'20th hijacker' seeks role in civil terror cases
Nov 16, 12:13 PM (ET)
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS
NEW YORK (AP) — The so-called "20th hijacker" from the Sept. 11 attacks wants to testify in lawsuits filed by victims of terrorism.
The imprisoned Zacarias Moussaoui (zak-uh-REE'-uhs moo-SOW'-ee) recently wrote to federal courts in New York and Oklahoma claiming he can offer inside information about al-Qaida that could support claims against Saudi Arabia and financial institutions.
Some lawyers have taken him seriously enough to interview him at a maximum-security prison in southern Colorado. But others have questioned his motives.
Moussaoui was arrested on immigration charges in August 2001 when employees of a Minnesota flight school became alarmed that he wanted to learn to fly a Boeing 747 even though he had no pilot's license.
He pleaded guilty in April 2005 to conspiring with the hijackers to kill Americans.
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