Moussaoui pleads guilty to conspiracy in 9/11 attacks
{{Date|April 22, 2005}}

[[United States|U.S.]] District Judge Leonie Brinkema accepted would-be hijacker {{w|Zacarias Moussaoui|Zacarias Moussaoui's}} guilty pleas on six charges of conspiracy laid against him for his plotting to participate in the {{w|September 11, 2001 attacks|Sept. 11 attacks}}. Moussaoui, who had to be restrained at one point during the trial in an {{w|Alexandria, Virginia|Alexandria}}, [[Virginia]] courthouse, was polite and quiet during the day's appearance. 

36-year-old Moussaoui, a [[France|French]] citizen, faces the death penalty or life in prison in the sentencing phase of his trial. The prosecution has also asked that Moussaoui be forced to pay restitution to the victims of the attack.

=== September 11, 2001 attacks ===

19 hijackers took control of four planes on September 11, 2001. Nearly four weeks before the attack, Moussaoui was arrested in [[Minnesota]] on immigrations charges having raised the suspicions of instructors at a flight school.

During the attack, two planes were flown into the World Trade Center buildings, a third struck the Pentagon, and a fourth crashed near Shanksville, [[Pennsylvania]], USA.

== Sources ==
* {{source|title=Moussaoui pleads guilty to role in Sept. 11 attacks
|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050422.wmouss0422/BNStory/International/
|author=Associated Press
|pub=Globe and Mail
|date=April 22, 2005}}
* {{source|title=Moussaoui Pleads Guilty in Attacks, May Face Death (Update2)
|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/22/politics/21cnd-mous.html?hp
|author=Cary O'Reilly
|pub=Bloomberg News
|date=April 22, 2005}}
* {{source|title=9/11 Conspirator Gives 'Chilling Admission Of Guilt'
|url=http://www.wnbc.com/news/4407134/detail.html
|author=Associated Press
|pub=WNBC
|date=April 22, 2005}}

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[[Category:9/11]]
[[Category:Crime and law]]
[[Category:North America]]
[[Category:United States]]
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[[Category:Alexandria, Virginia]]
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[[fr:Zacarias Moussaoui admet la conspiration de terroriste de 9/11.]]
[[pt:Suspeito do ataque de 11 de setembro contra os EUA declara-se culpado]]
U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema accepted would-be hijacker Zacarias Moussaoui's guilty pleas on six charges of conspiracy laid against him for his plotting to participate in the Sept. 11 attacks. Moussaoui, who had to be restrained at one point during the trial in an Alexandria, Virginia courthouse, was polite and quiet during the day's appearance. 

36-year-old Moussaoui, a French citizen, faces the death penalty or life in prison in the sentencing phase of his trial. The prosecution has also asked that Moussaoui be forced to pay restitution to the victims of the attack.

19 hijackers took control of four planes on September 11, 2001. Nearly four weeks before the attack, Moussaoui was arrested in Minnesota on immigrations charges having raised the suspicions of instructors at a flight school.

During the attack, two planes were flown into the World Trade Center buildings, a third struck the Pentagon, and a fourth crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, USA.


fr:Zacarias Moussaoui admet la conspiration de terroriste de 9/11.
Suspeito do ataque de 11 de setembro contra os EUA declara-se culpado
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