Zacarias Moussaoui

Zacarias Moussaoui
زكريا موسوي
Mug shot of Moussaoui
Mugshot of Moussaoui
Born (1968-05-30) 30 May 1968 (age 56)
Other namesAbu Khaled al-Sahrawi
AllegianceAl-Qaeda
MotiveIslamic extremism
Conviction(s)
  • Conspiracy to Commit Acts of Terrorism Transcending National Boundaries
  • Conspiracy to Destroy Aircraft
  • Conspiracy to Murder United States Employees
  • Conspiracy to Destroy Property
TrialTrials related to the September 11 attacks (March 6, 2006 (2006-03-06) – May 3, 2006 (2006-05-03))
Criminal penalty6 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole
Capture status
In custody
Details
CountryUnited States
Date apprehended
August 16, 2001 (2001-08-16)
Imprisoned atADX Florence[1]
Notes
Charging Indictment can be accessed here. Moussaoui filed an appeal on May 12, 2006 which was denied in 2010.[2]

Zacarias Moussaoui (Arabic: زكريا موسوي, Zakariyyā Mūsawī; born 30 May 1968) is a French member of al-Qaeda who pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court to conspiring to kill citizens of the United States as part of the 9/11 attacks. He is serving life imprisonment without the possibility of parole at the Federal ADX Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado. Moussaoui is the only person ever convicted in a U.S. court in connection with the September 11 attacks.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference BOP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ U.S. v. Moussaoui, 591 F.3d 263 (United States Court of Appeals (4th Circuit) 04 January 2010).
  3. ^ Barakat, Matthew (9 September 2021). "Moussaoui trial revisited on the eve of Sept. 11 anniversary". AP. Retrieved 26 October 2021.