CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Osama bin Laden purportedly said in an audio tape Tuesday that Zacarias Moussaoui - the only person convicted in the U.S. for the Sept. 11 attacks - had nothing to do with the operation."He had no connection at all with Sept. 11," the speaker, claiming to be bin Laden, said in the tape posted on the Internet."I am the one in charge of the 19 brothers and I never assigned brother Zacarias to be with them in that mission," he said, referring to the 19 hijackers.The al-Qaida chief said the Sept. 11 hijackers were divided into two groups, "pilots and assistants." (AP) This is an undated photo of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden purportedly said in an audio...Full Image "Since Zacarias Moussaoui was still learning how to fly, he wasn't No. 20 in the group, as your government has claimed," bin Laden said. "It knows this very well," he added.Bin Laden said Moussaoui was not a security risk for al-Qaida, because he did not have knowledge of the plot."Brother Moussaoui was arrested two weeks before the events, and if he had known something - even very little - about the Sept. 11 group, we would have informed the leader of the operation, Mohammad Atta, and the others ... to leave America before being discovered," Bin Laden said. Like i've said before, I don't think Moussaoui knew about the attack, and Bin Ladens last point really rings true.
This is an interesting matter. If he wasn't involved why would he confess to the judge about this, and if he wasn't involved why would Osoma Bin Laden care? It's all very jumbled up.
It doesn't matter if ZM was involved or not, the fact is he was in court and could have faced death in the attack Bin Laden was in on...not to mention ZM was a member in his organization and a prized one considering he was in the US.
