Moussaoui Says He Was to Hijack 5th Plane (on 9/11)

[brooklynite]

By MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press Writer
1 minute ago

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui testified Monday that he and would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid were supposed to hijack a fifth airplane on Sept. 11, 2001, and fly it into the White House.

Moussaoui's testimony on his own behalf stunned the courtroom. His account was in stark contrast to his previous statements in which he said the White House attack was to come later if the United States refused to release a radical Egyptian sheik imprisoned on earlier terrorist convictions.

On Dec. 22, 2001, Reid was subdued by passengers when he attempted to detonate a bomb in his shoe aboard American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami. There were 197 people on board. The plane was diverted to Boston, where it landed safely.

Moussaoui told the court he knew the World Trade Center attack was coming and that he lied to investigators when arrested in August 2001 because he wanted it to happen.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060327/ap_on_re_us/moussaoui
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Definitely going for that insanity ruling...

[K-W]

1. So now he is making the governments case?

Odd.

[highnooner]

3. He wants to see 70 virgins in heaven....

If he gets the death penalty, he'll die believing that. This is clearly a case where one should die in prison of natural causes. He should die knowing that he is going to hell instead.

[catmother]

5. i agree.

[CJCRANE]

11. I don't believe that BS for a second -

if you read about the actual hijackers some of them enjoyed liaisons with plenty of women right here on earth.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

38. Are you suggesting...

...that religiously insane people can't be hypocrites? Have you seen the scary monkey-looking man who says "nukular" on the teevee?

[CJCRANE]

44. 72 virgins is a red herring.

I've never heard any muslim ever mention it. This is a lascivious RW talking point just like they're obsessed about homosexuals or equating political correctness with bestiality.

People motivated by sex get married to someone they're attracted to, have affairs or see call-girls. Suicide bombers are generally politically motivated.

[OKthatsIT]

15. You think Bush is threatening his family?

Why woul he change his story now?

[maveric]

30. They cut him a deal. Testimony and waive the death penalty.

He and/or his family was probably threatened. Then they told him that if he says what they want him to, they'll leave his family alone and waive the DP.

[Seedersandleechers]

2. Or the death penalty....

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[CJCRANE]

6. If they're coaching the witnesses

is it possible someone's coaching him?

[FloridaPat]

7. Wouldn't it have been cheaper and easier to hire a good lawyer

for the Egyptian sheik? These two bunglers were suppose to hijack a fifth plane and fly it into the White House? How? Last I heard, neither of these barely - if at all - knew how to fly a plane.

[daleo]

14. The shoe bomber couldn't set his shoe on fire

Flying a plane seems doubtful indeed.

[Generic Brad]

32. He didn't even make it here for 9/11/2001

He was arrested in December 2001. Something smells fishy here.

[madmark]

8. i do not see why we would want to kill this guy until Al Quada was

exterminated; it seems to me you would want to keep him around to see if you can get any more information about AQ, even if the possibility owas remote.

[CJCRANE]

10. Exactly.

Something's very wrong about all this.

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

19. My thoughts exactly

There's always a chance that he could be useful in some way

[CJCRANE]

9. If he's involved then he's culpable

but what about the CIA and FBI management who stymied the investigation into Moussaoui and his laptop?

That seems to be a much more serious issue.

[AngryAmish]

12. How did Bush put him up to this?

Is he a willing victim or some sort of robot?

[jhain]

13. most likely

promised him no death penalty. It is all so obvious it it ridiculous.

[killbotfactory]

16. Just by himself?

Yeah... Uh... the guys a fucking nutjob.

[RedSock]

17. HEY!!

why hasn't this thread been sent to the "dungeon"?


:banghead:

[CJCRANE]

18. Well, it's 2006 now..

they managed to get the info out of him in a timely fashion. Well done. Only nearly five years since he was arrested.

[cantstandbush]

20. They really know how to beat us at our game. He will not become

the poster child of captured terrorists. He doesn't give a damn if he dies, in fact, he would rather have that way rather than be a constant reminder of Bushbot war on terror. Afterall, once he is executed, how many times will you hear his name? About as many times as you hear Timoty McVeigh.

[skip fox]

21. Why did Ashcroft's Justice Dept. discourage applications for FISA

warrants? We could have seen M's computer and stopped the plot before 9/11.

[Just Me]

22. Either he seeks martydom or another basis for appeal,....

,...i.e. incompetent representation.

:wtf: Did he testify on his own behalf,...in a terrorism case,...involved with 9/11? :shrug:

That's some crazy shit there!!!

[pschoeb]

23. How would Richard Reid help him if he was in Amesterdam washing dishes?

This seems to me an attempt to "go along" with the the US authorities in the most outlandish way he can think of. I think adding Richard Reid to his plot makes it completely proposturous.

