homicide-erumpent
Notebook
June 5th, 2008 by Double Tap

“Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the reputed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, told a military judge at his arraignment Thursday that he welcomes the death penalty as a way to martyrdom.”

I say, let the sum-bitch have it.

He and four other detainees accused of plotting al-Qaida’s 2001 attack were at turns cordial and defiant at their arraignment, the first U.S. attempt to try in court those believed to be directly responsible for killing 2,973 people in the bloodiest terrorist attack ever on U.S. soil. All five said they did not want attorneys and would represent themselves.

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The arraignment, in which no pleas were entered, indicated that hatred for the United States among some of the defendants remains at a boil.

One defendant said he deeply regrets not joining the hijackers who crashed passenger airliners into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field.

“I have been seeking martyrdom for five years,” said Ramzi Binalshibh, the alleged main intermediary between the 19 hijackers and al-Qaida leaders. “I tried for 9/11 to get a visa but I could not.”

Asked if he understands that he could be executed if found guilty, Binalshibh said: “If this martyrdom happens today, I welcome it. God is great. God is great. God is great.”

I’m thinking a good ol’ fashioned hanging is appropriate.

The article goes on to cite issues with waterboarding, how evidence obtained from “torture” will not be admitted into evidence, and of course, a snide remark by a gomer from the American Civil Liberties Union reference the fact that several defendants refused to accept their military defense attorneys:

“It hardly comes as any surprise that after holding individuals in solitary confinement for five years and subjecting them to torture, these detainees would reject the legal system and offers to represent them,” said Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union in New York.

Whatever. All of these bastards have admitted to participating in either the planning or logistical functions of the 9/11 attacks. They’ve even admitted it in court.

Let’s do the right thing by law, try them in a upright legal fashion, and if convicted, help these goat-effers meet their dark-eyed virgins they seem so desperate to meet - as slowly and as painfully as possible.