ALEXANDRIA,
Virginia, July 19 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Frenchman
Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person charged in connection with the
September 11 attacks, tried to plead guilty Thursday, July 18, in a
Virginia courtroom, but the judge gave him another week to make a
final decision.
"I
want to plead guilty. I know who done it [the September 11 attacks]
which group, who participated. It would help me to save my life. I
plead bayat [allegiance] to Osama bin Laden. I am member of
Al-Qaeda," Moussaoui, 34, who has refused legal representation,
said in court.
"You
are admitting what the government is claiming you did," Judge
Leonie Brinkema said, giving him a week to reflect on a final
decision.
"You
have changed your mind so many times in the past," the judge
added. "I am entering once again a not guilty plea on your
behalf," Brikema said.
"I
don't need," Moussaoui said in response. "I've been thinking
about it for months."
"You
are denying me any sense of justice."
Moments
after Brinkema entered an innocent plea on Moussaoui’s behalf to a
third indictment issued Tuesday, July 16, Moussaoui tried to plead
guilty.
Insisting
that Moussaoui think about his decision for a week, Brinkema set July
25 as the date for the next hearing in the case.
However,
even though he attempted to plead guilty, Moussaoui said he wanted to
fight the government's attempt to have him executed.
Following
a new Supreme Court ruling on the death penalty, U.S. prosecutors
filed and obtained a third indictment against Moussaoui, which added
allegations of "aggravating circumstances" that would enable
the government to seek the death penalty
