison (No Death Penalty for the Ranting Jihadist Looney Tune)
Breitbart.com ^ | 05/03/06 | Michael J. Sniffer

Posted on 05/03/2006 1:44:47 PM PDT by MikeA

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 that it had reached a decision. The verdict was announced at 4:30 p.m. EDT.

Moussaoui, a 37-year-old Frenchman of Moroccan descent, is the only person charged in this country in connection with the suicide jetliner hijackings that killed nearly 3,000 people at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field.

The verdict came after four years of legal maneuvering and a six-week trial that put jurors on an emotional roller coaster.

The panel of northern Virginia residents was shown gruesome never- before-released images of the carnage that day, heard the first public playing of the cockpit recorder from United Flight 93 whose passengers tried to retake the jet over Pennsylvania, and watched and listened as dozens of victims and relatives described the horrors and losses they had endured.

The nine men and three women deliberated about 40 hours. They had found Moussaoui eligible for execution after more than 16 hours of deliberations in late March and early April.

Although he was in jail on immigration violations on Sept. 11, the jury ruled that lies he told federal agents the month before the attacks kept the government from identifying and stopping some of the hijackers.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alqaidaislaughing; moussaoui; terrorism; terrortrials; usalaughingstock; wot
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To: The Great RJ
It would be very fitting to have him being sodomized

Except that he might actually like that.

181 posted on 05/03/2006 7:06:02 PM PDT by El Gato
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To: conserv13
I respect the US legal system and the jury's decision.

I'd like to find out more about the jury selection in this case. How many jurors had to be sieved through to find a panel that didn't already have exposure to and opinions about the events in question? And how ignorant were the ones eventually picked?

182 posted on 05/03/2006 7:15:15 PM PDT by El Gato
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To: Wiseghy
BTW, I have no doubt that any sensible warden will refuse press interviews or any other contact with him indefinitely.

Well, until some federal judge somewhere orders the Warden to allow such. I'm sure CBS, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, and others are preparing their briefs as we type.

183 posted on 05/03/2006 7:21:35 PM PDT by El Gato
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To: El Gato; cardinal4

Feed the filthy heathen pork only products. Let him know that when he dies of starvation, he'll be covered in bacon grease to ease his descent into hell.


184 posted on 05/03/2006 7:32:46 PM PDT by Ax (Yes, I had to look up "proselytize" in the dictionary.)
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To: JimRed
Israelis NEVER negotiate with hostage takers.

So what was that massive release of several hundred prisoners a few years ago, for the remains of three dead Israelis?

Oh, that was a "good will" gesture.

Don't get me started on the Elchanan Tannenbaum fiasco.

185 posted on 05/03/2006 7:39:29 PM PDT by Alouette (Psalms of the Day: 29-34)
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To: El Gato

He got to wear the cloth-thing on his head, during court,according to the drawings I saw.


186 posted on 05/04/2006 3:36:45 AM PDT by The Worthless Miracle ("Better put some ice on that")
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To: Peach
Yes.

The Daily News? I'm sure they know everything there is to know about the situation.

Moussy needs the Ricky Reid sentencing speech read to him, then he needs to disappear into a supermax black hole forever.

He's wrong. We won. The system worked. Not even his silly lies skewed the system. It'd be nice to believe we snagged a guy who really was doing everything he claimed. But do you really believe this guy and Mr. Fire-Extinguisher-to-the-head were going to pull off an 'operation'?

We don't need his mug on a martyr recruiting poster.

187 posted on 05/04/2006 5:28:50 AM PDT by lugsoul ("Crash" - the movie that teaches we are all incurable racists, except when we are not.)
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To: MikeA
I understand he left the court room with the comment: "America - you lost. I won."

Had I been on the jury, I would have stood up at that point and said "I've changed my mind - give him the chair!"

188 posted on 05/04/2006 5:40:33 AM PDT by Tokra (I think I'll retire to Bedlam.)
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To: Alouette

I don't remember that incident. I'll try to google it up later. But, isn't current Israeli policy not to negotiate for hostages?


189 posted on 05/04/2006 5:56:04 AM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help m)
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To: lugsoul

That link quoted Peter Lance about Ramzi Yousef still directing operations with jihadists; he details this in several articles and a book. This is the same prison where Moussy will be incarcerated. I have little comfort thinking that Moussy will be kept in what you and I think of as true solitary confinement.


190 posted on 05/04/2006 6:02:43 AM PDT by Peach
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To: Peach
I'd be more concerned if your sources for your concern were something other than a professional conspiracy theorist who wants to sell books and a 'newspaper' that seems hell-bent on downgrading itself to a tabloid.

If you believe what some of these folks have to say, Yousef had Flight 800 blown up from inside the supermax. You may believe that, too, since I get the sense that you believe that OK City, the first WTC bombing, 9/11, AQ, Yousef and Saddam Hussein are all pieces of the same puzzle.

My response is that anyone who believes that must necessarily believe that the current administration is either dangerously incompetent in the WOT or purposefully lying to the American people. And I don't think you believe either of those things. But if all these things are linked so well that a Lance or a Mylroie without full access to classified info can figure it out, why can't the gov't figure it out?

191 posted on 05/04/2006 8:10:52 AM PDT by lugsoul ("Crash" - the movie that teaches we are all incurable racists, except when we are not.)
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To: lugsoul

I'm glad you have so much confidence in the government, regardless of which administration is in power. And that they don't cover up for each other.


192 posted on 05/04/2006 8:26:49 AM PDT by Peach
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To: Peach
Your response begs the question - cover up for each other for what?

Any of the basic assumptions underlying the grand conspiracy theory - Yousef was working for the AQ/Saddam joint venture; This JV blew up Flight 800; This JV blew up OK City - is HELPFUL to the positions of the Admin. For what purpose do you presume they would bury these things?

It comes down to the difference between snippets and proof. There may be snippets that can be interpreted in a certain way. One can presume that the lack of anything more, in words or actions, from the government means that the snippets are just that, and don't pan out as proof under the microscope. This doesn't prevent people from pointing to the snippets and trying to connect dots without any proof of the line between the dots. The other possible presumption is that the snippets are indicative of a greater truth, which bolsters the fundamental case presented by the Admin for its actions, but which is buried by that same Admin for reasons unstated.

Occam says the former is more likely.

193 posted on 05/04/2006 8:43:32 AM PDT by lugsoul ("Crash" - the movie that teaches we are all incurable racists, except when we are not.)
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To: MikeA; All
Now he gets to make a thousand unreasonable demands upon the prison officials.Beginning with turn his commode in a direction that he can doodoo without offending Allah, etc., etc.

Rather than sending the SOB to hell, the jury sentenced him to making the lives of prison officials hell.

That's justice?
194 posted on 05/04/2006 8:56:36 AM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (Those waiting to legally immigrate, weren't invited to the illegal alien Mayday riot.Why ?)
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To: El Gato

This kind of miscarriage of justice happens because the words of the Constitution have been twisted from having the right to a speedy trial by an "impartial jury" to a "jury of one's peers." Hence, a rapist is now supposed to be tried by a jury of rapists, a murderer by a jury of murderers, a child molester by a jury of child molesters,a terrorist by a jury of..........


195 posted on 05/04/2006 9:03:00 AM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (Those waiting to legally immigrate, weren't invited to the illegal alien Mayday riot.Why ?)
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To: F.J. Mitchell
Are you saying that the jury was composed of terrorists, and that's why he didn't get death?

If that's not what you are saying, what are you saying?

196 posted on 05/04/2006 9:19:01 AM PDT by lugsoul ("Crash" - the movie that teaches we are all incurable racists, except when we are not.)
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To: lugsoul

In plain English,I am saying the jury was either composed of his peers or absolute idiots.


197 posted on 05/04/2006 9:32:34 AM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (Those waiting to legally immigrate, weren't invited to the illegal alien Mayday riot.Why ?)
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To: Rollee

(((What's Sirhan Sirhan up to these days? Is he still alive?)))

Years ago I heard a quote from Sirhan that made my blood boil (yes, I admit it, I like Bobby Kennedy). He said, "Kennedy had a chance to have his children...when do I get my turn?"

GRRRR!


198 posted on 05/04/2006 9:34:11 AM PDT by freepertoo
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To: F.J. Mitchell
And, when you say his "peers", since your post attempted to elaborate by using examples (rapist tried by rapists, etc.), are you, in plain English, saying that the jurors were terrorists?

The absolute idiots alternative does not support your explanation about constitutional interpretation or the alleged shift - which, btw, is an absolute crock as there has never been any decision holding that jurors must have similar avocations or criminal experiences as the accused - so are you calling - in plain English - the jurors 'terrorists'?

199 posted on 05/04/2006 9:46:49 AM PDT by lugsoul ("Crash" - the movie that teaches we are all incurable racists, except when we are not.)
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To: wideawake
Didn't you hear the Jury felt sorry for him because his Dad spanked him when he was just a boy !!!
200 posted on 05/04/2006 10:43:14 AM PDT by LM_Guy
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