[Rhodes22-list] More French Bashing

brad haslett flybrad at yahoo.com
Sat May 17 20:24:08 EDT 2003


May 16, 2003 
France Calls for Extradition of Moussaoui 
(2003-05-16) -- France today called for the
extradition of Zacarias Moussaoui, a French citizen
and the only person accused in the September 11 attack
on the World Trade Center.

"We want Monsieur Moussaoui to feel the sting of
French justice," said an unnamed high-ranking French
official. "Our outrage deepens by the day that one of
our own may have committed this misdemeanor."

The French government said it would put him on trial
in Paris where the penalty for such a crime could
place him behind bars for several weeks. U.S. District
Judge Leonie M. Brinkema said she would approve the
extradition request "as long as France allows the
defendant unimpeded access to his old friends in al
Qaeda."

Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
said that the Moussaoui extradition story was not a
fictional leak by top U.S. officials to discredit
France.

"We have standards of integrity here," said Mr.
Rumsfeld. "We're not the New York Times."



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