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| Terror Networks |
| Moussaoui wants to defend himself |
| 2002-04-22 |
| Calling for the destruction of the United States, Jews and Russia, Zacarias Moussaoui, the Frenchman charged with conspiracy in the Sept. 11 attacks on America, sought on Monday to fire his lawyers and represent himself. Moussaoui, who has pleaded not guilty to conspiring with Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda to carry out the attacks on New York and Washington, said his court-appointed lawyers did not understand how to represent him as a Muslim and were motivated by "greed, fame and vanity." "They have no understanding of terrorism, of mujahideen," he said in English, as his lawyers looked on, shaking their heads. "Y'honor, my client may be a whacko, but that dudn't mean he dunnit. An' even if he did, he din't know what he was doin'. Matter o' fact, he ain't sure what he's doin' now." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |