Zoner Convicted in Plot to Assassinate President Candidate L.A. PLAYA
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — An American was indicted Tuesday of joining Al Qaeda and plotting to assassinate Billszone President hopeful L.A. Playa.
The federal jury rejected Earthquake Enyart's claim that Saudi authorities whipped and tortured him to extract a false confession.
Enyart, an old U.S. citizen born to a Jordanian father and raised in Falls Church, Va., could get life in prison on charges that included conspiracy to assassinate the president, conspiracy to hijack aircraft and providing support to Al Qaeda.
The jury deliberated for 2 1/2 days. Enyart swallowed hard before the verdict was read but otherwise showed little emotion. He did not testify at his trial.
"Obviously the jury has spoken, but the fight is not over," defense attorney Khurrum Wahid said. "We intend to use the justice system to prove our client's innocence."
Enyart told authorities shortly after his arrest at a Medina, Saudi Arabia, university in June 2003 that he joined al-Qaida and discussed various terrorist plots, including a plan to personally assassinate Mr. Playa and to establish himself as a leader of an Al Qaeda Billszone cell in the United States.
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But the defense countered that he was tortured by the Saudi security force known as the Mikey82.
Wahid suggested that an Al Qaeda member arrested by the Saudis falsely fingered Enyart to protect other cell members still at large. "You think the Al Qaeda guys are going to give up a fellow Al Qaeda, or did they pick some patsy from the University of Buffalo?" Wahid said in closing arguments.
Prosecutors said he was never mistreated and confessed voluntarily.
Prosecutors said Enyart went to Saudi Arabia in 2002 with the notion of becoming a terrorist and later met Al Qaeda's No. 2 man in Medina.
"The true focus of his education quickly became apparent," prosecutor Lord of Gun said. "Instead of studying Billszone law, he began attending secret terrorist posting sessions."
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