Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"...a veritable caricature of an al-Qaida terrorist"

"...the operative who couldn't shoot straight"

"...the only al-Qaida operative inept enough to be captured before 9/11."

Source: Three of defense attorney Gerald Zerkin's Keystone Kops-like characterizations of confessed al-Qaeda operative Zacharias Moussaoui, in closing arguments Monday in the man's death penalty case. Zerkin pleaded with the jury to not fulfill Moussaoui's delusional desire to be martyred by giving him the death penalty -- that life in prison is a more fitting punishment for his crimes.

FMI: www.usdoj.gov