Posted on 07/05/2002 10:03:00 AM PDT by blam
Murder trial Briton says Americans 'got what they deserved'
The Briton on trial for murdering Daniel Pearl has said Americans got what they deserved on September 11 and chillingly warned: "There is more to come."
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh said the killing of civilians by US forces in Afghanistan and Israeli operations in Palestinian areas would fuel militant anger toward Americans.
As his lawyers completed their final arguments in a Pakistani court, Saeed gave them a message.
It read: "Following the barbaric bombardment of a wedding ceremony in Afghanistan in which a number of innocent women and children were killed, and the demolition of houses by Israeli troops in Palestine, which again claimed a number of innocent lives, the Americans should have realised by now that whatever happened on September 11, not only did they deserve that, but also there is more to come."
Saeed, a former public schoolboy from Wanstead, east London, is accused of masterminding the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Karachi. Saeed and his three co-accused have denied all the charges.
Pearl disappeared in January while researching links between Islamic militants in Pakistan and the so-called shoe-bomber, Londoner Richard Reid.
In a Hyderabad court Saeed's lawyer, Abdul Waheed Katpar completed his final summations, arguing that inconsistencies in testimony and suspicions about police coercion should lead to his acquittal.
Katpar said testimony by several prosecution witnesses was contradictory. He also claimed evidence was fabricated and confessions coerced.
The judge may adjourn this weekend to consider a verdict, which could take weeks. If convicted, the four accused face the death penalty.
Story filed: 17:30 Friday 5th July 2002
Your leaders are dead, your Taliban is gone, you're in the dock, your pals are on Gitmo, your Phillipine comrades were SEAL'd, and there is more butt-whooping and destruction in store.
These Islamists are panty-waisted Nancy boys whose only viable targets are grandmas, babies, and other innocent bystanders.
Truly despicable.
We weren't in Afghanistan before Sept. 11th. So what atrocities did we commit against muslims before Sept. 11th.
The muslim terrorists are following the letter of their religion. - Tom
Sure,.. let them explain the anti-aircraft guns that were just found in that location.
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