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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Prosecutor seeks death penalty for Rishawi
2006-07-10
The State Security Court (SSC) prosecutor on Sunday asked the military tribunal to hand eight people the death sentence for their part in the Amman hotel bombings last November. Only one Iraqi woman, Sajida Rishawi, was arrested in connection with the attacks, while the remaining seven defendants — including the late Abu Mussab Zarqawi — are being tried in absentia on the same charges, which included plotting terrorist acts and possessing explosives with illicit intent. Zarqawi’s Al Qaeda in Iraq group claimed responsibility for the triple hotel bombings that killed 60 people last year. “These defendants have become a scourge that has spread destruction, corruption and death in our country,” the prosecutor said during his closing argument yesterday. “The best way to defend Jordan is to get rid of them and hand them the punishment they deserve, execution,” the prosecution added.
Hear! Hear! Bravo! [Clap! Clap! Clap!]
The defendants used explosive belts that contained a huge number of ball bearings to cause a high number of casualties, injuries and damages to the targeted properties, the prosecution said.
They deserve the same mercy and human consideration they extended to their victims.
Also during yesterday’s 60-minute session, Rishawi retracted her previous confession, claiming that she was subjected to physical and mental torture to admit to being part of the plot to attack the hotels. She also denied any knowledge of the plan by her husband, Ali Hussein, and two other Iraqi men to execute suicide bombings of the three major hotels. Within days of her marriage to Hussein, Rishawi entered Jordan with her husband but “did not know the reason for the visit,” she told the court. She told the court that when she asked Hussein why, “he told me we are here for few days and we will return to Iraq soon.”
"Now, go ahead and put this girdle on, honey..."
"There's dynamite stiched into it!"
"... and we'll go down to the hotel and you can hop on top of a table and pull this here cord..."
"Hokay. And then what'll happen?"
"It's a surprise."
"Oh. I like surprises."
Posted by:Fred

#1  I think "6" said it best yesterday:

"arabs lie to themselves, to others, to their olive trees and to their pet rocks."
Posted by: Inspector Clueso   2006-07-10 03:14  

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