Posted on 11/16/2005 5:20:24 PM PST by Qaz_W
NEW YORK -- A Pakistani man accused of trying to help an al-Qaida operative sneak into the United States will try to convince a jury on Thursday that he was not part of a plot to launch a terror attack against Americans. Uzair Paracha, 25, is on trial in federal court on charges that he conspired to help an alleged al-Qaida associate named Majid Khan slip back into the country from Pakistan after an illegal trip there in 2003. Prosecutors rested their case Wednesday after several days of testimony from FBI agents who said Paracha confessed his involvement in the scheme during interrogation. Paracha's attorney said his client intends to take the stand Thursday, not to dispute the agents' account but to argue that his confession was false. "He's not challenging their credibility," said the lawyer, Anthony Ricco. "He's simply going to tell the jury that he wasn't telling the truth." ........
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"Please believe me, I'm a liar?"
Sounds like a good defense. All he has to do to get off is to convince the jury to believe him when he swears under oath that he is a liar.
Paracha's father, a wealthy Pakistani businessman, also is accused of being among the plotters. He is being held as an enemy combatant at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Oh, I see. It's a family thing.
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