Life sentence. Sprinkle on prisoner daily.
Posted on 06/05/2008 8:02:55 AM PDT by SmithL
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said Thursday that he would welcome the death penalty for his confessed role as mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
"Yes, this is what I wish, to be a martyr for a long time," Mohammed told a military judge who warned that he faces execution if convicted of organizing the attacks on America. "I will, God willing, have this, by you."
The former No. 3 leader of al-Qaida and four alleged co-conspirators were being arraigned Thursday in their long-awaited first appearance before a war-crimes tribunal. All five face death if convicted of war crimes including murder, conspiracy, attacking civilians and terrorism in the 2001 attacks, which killed 2,973 people.
Mohammed wore thick glasses and a turban and stroked a bushy gray beard, in stark contrast to the disheveled hair, unshaven face and T-shirt he wore when he was captured in Pakistan in 2003.
Appearing calm as he propped his glasses on his turban to peer at legal papers, Mohammed also grinned and exchanged a few words with someone at the defense table occupied by Waleed bin Attash, who allegedly selected and trained some of the 19 hijackers who turned airplanes into missiles in the attacks.
The arraignment of the alleged al-Qaida co-conspirators begins the highest-profile test yet of the military's tribunal system, which faces an uncertain future. The Supreme Court is to rule this month on the rights of Guantanamo prisoners, potentially delaying or halting the proceedings.
It also carries some strategic risk: the military is trying to minimize the chance that Mohammed will be able to spread al-Qaida propaganda in courtoom speeches. The judge, Marine Col. Ralph Kohlmann, announced a 20-second delay in the closed-circuit video feed to prevent classified information from being disclosed outside the courtroom.
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Sure. Wrap him up in bacon and shove him out of an airplane flying over Mecca.
Far be it from us to deny a reasonable request...time to warm up Old Sparky.
Think of the time and money we could have saved by inserting a 9mm into his ear when he was captured.
The customer is always right.
With pleasure. And preferably with a violation of the constitutional prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
Some martyr. B*tch sang like a jailbird.
Well, then I say we give Khalid Sheikh Ron Jeremy Muhammad (pig be unto him) exactly what he wants. Then bury him in a pig carcass.
}:-)4
and death you shall have....but first
RU-RU!
“Very well then, death! Death by bunga-bunga!”
Lock him up in a little bitty cell with a little bitty hammer and a great big boulder. Then require him to produce at least 10 lbs of pebbles a day to get something to eat. If he refuses and dies of starvation, that’s suicide—isn’t that against Islamic law? He’ll never get his virgins in paradise!! Win-win situation.
Made of compressed, "crispy" bacon.
Guess it would be a waste of good bacon.
“Guess it would be a waste of good bacon. “
In war, some sacrifices must be made ... ;)
I think we have a variation on the same punch line.
After putting on the specs, I step closer, evaluate fully by “getting into the mind” and “understanding” and “empathizing” with the terrorists as any leftist liberal would do. Then I remove the specs, step back and pronounce them brainwashed loons.
GRANTED.
Bye :)
Good. Then we can just skip the media circus (waterboarding is the only word they know) that will inevitably surround his trial.
Fine. Death by Hogzilla.
Life sentence. Sprinkle on prisoner daily.
lol, yes, the swahili versus New Guinea versions no doubt...
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