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Moussaoui Says He Was to Hijack 5th Plane

Via Brietbart

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 as he disclosed details he had never revealed before. It was in stark contrast to Moussaoui’s 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.

Moussaoui testified Monday he lied to investigators when arrested in August 2001 because he wanted to let the attacks of Sept. 11 go forward.

“Yes, you can say that,” Moussaoui said when the prosecution asked if that was why he misled them. The statement was key to the government’s case that the attacks might have been averted if Moussaoui had been more cooperative following his arrest.

He told the court he knew the attacks were coming some time after August 2001 and bought a radio so he could hear them unfold.

Specifically, he said he knew the World Trade Center was going to be attacked, but asserted he was not part of the plot and didn’t know the details.

Taking the stand in his own defense in his death-penalty trial, Moussaoui said he declined to become a suicide pilot in some future attack when asked by a senior al-Qaida official in 1999.

Nineteen men pulled off the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York in Washington in the worst act of terrorism ever on U.S. soil.

“I had knowledge that the Twin Towers would be hit,” Moussaoui said. “I didn’t know the details of this.”

Asked by his lawyer why he signed his guilty plea in April as “the 20th hijacker,” Moussaoui replied: “Because everybody used to refer to me as the 20th hijacker and it was a bit of fun.”

Moussaoui testified calmly in his death penalty trial, but against his lawyers’ wishes.

Fun huh? Absolutely disgusting. This is the kind of slime the ACLU defends folks. And some are trying their best to get his life spared.

NY Times

Had Moussaoui confessed, the FBI could have pursued leads that would have led them to most of the hijackers, government witnesses have testified.

To win the death penalty, prosecutors must first prove that Moussaoui’s actions — specifically, his lies — were directly responsible for at least one death on Sept. 11.

If they fail, Moussaoui would get life in prison.

So much for the defense!

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Posted by Jay on March 27, 2006 1:57 pm

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3 Responses to “Moussaoui Says He Was to Hijack 5th Plane”

  1. smesser on March 27th, 2006 9:01 pm

    Moussaoui Lied So That September 11 Could Proceed As Planned

  2. smesser on March 27th, 2006 9:08 pm

    http://xtremerightwing.net/archives/2006/03/27/moussaoui-lied-so-that-september-11-attacks-could-proceed-as-planned/trackback/

  3. patd95 on March 29th, 2006 10:36 pm

    Isn’t it amazing that other terrorists are calling Moussaoui crazy! Did anyone else pick up on that?

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