[OKNancy]

24. It's pretty obvious he is nuts

It could be true that he was supposed to do this. I bet the others, particularly Atta, figured out he was a nut too and couldn't be relied on to do anything.

[shantipriya]

25. 5th plane

Can't we(the Judge) find out who was he working for? who gave him orders and the plan?

[Disturbed]

26. This case is getting more bizzare.

This guy and the shoe bomber seem to be to dumb to fly a plane. Maybe 4 years in capitivity has put him over the edge of any kind of sanity? Maybe he doesn't want to spend the rest of his life in a little cell? Even if he gets the DP won't he be living for at least another 10 years unless he can circumvent any appeals?

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

39. I'm not so sure about that.

This guy and the shoe bomber seem to be to dumb to fly a plane.

I would like to call your attention to a member (admittedly not a very good one) of the Texas Air National Guard:

[MadMaddie]

27. He wants to be put to death so he become a martyr...

that is why it is imperative that he gets life in prison withought parole...maybe even solitary confinement.


I think it would be a huge mistake to put him to death....

[against all enemies]

28. 5th plane? please! sounds like bullshit to me.

[Jersey Ginny]

33. Yup, he's playing n/t

[Orangepeel]

29. this is like people who give false confessions to serial killings

he's nuts.

[Lexingtonian]

31. I still want to know

what the definite target of the 4th plane was, the one that crashed in southwestern Pennsylvania. That hasn't been settled, has it?

[mike_c]

34. Moussaoui is insane, plain and simple....

I'll bet he'll cop to kidnapping the Lindbergh baby if the court frames the question right.

[leesa]

35. Or so he thought....this is the only reason he's getting a trial at all is

to give the silly 19 or 20 hijacker theory credence. He was probably told by government operatives that was his mission and believed it. It's no wonder the FBI didn't want this info to go anywhere before their 9-11 BIG EVENT came off.

[Eugene]

36. Boston Globe: Victims' kin skeptical of latest testimony

Victims' kin skeptical of latest testimony

March 28, 2006

Relatives of several 9/11 victims who watched Zacarias Moussaoui's trial yesterday
via a closed-circuit feed at the federal courthouse in Boston were skeptical
of the Al Qaeda member's assertion that he was supposed to team up with shoe bomber
Richard Reid on Sept. 11, 2001, and fly a plane into the White House.

"He has taken pride in toying with American minds," said Christie Coombs of Abington,
whose husband, Jeff, was killed on American Airlines Flight 11.

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Full article: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/03/28/victims_kin_skeptical_of_latest_testimony
(Boston Globe - free registration may be required)

[DoYouEverWonder]

37. Moussaoui is an al CIAda wannabe

who is making it up has he goes along.

Too bad he's trying to take Reid down with him. I'm sure Reid's defense team must be thrilled.

[CJCRANE]

41. Yes, seems like he's the patsy.

He's definitely played the trump card for the administration.

Any LIHOP/MIHOP allegations appear to be neutralized (as far as the MSM goes. Obviously probably only DUers will notice the detail about the SEVENTY denied requests by an FBI field agent to search Moussaoui's laptop).

[CJCRANE]

40. Moussaoui was still learning to fly

when he was arrested in Aug 2001..

How likely is that he would've been ready in time for the Sept 11th attacks..?

[TNOE]

42. HE WAS WEARING A STUN BELT

< http://www.total911.info/2006/03/msnbc-video-moussaoui-wore-stun-belt.html >



If you're looking for a reason why Zacarias Moussaoui suddenly testified today to a version of the 9/11 plotline that sounds more like the Official story than even the official Whitewash Commission report, this video may have the answer.

In it, NBC news reporter Pete Williams lets slip that Moussaoui is wearing a "Stun belt" underneath his clothing controlled by US Marshals. MSNBC host Dan Abrams gets some more details on the stun belt.

A taste of the exchange:
WILLIAMS: The old outbursts were gone... He was very docile today... We believe that he's wearing one of those stun belts, and it may be that he was very worried about doing anything that would cause those Marshals to press the button....

ABRAMS: A stun belt? They literally have sOmething around his waist? That they can push a button and?

WILLIAMS: Well...


Only in 21st-century Amerika!

[Bushies gotta go]

43. IF this is true....

...where are the rest of his "crew"? The other planes were supposed to have, what, four or five subjects on each plane. And he and the shoe bomber were going to take one of the most important targets by themselves?

Smells like BS to me. Two weeks ago, the prosecutions case was near collapse. Now all of a sudden he makes their case for them?? It not only smells, it STINKS.

[ButterflyBlood]

45. It's pretty obvious this guy WANTS to be executed.

It's martyrdom he wants. Not to be locked up for the rest of his life.

Executing him would be just insane. Let's make him miserable for a few more decades here on earth before he goes off to hell.