Khalid Sheikh Mohammed wants to become a martyr for his role as mastermind of the September 11 attacks, he told a U.S. military judge Thursday.
Mohammed wishes to dismiss his lawyers, plead guilty and become a martyr, he said at his long-awaited arraignment at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The judge, Marine Col. Ralph Kohlmann, asked Mohammed numerous times if he understood that he faces the death penalty. Mohammed responded, "That is what I wish. I wish to be martyred."
He told Kohlmann he could not accept any attorney because he only believes in Sharia, or Islamic law.
Mohammed and his four co-defendants, all suspected al Qaeda figures, are being arraigned on numerous charges for their alleged roles in the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on New York and Washington, which killed nearly 3,000 people.
I'm happy to oblige. 3,000 people are dead because of this guy. However, I think I'd take it a step further. I'd have him put down like a rabid animal, and whatever his last words are, I would erase them from history. No one who witnesses the execution would be allowed to publicly disclose what this guy said, simply because it would probably inflame others.
But I'd like the punishment to fit the crime. I'd like him burned alive or some other horrificly similar way that his victims went. Let him feel the pain that he inflicted on others. But, I must admit, it's not the way we do things in America, and I am quite sure that I'm in a vocal minority.
Travis
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