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Terror suspect tells court extremists 'ecstatic' over Sept. 11 | |||
2003-07-18 | |||
A Jordanian terrorist suspect told a German court Thursday that he and other Islamic extremists throughout the country were initially âeuphoricâ upon learning of the Sept. 11 attacks. âWe were so pleased. Messages of congratulations were traded back and forth,â Shadi Mohammad Mustafa Abdullah, a 26-year-old Jordanian of Palestinian origin, told a court hearing his case in the western German city of Duesseldorf. Abdullah said the âeuphoric moodâ quickly clouded when religious scholars in Mecca condemned the attacks as âwar crimes,â leading him to doubt whether the assault was justified. âThe attackers were longing for a life in paradise but then the scholars said they were in hell, not in paradise,â he explained.
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Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
#5 Abdullah said the âeuphoric moodâ quickly clouded when religious scholars in Mecca condemned the attacks as âwar crimes,â Agreed Bomb-a-rama. News to me... |
Posted by: Ptah 2003-7-18 2:39:33 PM |
#4 PD, Well, if he's as well-guarded as Germany's native terrorists were, we can expect this. |
Posted by: Ernest Brown 2003-7-18 2:22:31 PM |
#3 Brother, this guy is a classic. The whole panoply of Izzoid Phantasies. He was prolly the Valedictorian of his 'Qaeda class - to be invited to be an OBL bodyguard. Of course, he's bound to be a lying little fuckwad, too. I hope he faces down his entire tour of the German facilities... and drops his soap every day. TGA - What sort of accomodations, treatment, food, goodies, etc. will our boy here get in a German prison? This story, though it's a comical and happy thing that he's as dumb as a box of rocks, is actually very depressing. up to 10 years just doesn't sound right to me. Please tell me it's a nasty place... |
Posted by: PD 2003-7-18 2:13:12 PM |
#2 Abdullah said the âeuphoric moodâ quickly clouded when religious scholars in Mecca condemned the attacks as âwar crimes,.. Funny, but I didn't hear anything about this. ..leading him to doubt whether the assault was justified. Self-examination always comes after being caught. If he hadn't been nabbed, it's doubtful that he'd be singing the same tune. |
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-7-18 1:49:22 PM |
#1 a 26-year-old Jordanian of Palestinian origin Tell me again why we're agitating for a Palestinian homeland? So that they'll now have a country from which to attack us? |
Posted by: Zhang Fei 2003-7-18 12:45:52 PM |