THE al-Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui called the US “the head of the snake†as he justified the September 11 attacks yesterday. Moussaoui lambasted US support for Israel, which he said was little more than an American colony, in testimony as part of the defence’s attempt to avoid the death penalty. “You [Americans] are the head of the snake for me. If we want to destroy the Jewish state . . . we have to destroy you first,†he said. The 37-year-old Frenchman of Moroccan origin has pleaded guilty to conspiracy in connection with the September 11, 2001, attacks. The jury...
