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October 28, 2005
Sami Al-Arian's Defense Attorney 'Rests Case" Without Calling A Single Witness!
Topics: TerrorismPerhaps the only witnesses for the defense have already blown themselves up!
After hearing from government witnesses for nearly five months, an attorney for a fired college professor charged with aiding Palestinian terrorists rested his case Thursday without calling a single witness.So why is it that the terrorist-supporting professor needs no defense?After summoning more than 70 witnesses, federal prosecutors rested their case earlier Thursday morning against Sami Al-Arian and three other defendants accused of raising money and supporting the murderous mission of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad or PIJ.
Al-Arian's attorney, William Moffitt, stunned most in the courtroom when he told U.S. District Judge James S. Moody Jr. that he also would rest.
When asked about the decision, Moffitt would say only that Al-Arian has done nothing wrong and the U.S. Constitution protects his right to speak.I guess those 70 witnesses and hundreds of pages of transcripts of wiretapped phone calls and faxes, and witnesses of three suicide bombings carried out by the PIJ in Israel and the Palestinian territories, were all just whistling Dixie!"The government has not proven Dr. Al-Arian has done anything but speak," Moffitt said.
Posted by Richard at October 28, 2005 12:34 AM
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