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Sami al-Arian fires attorneys

2003-07-26

A former professor indicted on terrorism charges fired his attorneys Friday and will represent himself, despite a judge's warning that he was making a foolish and potentially disastrous move. Sami Al-Arian is still hoping to raise enough money to hire Washington attorney William Moffitt, but if he fails, he will have to go it alone when his case goes to trial in about 18 months.

I suspect the money will appear from... somewhere.

Al-Arian was indicted earlier this year. The U.S. government accuses him of being the North American head of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. He faces life in prison if convicted. U.S. District Judge Thomas McCoun repeatedly warned Al-Arian of the dangers of firing his court-appointed attorneys, but Al-Arian insisted he can handle his own defense. "He made his decision. I hope he has as much fun being a lawyer as I do," said attorney Frank Louderback, who was appointed to represent Al-Arian along with attorney Jeffrey Brown. "It's hard to describe what he has got himself into."

Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#2 This tactic is working for Moussouai so far.

Posted by: seafarious 2003-7-26 1:36:08 AM

#1 Hey, he's perfectly safe. All he has to do is pick some juicy selections from the Koran / Quran / Qu'ran / Qu'uran and the jury will be forced to acquit him. It is the Literal Truth, after all, right?

And that brings up Jury selection. That is the key to successfully prosecuting these assholes. Expect CAIR, ISM, et al to be very active in making sure that he (and all future fuckwads of his ilk) gets a "fair" jury of his "peers" - which prolly means it must be 100% composed of Paki immigrants.

It should be obvious that many Muslim Orgs in the West have figured it out: to defeat a Free society, you don't need to take up arms, you merely figure out how manipulate it against itself. And this is where we need to hold the line domestically - and stop bending over backward to keep from offending this most sensitive, yet intolerant, of "religions."

Posted by: PD 2003-7-26 1:15:39 AM

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