Talking Himself To Death

[Adonis33]

Al Qaeda terror conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui proved Monday that he is a far better suicide witness than suicide pilot. Having failed miserably at training to fly a plane into the White House in 2001, the capital defendant was far defter with his words in 2006, offering jurors startling testimony that makes it more likely — but by no means certain — that he will soon be sentenced to death.

Moussaoui, the man who likes to shout every time he is led out of court, was calm and measured and articulate on the witness stand. He answered almost every question asked of him by both prosecutors and defense attorneys and on several occasions offered more information, more incriminating evidence, than he was asked to give. There were no outbursts and Moussaoui even got some in-court laughs when he sardonically answered one particularly inane question. He was a helpful witness, in other words, a courteous one, the kind you dream about having as a defense attorney in a capital case. Only it was Moussaoui’s attorneys, and not prosecutors, whose life work may have been shattered in the span of a few hours in court.

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[gilliam]

Moussaoui Says He Was Part of a Plot to Attack the White HouseALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) – Laying out a stunning new version of his terrorist mission, al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui testified Monday that he was supposed to hijack a fifth jetliner on Sept. 11, 2001, with would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid and fly it into the White House.

But the jury also heard the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, now in U.S. custody, repeatedly state that Moussaoui was to be a part of a second wave of attacks unrelated to Sept. 11. In a 58-page statement read to jurors, Shaikh Mohammed said that he only wanted Middle Easterners for Sept. 11 so that Europeans like Moussaoui stood a better chance of mounting a subsequent attack after security was increased.

Testifying against the advice of his court-appointed lawyers, Moussaoui shocked the courtroom. Jurors who will decide whether he is executed or imprisoned for life were almost motionless during his nearly three hours on the stand. They didn’t look down to take notes; all eyes locked on the bearded 37-year-old Frenchman of Moroccan descent – the only person charged in this country in connection with Sept. 11.

 

[Mijoy2]

I was wondering if his reward of paradise would still apply if he is martyred via the death penalty? It may explain his putting the noose around his own neck.