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| Libyan al-Qaida Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in NY Court |
| 2013-10-16 |
| [An Nahar] An Libyan al-Qaeda suspect arraigned in a New York court pleaded not guilty "Wudn't me." Tuesday to conspiracy charges over the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in East Africa that killed 244 people. Anas al-Libi was snatched from the streets of the Libyan capital Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... by U.S. commandos on October 5 and at the weekend was brought to New York, where he he had been indicted by a grand jury. The 49-year-old was on Tuesday escorted into New York Southern District courtroom 24A wearing a black sweater and grey jogging pants, with a bushy grey beard and closely cropped black hair. Judge Lewis Kaplan read out a list of charges him that accuse Libi of conspiring to murder, kidnap, maim, kill, destroy property and attack U.S. defense buildings. The charges do not carry the death penalty. Libi, who looked tired, spoke in a gravelly voice only to confirm his name and age, and that he understood the proceedings. Speaking in Arabic, he was given a translator to follow the hearing. The prosecution said Libi, whose given name is Nazih Abdul Hamed al-Raghie, was a clear danger to the public and a flight risk with no family in the United States. The judge ordered him tossed in the clink Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! and, after a session of less than 15 minutes, adjourned the next hearing until October 22. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Or "bullet to the head, nothing said". Not that I'm advocating hunter-killer teams to relentlessly stalk and kill these guys quietly and surely, far from the glare of media publicity. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-10-16 16:03 |
| #2 I am not a lawyer, but I believe.the rule is "ill caught, well held" |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-10-16 15:27 |
| #1 Mr. al-Libi's appointed lawyer sez he was 'snatched illegally', ie, kidnapped. If that logic or defense holds, Ben Laden's fate could well be characterized as murder. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-10-16 09:45 |