Hey! I converted too! Really!
Posted on 10/11/2007 10:42:34 AM PDT by Squidpup
Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, claims he converted from Islam to Christianity, Scott Pelley reports in a story that brings viewers inside the secretive "Supermax" prison where he is being held. Pelley also reports that some 900 force feedings were performed on other al-Qaeda terrorists who went on repeated hunger strikes to protest conditions at the Colorado top-security federal prison. The 60 MINUTES segment will be broadcast Sunday Oct. 14 (7:30-9:00 PM, ET/7:00-9:00 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network.
The prison in Florence, Colo., which the government calls ADX-Florence for Administrative Maximum, houses the nation's toughest and most infamous criminals, such as Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph, would-be 9/11 terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui, Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols and shoe bomber Richard Reid. 60 MINUTES obtained exclusive footage of prisoners inside the facility, where special-case prisoners are allowed only a phone call a month, spend 23 hours a day in their 12-by-7 cells and can get mail only from people approved by the prison.
Robert Hood, its warden from 2002 to 2005, says Yousef was a special case. He never left his cell because he did not want to face the indignity of a strip search required for recreation. "He has that Charlie Manson look," says Hood of Yousef. "He has some charisma about him. He's in [prison] uniform, but you know that there's a powerful person you're looking at," Hood says. Told that Yousef has begun leaving his cell and now claims to be a Christian, Hood says, "He's playing a game with someone. If he's doing that, he's doing it for the reaction....He is the real deal," he tells Pelley. As a Muslim, Yousef prayed almost every hour, remembers Hood.
Other Qaeda terrorists protested the special conditions with hunger strikes that Hood had to end with force feedings. "I probably...authorized, conducted 350, maybe 400 involuntary feedings," recalls Hood. "You could have one person, three meals a day for...two months."
Pelley also speaks with a corrections officer inside ADX-Florence, who tells him what she heard on 9/11 after terrorist prisoners saw the destruction on their televisions. "We had a lot of them jump up and down. ...scream and yell and clap and they were very excited," says Barbara Batulis, who heads the prison's staff union. She also characterizes the Muslim extremists as needy. "They want more than what they have coming," she says. "They want extra toilet paper...writing paper...extra envelopes and if you can't give them, they want to see a supervisor right then and there."
Batulis would rather work among the other prisoners because she is female. "It's very obvious, [Muslim extremists] just look at you with sheer disdain." Hate can turn into threats. "A terrorist inmate threatened to kill my family, because I was doing my job," Batulis tells Pelley. Batulis says the prison needs more officers. "...We are very short staffed. I firmly believe that staff lives are at stake," she says.
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I pray that the statements about his conversion are true. There is little to gain by a false profession (no parole) and a lot to lose (his family is at risk of being punished). Any time a person accepts Christ is a time for rejoicing and I hope this is a time for the angels in Heaven to sing. That having been said, he still deserves to be imprisoned for his crimes. May he be a light before those around him - both prisoners and staff. If he has become a believer, he can minister right where he is and be bless for his obedience.
It was a joke.
Saul the terrorist [Saul] came to Christ so can this guy. Great, but it should not have ANY bearing on his sentence.
Seems like a ruse to me. But to check, they could make sure his daily diet includes a pork sandwich and a beer...
I would like to learn on that case if possible. Details, report, source?
Ramzi Yousef was convicted of the Bojinka plot to simultaneously blow up many aircraft heading toward the U.S.
He developed an undetectable explosive that would be placed under a seat near the FUEL TANK of a jetliner, so the FUEL TANK would explode.
He delivered the explosive that killed the Japanese airline passenger in this manner on Philippine Air Lines Flight 434. This was considered a “wet test.”
While he was on trial for Bojinka, Pan Am Flight 800 blew up in a similar manner. Yousef’s attorney argued that the publicity surrounding that flight would prejudice the case for his client.
Yousef’s uncle is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who DID plot the 9/11 attacks. Yousef was involved in Mohammed’s plots until his incarceration in Supermax.
