Posted on 01/05/2007 9:17:30 AM PST by LittleSpotBlog
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) -- A Moroccan convicted as an accessory to murder in the September 11, 2001 attacks made an emotional declaration of innocence as a court opened hearings Friday to set his sentence. Judges could sentence Mounir el-Motassadeq, a friend of three of the suicide pilots, to as long as 15 years in prison in the latest chapter of a tangled, five-year legal saga. In November, a federal appeals court ruled that judges in Hamburg wrongly acquitted el Motassadeq in 2005 of direct involvement in the attacks, even as they sentenced him to seven years in prison for belonging to a terrorist group. The appeals court convicted el-Motassadeq as an accessory to the murder of 246 passengers and crew members aboard the aircraft used in the attacks, and ordered the Hamburg state court to set a new sentence.
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"Wow, CNN has dispensed with the word "hijacker" and is instead inserting "pilot." Unreal."
That really confused me but then I saw it was CNN. The only thing on CNN worth watching is Glenn Beck. And I still havent figured out why he's there. Makes me doubt his sincerity.
I know, it confused me, too. When I saw the headline, I immediately wondered what kind of trouble a friend of the pilots' could have gotten into. Should have known better, considering the source!
Glenn Beck is on CNN to provide a minimally plausible claim to bi-partisanship and neutrality.
Completely fake on CNN's part, of course. And I don't blame Glenn for taking advantage of their conduit for his hilarious stuff.
Just the way the world works, some times.
Since this trial is taking place in Germany, he will probably be sentenced to a free, all expense-paid vacation in the Canary Islands and a year's supply of sauerkraut.
No s***! Looks like the Communist News Network (and friend of all who hates America) is floating a test spin of their latest News Speak out here in order to see how the public reacts.
Is there any way to silence the CNN?
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"Friend" of the "pilot" should swing like Saddam.
I think for them to be certified as "pilots" they would have had to completed the "landing" phase of flight school....
Well, they wouldn't want to offend the all-important 18-34 Terrorist A$$hole demographic...
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