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Zacarias Moussaoui

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Terrorist

The Resume

    (May 30, 1968- )
    Of Moroccan descent
    Attended a terrorist training camp (1998)
    Met with Al-Qaida operatives in Malaysia (2000)
    Enrolled in a US flight school (2001)
    Dropped out; attended another flight school after he flunked out of the first
    Arrested by the FBI shortly before the 9/11 attacks
    Also known as 'Shaqil' and 'Abu Khalid al Sahrawi'
    Representing himself in his trial
    Charged with conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism, aircraft piracy, aircraft destruction, use of weapons of mass destruction, murder of American government employees and property destruction

Why he might be annoying:

    He is a French citizen.
    When arrested, he was in possession of equipment, including knives and shields.
    He demanded for a jury of 12 Taliban members, invoking a constitutional right to be tried by his peers.
    He accused the FBI of letting 9/11 happen and claimed that he should be released because of it.
    He requested to have high-level Al-Qaida leaders testify on his behalf (which is a threat to national security).
    He was supposed to be one of the 9/11 hijackers.
    The French government thinks they can give him a fair trial and the US cannot.
    His name is hard to spell.
    He prayed at the same mosque that Richard Reid (the shoe bomber) did.
    He said: 'I was not 9/11 material, but a wanna-be post-9/11 terrorist.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He received a master's degree from Southbank University in the UK.
    His failure meant that he never directly caused American deaths.
    The judge accepted his guilty plea (Aprill 22, 2005).

Credit: Wang


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 10 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 433 Votes: 63.97% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 254 Votes: 53.94% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 19 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 274 Votes: 53.65% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2556 Votes: 61.70% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1065 Votes: 60.19% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1329 Votes: 82.99% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 354 Votes: 73.73% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 2128 Votes: 65.60% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 1069 Votes: 48.08% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 1002 Votes: 69.36% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 704 Votes: 81.11% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 285 Votes: 80.35% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 2115 Votes: 75.84% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 1406 Votes: 74.54% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 1171 Votes: 83.26% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 1713 Votes: 77.76% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 2329 Votes: 76.51% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 1315 Votes: 71.41% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 1533 Votes: 70.52% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 1561 Votes: 48.56% Annoying