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'Underwear bomber' pleads guilty to all charges
Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, the Nigerian man accused of trying to detonate an explosive device in his underwear aboard a Christmas 2009 flight to Detroit, pleaded guilty to all counts in court Wednesday.
He had been indicted on charges including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, conspiracy to commit an act of terrorism, and possession of a firearm or destructive device in furtherance of an act of violence.
AbdulMutallab had previously pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The announcement comes one day after the prosecution finished its opening statement.
On Tuesday, the prosecution finished its opening statement and the defense said it would reserve the right to give an opening statement at a later point in the trial.
The judge in the trial refused to prevent the prosecution from calling the device he allegedly carried a "bomb."
U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds also refused to exclude a photo of AbdulMutallab's burned genitals from the evidence.
While at previous court appearances AbdulMutallab has had outbursts - including yelling "Osama's alive," a reference to Osama bin Laden - he remained calm Tuesday.
AbdulMutallab was indicted on charges including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, conspiracy to commit an act of terrorism, and possession of a firearm or destructive device in furtherance of an act of violence.
He was a passenger on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 en route from the Netherlands to Detroit on Christmas Day 2009.
U.S. officials say the terror group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was behind the alleged bombing attempt.
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After the crotch fire he has nothing to lose.
Then you know nothing of the Nigerian Crooooooooooootch.. You lose some you still have some to lose.
I think I have to agree............OUCH
They'll have fun with him in the shower.
burning your dick for a cause..what a loser!
@Dead Man Blogging:
He was Nigerian.
Supermax him.
We are a better people than what *he* tried to do with *us*, so...
Jeez, y'all are some bloodthirsty people!
My heart goes out to the family at this time of grief!
i.e he's an already dead SOB.
My heart tells me they should have raised him better.
My heart goes out to your heart!
Some people just don't get sarcasm huh?
Some don't have a heart... haha
It makes me think he may have had some regret since he pleaded guilty so fast.
Um, the dude wants to be a martyr. This isn't about showing regret. Extremists "take responsibility" for their acts to make a statement. It's like Al Qaeda "pleading guilty" by taking responsibility for 9/11. Do you think they were regretful???
Just goes to show that the man who represents himself in court has a fool for a lawyer, and that lawyer has an $@! for a client.
We knew he was a fool when his crotch became engulfed in flames.
What the hay else could he have pleaded but GUILTY? I hope his testicles are permanently damaged. That will equal his brain status.
They should have called him the Fruit of the Boom
lol!!
Great one, made me laugh.
Pls note that religion allows the murder of innocent souls. And no religion has a monopoly of good or bad people. It fabbles me when people group and condemn a religion because one of its supposed adherents commits a crime!
Fabbles???? Don't you mean baffles? Learn the language!
Pls note that no religion
After careful consideration.......SUPERMAX. Suffering is good.
He saw that he hadn't a chance in court after the judge ruled against him in a couple of motions.
It's done all the time.
He saved the taxpayers a lot of money.
Who cares if they took the DP off the table in exchange for a guilty plea? He'll never see the light of day again.
Now we won't haves months of garbage to have to listen to...I wish more cases went like this!
Much better to let him plead guilty than to risk a jury trial, IMO!
I thinks the FEDS scared him into a guilty plea because the last thing the Feds want is Kurt Haskell to testify
The government really did not want Kurt Haskell to testify, did it?
http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2010/05/20/points-of-failure/
I want to hear the testimony of Kurt Haskell which proves that this guy was PLANTED on the plane by the US government so everyone here could enjoy losing our freedom with the TSA scanners & patdowns. Something STINKS. The item he had in his underwear was NOT a bomb or even an explosive device. That has been proven.
A lawyer would have to present any deal to his client, anyway...that happens on the cases when one represents himself, also.
Agreed. I wasn't there, so can't say for sure. But courts have required defendants who insist on their right to defend themselves to accept a member of the state bar in at least the role of co-counsel, to avoid reversible errors in the appeals process.
@TonyD:
Omg! You juist made coffee come out of my nose! LMFAO! Owwwww...thanks!!! 😀
I'm sorry.