Si, si, Parfois les Terroristes font Rire!

Quand on lit quotidiennement des dizaines d'articles consacrés au terrorisme, on finit toujours pas tomber sur des articles qui font sourire, voire franchement rire. Dans certains cas, la raison en incombe au journaliste particulièrement naïf ou simplement c@#, et parfois le sourire est provoqué par le comportement de certains terroristes. Cette dépêche de Reuters fait définitivement partie de cette dernière catégorie. Le responsable média d'al-Qaïda jugé à Guantanamo refuse désormais de parler durant son procès. Pourtant, apparemment, certains détenus voisins de la cellule d'Ali Hamza avaient supplié leurs gardiens pour changer de cellule tellement l'homme est généralement bavard....belle ironie! Extrait:

The U.S. war crimes trial of Osama bin Laden's accused media director began on Monday with silence from the defense side of the Guantanamo Bay courtroom after the judge ruled the Yemeni defendant had the right to stand mute and offer no defense.

Defendant Ali Hamza al Bahlul came to the courtroom at the U.S. naval base voluntarily, but is refusing to participate because he does not feel the tribunal is legitimate.

"I will be joining Mr. al Bahlul's boycott of the proceedings, standing mute at the table," said his U.S. military-appointed lawyer, Air Force Maj. David Frakt.

The judge, Air Force Col. David Gregory, said the rules allow Frakt to honor his client's wishes by doing nothing, since the prosecution has the burden of proving the charges. His further questions to the defense were met with silence.

Bahlul is accused of preparing al Qaeda recruiting materials, including a video glorifying the 2000 attack that killed 17 U.S. sailors on the warship USS Cole, preparing the videotaped will of September 11 ringleader Mohamed Atta, and operating communications gear and being a bodyguard for bin Laden.

Bahlul, a man so loquacious that other prisoners have begged not to be held in cells adjacent to his, had made lengthy statements in previous hearings. He acknowledged that "I am from al Qaeda," expressed loyalty to bin Laden and called the judge his enemy.