May 04, 2006

Moussaoui's Mother Blames Racist Americans for Conviction, France May Seek Tranfer

The mother of would-be terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui is blaming racism in the United States for her sons conviction. Because, you know, it's not like he confessed to plotting to murder American citizens or anything. That, and the fact that he plead guilty really had nothing to do with it.

We now see that the propensity for bizarre statements is a family trait in the Moussaoui family.

Fox News:

"I don't share the ideas and the words of my son in the court," she said, but added that it was "because of his words, his color, his race, that he was sentenced to life."
Yeah, right, words like, "I am al Qaeda" and "I plead guilty." Those words.
Immediately following Wednesday's verdict, El Wafi said on French radio that she felt "dead" and that he was convicted of crimes he didn't commit. She called it "the worst thing that could happen to a mother."
No, the worst thing that could happen to a mother would be for their child to die at the hands of terrorist scumbags like your son, el Wafi. Or maybe they didn't teach you that down at the local mosque?

And it looks like France might take el Wafi's request that Zacarias Moussaoui be transferred to a French prison seriously. Believe it or not, this might be a good thing. My understanding of French prisons is that the conditions in them are absolutely horrible.

Scotsman:

France could at some stage ask the United States to allow Zacarias Moussaoui to serve his life prison sentence in a French jail, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

"A possible demand for transferring Zacarias Moussaoui could be looked at within this framework," Foreign Ministry spokesman Jean-Baptiste Mattei said at an electronic press briefing.

"But in any case, we have to wait for the American justice system to provide a definitive sentence and to define the conditions of the sentence," he added.

What the Moussaoui case shows is that the American court system is simply not prepared to try terrorists. It seems to me that Moussaoui, and many others we label terrorists, would have been called a 'sabateour' in previous wars.

During WWII there were cases of German sabateours 'invading' U.S.. From the FBI:

The purpose of the invasions was to strike a major blow for Germany by bringing the violence of war to our home ground through destruction of America's ability to manufacture vital equipment and supplies and transport them to the battlegrounds of Europe; to strike fear into the American civilian population, and diminish the resolve of the United States to overcome our enemies.
What happened to these 8 men who snuck into the U.S., dressed as civilians so as not to be detected, plotted to blow up major industrial centers and symbols of American power?
By June 27, 1942, all eight saboteurs had been arrested without having accomplished one act of destruction. Tried before a Military Commission, they were found guilty. One was sentenced to life imprisonment, another to thirty years, and six received the death penalty, which was carried out within a few days.
That is how you deal with terrorists.


By Dr. Rusty Shackleford at May 4, 2006 07:51 AM | | l digg this