Check out Peter Lance’s research on Youssef:
http://www.apfn.net/MESSAGEBOARD/02-01-05/discussion.cgi.14.html
Ramzi Yousef was convicted of the Bojinka plot to simultaneously blow up many aircraft heading toward the U.S.
He developed an undetectable explosive that would be placed under a seat near the FUEL TANK of a jetliner, so the FUEL TANK would explode.
He delivered the explosive that killed the Japanese airline passenger in this manner on Philippine Air Lines Flight 434. This was considered a “wet test.”
While he was on trial for Bojinka, Pan Am Flight 800 blew up in a similar manner. Yousef’s attorney argued that the publicity surrounding that flight would prejudice the case for his client.
Yousef’s uncle is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who DID plot the 9/11 attacks. Yousef was involved in Mohammed’s plots until his incarceration in Supermax.
Check out Peter Lance’s research on Youssef:
http://www.apfn.net/MESSAGEBOARD/02-01-05/discussion.cgi.14.html
Yousef is a brilliant and dedicated islamic terrorist, and should receive all the severity of his sentence to Supermax. If he’s truly converted to Christianity, God will give him any breaks he’s deserved once he dies. Those of us on earth should be very wary of him.
Ramzi Yousef was convicted of the Bojinka plot to simultaneously blow up many aircraft heading toward the U.S.
He developed an undetectable explosive that would be placed under a seat near the FUEL TANK of a jetliner, so the FUEL TANK would explode.
He delivered the explosive that killed the Japanese airline passenger in this manner on Philippine Air Lines Flight 434. This was considered a “wet test.”
While he was on trial for Bojinka, Pan Am Flight 800 blew up in a similar manner. Yousef’s attorney argued that the publicity surrounding that flight would prejudice the case for his client.
Yousef’s uncle is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who DID plot the 9/11 attacks. Yousef was involved in Mohammed’s plots until his incarceration in Supermax.
Check out Peter Lance’s research on Youssef:
http://www.apfn.net/MESSAGEBOARD/02-01-05/discussion.cgi.14.html
Yousef is a brilliant and dedicated islamic terrorist, and should receive all the severity of his sentence to Supermax. If he’s truly converted to Christianity, God will give him any breaks he’s deserved once he dies. Those of us on earth should be very wary of him.
Bump!
It looks like Dr. Dobson has found his third-party candidate!
The most recent talking of muslims having dreams and visions of Jesus Christ is a this former muslim who is now a Pastor.
Guest: Faisal Malick ~ Faisal, a devout Muslim, had a sudden encounter with God which infused him with the reality of Jesus. You can watch it here:
I've got news for her, all convicts are like this. If they can't get what they want from the officers, they cry to a supervisor, and keep going up the chain of command until they find some weak-kneed Lieutenant or Captain that will give in to them. They're nothing but manipulators and cry-babies. They're also big and brave when they're acting out in front of their friends, but become puppies with their tails between their legs when you get them alone.
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Famous “Celebrity Christians”
Paris Hilton
Hillary
Slick Willie
Nancy “Flag-Letter” Pelosi
algore
Jane Fonda
John Kerry
Jesse Jackson
Al Sharpton
Jimmy Carter
Give him a pork chop!
But, Nancy says she prays for the President! lol.
Hey! I converted too! Really!
I think we should put up with the pretenders . . . They get exposed to the gospel and amazing things can happen when the word of God touches someone and when they are prayed for.
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Yup
The “I pray” Pelosi and the “no God!” Pelosi together would be a killer TV ad!
(or .gif?)
Did she ever say, “no God”?
Only the Good Lord Himself knows the heart of this......person. If the conversion and repentence of sin are genuine......then God will put his sins away; forget them. That is a kind of love I’ll never understand but appreciate beyond measure.
If he’s ‘faking it’, then he ultimately fools no one and will spend eternity in a flaming, nightmarish Hell.
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